a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. accorporare; ad + corpus, corporis, body. ] To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) The entire upper surface of the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'akro`polis; 'a`kros extreme + po`lis city. ] The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an acropolis. [ 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 ]

n. 1. protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 heliozoans; radiolarians.
Syn. -- subclass Actinopoda [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Zool.) An animal having feet that are not apparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of changing into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere. ] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adipocere + -form. ] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Adipose; -genous. ] (Med.) Producing fat. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL.; L. adeps, adipis, fat + Gr. ly`sis a loosing. ] (Physiol.) The digestion of fats. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. adeps, adipis, fat + Gr. &unr_; to loose. ] (Chem.) Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action. Contrast saponify, to hydrolyze fat by the action of an alkali. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; L. pl. adipomata /plu>. [ NL. See adipose; -oma. ] (Med.) An obsolete term for lipoma. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous a. [AS]

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 ]

a. Fatty; adipose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianople [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas.
Syn. -- family Ailuropodidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(aeronautics) A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine, causing an airplane to drop suddenly. Same as air hole. [ PJC. ]

[ See Poise. ] An instrument to measure the weight of air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A city in Syria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or }. (Med.) Same as Aden ulcer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

. (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. prenom. 1. of the greatest importance. the all-important subject of disarmament
Syn. -- all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having full power over all aspects of a situation.
Syn. -- almighty, omnipotent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. not limited in use or function.
Syn. -- general-purpose. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; blunt + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Paleon.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_;, &unr_; foot. ] (Zool.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + tre`pein to turn. ] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. same as ampule.
Syn. -- phial, vial, ampule, ampul [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'anapo`deiktos; 'an priv. + 'apodeikto`s. See Apodeictic. ] Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'ana` back + &unr_; offshoot. ] (Anat.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; without joints + -poda. See Anarthrous. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]