a. Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). [ 1913 Webster ]

Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. (cf. Sp. ardacina), fr. ardasse a kind of silk thread, fr. Ar. & Per. ardan a kind of raw silk. ] A very fine sort of Persian silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arsenic. ] (Chem.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. asnico, dim. of asno an ass. ] A stupid fellow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Asinego. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclosed in a basin. “Basined rivers.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bascinet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See Basin, and cf. Bascinet. ] 1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Bascinet. Lord Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bocassin, boucassin. ] A sort of fine buckram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bombazine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. branc-ursine, branch-ursine, fr. LL. branca claw + L. ursinus belonging to a bear (fr. ursus bear), i. e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. Branch. ] (Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state, condition, or quality of being brassy. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Businesses [ From Busy. ] 1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke ii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. “The business of instruction.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission. [ 1913 Webster ]

The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What business has the tortoise among the clouds? L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do one's business, to ruin one. [ Colloq. ] Wycherley. --
To make (a thing) one's business, to occupy one's self with a thing as a special charge or duty. [ Colloq. ] --
To mean business, to be earnest. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement; employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession; vocation; office; duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. serious and purposeful. [ PJC ]

a. a person employed in a business at a managerial level, especially an executive or proprietor. This term is seldom applied to technical specialists, unless they are part of upper management. [ PJC ]

n. a female businessman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr. by`ssinos See Byssus. ] Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet. ] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cheesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being clumsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus. ] (Trig.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of coussin cushion. See Cushionet. ] (Arch.) (a) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. (b) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Co- (=co- in co- sine) + versed sine. ] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See Kitchen. ] 1. The kitchen or cooking department. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manner or style of cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biochemistry) A pyrimidine (C4H5N3O) which is one of the four major basic components of DNA and RNA in most organisms, forming glyosides with ribose and deoxyribose. It is the basic component of cytidine, deoxycytidine, cytosine, cytidine monophosphate, and derivatives of those compounds. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. désinence. ] Termination; ending. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desinens, p. pr. of desinere, desitum, to leave off, cease; de- + sinere to let, allow. ] Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [ Obs. ] “Their desinent parts, fish.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. désinentiel. ] Terminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem., Med.) a chemical substance consisting of tyrosine with two hydrogen atoms on the benzene ring replaced by iodine atoms. The isomer 3, 5-diiodotyrosine is an inhibitor of thyroid function. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being dressy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being drowsy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the easiness of a task. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

With painful care, but seeming easiness. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
Syn. -- genus Eleusine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or quality of being flimsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named by the French inventor, from Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard. ] (Chem.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being fussy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being glassy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Glossy. ] The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Grassy. ] The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gypseous. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indesinens. See In- not, and Desinent. ] Not ceasing; perpetual. [ Obs. ] Baxter. -- In*des"i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Ray. [1913 Webster]

n. (Chem.) A ribonucleoside (C10H12N4O5) found in meat and meat extracts, differing from adenosine in having a hydroxyl rather than an amine attached to the purine ring. It may be prepared from adenosine by the enzyme adenosine deaminase, or by chemical deamination, as with nitrous acid. It participates in some cellular functions, but is not one of the normal nucleoside components of RNA. [ PJC ]