n. [ L. ad. + cantor singer, canere to sing. ] 1. (Mus.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. asiento seat, contract or agreement, fr. asentar to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement; a (L. ad) + sentar, a participial verb; as if there were a L. sedentare to cause to sit, fr. sedens, sedentis, p. pr. of sed&unr_;re to sit. ] A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. OSp. ayuntar to join. ] In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to bentonite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Centos [ L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem. ] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. & a. [ It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500. ] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Circumfer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360°, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cruentus. ] Bloody; cruentate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the type genus, coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae.
Syn. -- genus Daubentonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.
Syn. -- family Daubentoniidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid. ] Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dentilingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
Syn. -- genus Dermacentor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -ti [ It. ] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Element + -oid. ] Resembling an element. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; within, fr. &unr_; in. See In. ] A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + -blast. ] (Biol.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Entobronchia [ See Ento-, and Bronchia. ] (Anat.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

{ } n. [ Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform. ] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; skin. ] (Biol.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

{ } a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + -genous. ] (Biol.) See Endogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the tongue. ] (Anat.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Entoiling. ] To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entombed p. pr. & vb. n. Entombing. ] [ Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber. ] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; insect. See Entomology. ] (Zoöl.) Relating to insects; entomological. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; insect + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Resembling an insect. -- n. An object resembling an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; insect. ] (Chem.) See Chitin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; insect + -lite. ] (Paleon.) A fossil insect.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. entomologique. ] Of or relating to entomology. -- En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. entomologiste. ] One versed in entomology. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Entomologies [ Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See In, and Tome, and cf. Insect. ] 1. That part of zoölogy which treats of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A treatise on the science of entomology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zoöl.) 1. a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n. One of the Entomophaga. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; insect + &unr_; a lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects.
Syn. -- genus Entomophthora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects.
Syn. -- family Entomophthoraceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fungi coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae.
Syn. -- order Entomophthorales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cut in pieces + &unr_; burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea. ] (Zoöl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera. [ 1913 Webster ]