n. (Biol.) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aliéniste. ] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. beneysun, benesoun, OF. beneï&unr_;un, beneïson, fr. L. benedictio, fr. benedicere to bless; bene (adv. of bonus good) + dicere to say. See Bounty, and Diction, and cf. Benediction. ] Blessing; beatitude; benediction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

More precious than the benison of friends. Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in the theory of biogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers.
Syn. -- Behmenism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A catechumen. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [ Scot. ]

p. a. Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [ R. ] “In the sea of life enisled.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of Galen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Galen. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L., broom. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. -- Green"ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðenisc. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. “Worse than heathenish crimes.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a heathenish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being heathenish. “The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. Hellénisme. ] 1. A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. Helléniste. ] 1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. Hellénistique. ] Pertaining to the Hellenists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hellenistic language,
Hellenistic dialect, or
Hellenistic idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis. Bastian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. Jansénisme. ] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Janséniste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- kit"ten*ish*ly, adv. -- kit"ten*ish*ness, n. [ PJC ]

{ , n. One who commits larceny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Lutanist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meniscus + -oid. ] Concavo-convex, like a meniscus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Menisci E. Meniscuses [ NL., from Gr. mhni`skos, dim. of mh`nh the moon. ] 1. A crescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Converging meniscus,
Diverging meniscus. See Lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. mh`nh the moon + spe`rma seed. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermaceae) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ménispermine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anthropol.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Monogenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called in allusion to Baron Munchausen's extravagant tales of travel. ] An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers. Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Origen of Alexandria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of Panhellenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] (Anat.) The erectile external sexual organ of males, used in copulation, and in mammals, also for urination. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]