n. 1. 1 in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes.
Syn. -- order Accipitriformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.
Syn. -- order Aepyorniformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See Kermes. ] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ambs-ace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. American sign language. [ An acronym which is spelled and pronounced as a simple word ]
Syn. -- American sign language [ PJC ]

n. (Eccl.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n. A native of Anam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to count off or over. ] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.
Syn. -- order Apodiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.
Syn. -- order Apterygiformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Assam. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending. ] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. [ 1913 Webster ]

To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bimestris; bis twice + mensis month. ] Continuing two months. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an exceedingly short-lived meson. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ F. bout end + rimé rhymed. ] Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or the natives of Burma (Myanmar). Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a language spoken in Northern Burma and Yunnan.
Syn. -- Lolo-Burmese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of ratite birds comprising the cassowaries and emus.
Syn. -- order Casuariiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters; shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on animal life.
Syn. -- order Charadriiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Kermes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Embryology) the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations. [ Also spelled chromaesthesia. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn. -- order Ciconiiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + esophagal. ] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an order of birds, including the family Podicipedidae, which consitutes the grebes.
Syn. -- Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., a companion. ] (Mus.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. comissatio, comessatio. ] A reveling; a rioting. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. of comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat. ] Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) an order of birds including the rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee-eaters; todies.
Syn. -- order Coraciiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fishes including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as Cyprinoidea, a suborder of Ostariophysi.
Syn. -- order Cypriniformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon. ] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [ Written also demain. ] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma skin + root of &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dermestes + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. Pop. Sci. Monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell. ] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [ Written also Doomsday Book. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Domesmen [ See Doom. ] A judge; an umpire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome. ] 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Domestic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our private and domestical matter. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A family; a household. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]