n. [ L. abdomen + Gr. skopei^n to examine. ] (Med.) Examination of the abdomen by means of a laparoscope to detect abdominal diseases. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

prop. n. 1. 1 A genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers.
Syn. -- genus Abelmoschus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See Musk. (or Ar. &hsdot_;abb-al-mosk, musk seed RHUD 1.3 ] (Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; stalk or L. caulis stalk. See Cole. ] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Address; greeting. [ R. ] J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting. ] [ F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast. ] 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. [ Obs. ] “So much [ of Lapland ] as accosts the sea.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To approach; to make up to. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. “Him, Satan thus accosts.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [ Obs. ] “The shores which to the sea accost.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. accostable. ] Approachable; affable. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ (a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux. ] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of heaps. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sour like vinegar; acetous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. acetositas. See Acetous. ] The quality of being acetous; sourness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. abnormally high acidity of the blood and other body fluids. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ a. [ L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone. ] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; joint. ] (Nat. Hist.) Being without joints; jointless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; world. ] A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Acosmism. ] One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; anything twisted. ] (Bot.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To put forth the first sprout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having acrospores. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n. ] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. --
To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive
Syn. -- all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pr>(&unr_;), n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; extreme + &unr_; order, line, verse. ] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

Double acrostic, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of an acrostic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Med.) A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to infection with actinomycetes, especially by Actinomyces bovis in cattle and by Actinomyces israeli or Arachnia propionica in man. It is characterized by hard swellings usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also affect the abdomen or thorax. In cattle it is called also lumpy jaw or big jaw. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; ray + &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) The entire body of a cœlenterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + &unr_; bone. ] (Anat.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The mouth or anterior opening of a cœlenterate animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. actuosus. ] Very active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abundant activity. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; adeno- + sclerosis. ] (Med.) The hardening of a gland. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖interj. [ Sp., fr. L. ad to + deus god. Cf. Adieu. ] Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people; as, adios amigos (good-bye friends). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ This word is often pronounced but the Spanish accent, though weak, is on the final syllable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Physiol.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease. ] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adipose fin (Zool.), a soft boneless fin. --
Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The state of being fat; fatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See Osculate. ] (Biol.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 African antelopes: impalas.
Syn. -- genus Aepyceros [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; knowing, knowledge: cf. F. aérognosie. ] The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; to look out. ] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a looking out; &unr_; to spy out. ] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aerosus, fr. aes, aeris, brass, copper. ] Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + siderite. ] (Meteor.) A mass of meteoric iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the atmosphere and outer space considered together or as a whole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the sector of industry that designs and builds aircraft, rockets, missiles, and devices or vehicles intended to operate in outer space. [ WordNet 1.5 ]