{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'adh`n gland + 'a`lgos pain. ] (Med.) Pain in a gland. Called also adenodynia [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Aden- + -form. ] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Aden- + -itis. ] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Aden- + -itis. ] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

or . [ Gr. 'adh`n, 'ade`nos, gland. ] Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adenography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Adeno- + -graphy. ] That part of anatomy which describes the glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) Lymphoid tissue in the roof of the nasopharynx; -- often in the pl. Stedman 25. [ AS ]

2. (Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of adenoid{ 1 } tissue; -- usually in pl. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. (Med.) Of or relating to a gland. [ AS ]

2. (Med.) Pertaining to adenoids{ 2 }. Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary. [ AS ]

{ a. Glandlike; glandular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adenology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Adeno- + -logy. ] The part of physiology that treats of the glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -mata /plu>. [ NL.; adeno- + -oma. ] (Med.) A benign tumor of epithelial tissue with a glandlike structure. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous a.AS [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Adeno- + Gr. pa`qos suffering, paqei^n to suffer. ] (Med.) Pathological enlargement of a lymph node. [ AS ]

a. [ Adeno- + Gr. foro`s bearing. ] (Bot.) Producing glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adeno- + Gr. fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves. [ 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 ]

a. Pertaining to adenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Adeno- + Gr. &unr_; a cutting, &unr_; to cut. ] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Adenose. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs. ] (Med.) One of the numerous names of the lesion of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis. Called also Aleppo boil, Aleppo button, Aleppo evil, Bagdad boil, Biskra boil, Cochin China ulcer, Delhi boil, Jerico boil, Oriental boil, Oriental sore, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

a. Made of bread. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Broadened p. pr. & vb. n. Broadening ] [ From Broad, a. ] To grow broad; to become broader or wider. [ 1913 Webster ]

The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Golden cadence of poesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be “prosed in faire cadence.” Dr. Guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Her.) See Cadency. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To regulate by musical measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cadène. ] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall. ] Falling. [ R. ] “Cadent tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. burdened by cares.
Syn. -- heavy-laden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deadened p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening. ] [ From Dead; cf. AS. d&unr_;dan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a. ] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

As harper lays his open palm
Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Syn. -- stultification, impairment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. [ p. pr. of verb deaden{ 3 }. ] Rendering less lively, intense, or vigorous; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; as, the deadening effect of some routine tasks.
Syn. -- boring, dreary, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ LL. decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. décadence. See Decay. ] A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. “The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Decaying; deteriorating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.

The decadents and æsthetes, and certain types of realists. C. L. Dana.

The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by “decadents”. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. (Mus.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a gland + -graphy. ] A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a gland + -logy. ] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole. ] (Bot.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris fœtidissima. [ Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in the genus Habenaria.
Syn. -- genus Gymnadeniopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. burdened by cares.
Syn. -- care-laden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. bearing a heavy load; as, the heavy-laden trucks wore deep ruts in the unpaved road.
Syn. -- burdened, laden, weighed down. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Is. i. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

A ship laden with gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like lead in color, etc.; as, a leaden sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. “Leaden slumber.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]