{ n.; pl. Acalephs Acalephans [ See Acalephæ. ] (Zool.) One of the Acalephæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alphanumerics.
Syn. -- alphanumeric, alphameric, alphamerical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Computers) using or consisting of only alphabetical and numerical characters; -- contrasting with binary or control. alphanumeric characters
Syn. -- alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphameric, alphamerical [ PJC ]

n. 1. a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; invisible ('a priv. + &unr_; to appear) + &unr_; a wing. ] (Zool.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible; 'a priv. + &unr_; to appear. ] (Min.) A very compact, dark-colored &unr_;ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a transparent paper-like product made of regenerated cellulose, produced in sheets and rolls, which is impervious to moisture and germs, and which is used to wrap candy, cigarettes, and a wide variety of other products for distribution and retail sale; as, a pack of cigarettes in a cellophane wrapper. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. chlwro`s light green + &unr_; to show: cf. F. chlorophane. ] 1. (Min.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Christ + Gr. &unr_; to show. ] An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + &unr_; to show. ] (Physiol.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + &unr_; made of ivory, fr. &unr_; ivory, elephant. ] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + &unr_; to show. ] (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chrysophanic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance extracted from rhubarb, yellow dock, sienna, chrysarobin, etc., and shown to be a derivative of an anthracene. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases; -- called also rhein, rheic acid, rhubarbarin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Colophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; wave + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; To appear: cf. F. cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it. ] (Min.) See Chrysoberyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

n. [ Cf. F. diaphane diaphanous. See Diaphanous. ] A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. diaphaner to make transparent. See Diaphanous. ] Transparent or translucent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. diaphanéité. See Diaphanous. ] The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Diaphanous. ] Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -scope. ] (Photog.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -type. ] (Photog.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to show or shine through; dia` through + &unr_; to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See Phantom, and cf. Diaphane, Diaphanic. ] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Translucently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diophantine analysis (Alg.), that branch of indeterminate analysis which has for its object the discovery of rational values that satisfy given equations containing squares or cubes; as, for example, to find values of x and y which make x2 + y2 an exact square. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elephantia. ] Elephantiasis. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. éléphant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. 'ele`fas, 'ele`fantos; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend. ] 1. (Zoöl.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia and family Elephantidae, of which two living species, Elephas maximus (formerly Elephas Indicus) and Loxodonta Africana (formerly E. Africanus), and several fossil species, are known. They have five toes, a long proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing. The elephant is classed as a pachyderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elephant apple (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange. --
Elephant bed (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell. --
Elephant beetle (Zoöl.), any very large beetle of the genus Goliathus (esp. G. giganteus), of the family Scarabæidæ. They inhabit West Africa. --
Elephant fish (Zoöl.), a chimæroid fish (Callorhynchus antarcticus), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. --
Elephant paper, paper of large size, 23 × 28 inches. --
Double elephant paper, paper measuring 263/4 × 40 inches. See Note under Paper. --
Elephant seal (Zoöl.), an African jumping shrew (Macroscelides typicus), having a long nose like a proboscis. --
Elephant's ear (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. --
Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composite weeds. --
Elephant's tusk (Zoöl.), the tooth shell. See Dentalium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from 'ele`fas, 'ele`fantos, an elephant. ] (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of mammals comrising the elephants.
Syn. -- family Elephantidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. éléphantin. ] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. --
Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

{ } a. [ Elephant + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an annual of the southern U.S. and Mexico (Proboscidea louisianica) having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
Syn. -- common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Endo- + lymphangial. ] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. épiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 'epifa`nia (sc. &unr_;), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr. 'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See Fancy. ] 1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + fai`nesqai to appear. ] (Min.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hierophanta, hierophantes, Gr. "ierofa`nths; "iero`s sacred + fai`nein to show, make known: cf. F. hiérophante. ] The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of a religion or an arcane discipline; an expositor; as, In his television series “Cosmos”, Carl Sagan became the foremost hierophant of modern cosmology.. Abp. Potter.
Syn. -- mystagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an advocate or spokesperson. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. "ierofantiko`s.] Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Holo + Gr. &unr_; visible, fr. &unr_; to appear. ] (Zool.) Same as Holometabolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; to appear.] (Min.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + Gr. &unr_; to show, appear: cf. F. hydrophane. ] (Min.) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Made transparent by immersion in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + &unr_; to show. ] Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of moths whose larvae are called fall webworms.
Syn. -- genus Hyphantria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Idio- + Gr. &unr_; circle + &unr_; to appear. ] (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous. [ 1913 Webster ]