a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + Gr. qerapey`ein to heal. ] The treatment of disease by baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Boeotia, Gr. boiwti`a, noted for its moist, thick atmosphere, and the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants. ] Of or pertaining to Bœotia. -- n. A native of Bœotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n. One who is dull and ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; useful + &unr_; art. ] The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Daguerre the inventor + -type. ] 1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The process of taking such pictures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Daguerreotyped p. pr. & vb. n. Daguerreotyping ] 1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

{ } n. One who takes daguerreotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP). [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. dia` through, at variance + &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Electrotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Galiot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth. ] Belonging to earth; terrestrial. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Geotropism. ] (Biol.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + &unr_; to turn. ] (Biol.) A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In plants, organs which grow towards the center of the earth are said to be positively geotropic, and those growing in the opposite direction negatively geotropic. In animals, geotropism is supposed by some to have an influence either direct or indirect on the plane of division of the ovum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
Syn. -- homoiotherm. [ PJC ]

adj. (Biol.) having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as homoiothermal; -- of birds and mammals. Contrasted to poikilothermal.
Syn. -- homoiothermic, homoiothermal, homothermic, homothermal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Biol.) The process or state of being homoiothermal.
Syn. -- homoiothermism, homoiothermy. [ PJC ]

a. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. gh^ the earth + qe`rmh heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.

{ } a. Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. An isogeotherm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + tracheotomy. ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mataiotechni`a; ma`taios vain + te`chnh art, science. ] Any unprofitable science. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of modern times; a modern. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ L. neotericus, Gr. newteriko`s, fr. new`teros, compar. of ne`os young, new. ] Recent in origin; modern; new. “Our neoteric verbs.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some being ancient, others neoterical. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Recently; newly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; innovation ] An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who introduces new words or phrases; a neologist. Fitzed Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neoterized. ] [ Gr. &unr_; to innovate. ] To innovate; to coin or introduce new words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. fized. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neo- + tropical. ] (Geog. & Zool.) Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a phosphate ester of a nucleoside; one of the monomeric components of DNA or RNA. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Octa- + nucleotide. ] (Chem.) A molecule composed of eight nucleotide units bound to each other by phosphodiester bonds in a linear array; as, a partial digest of DNA or RNA may include octanucleotides. See octamer. [ PJC ]

n. [ Osteo- + Gr. te`mnein. ] (Surg.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in osteotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Palæo- + -type. ] (Phon.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. Ellis. -- Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al a. -- Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Paleo- + technic. ] Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. “The paleotechnic men of central France.” D. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. paléothère. ] (Paleon.) Any species of Paleotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. paléothérien. ] (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to Paleotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. palaio`s ancient + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [ Written also Palæotherium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Paleothere + -oid. ] (Paleon.) Resembling Paleotherium. -- n. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Palæotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) See Rheotrope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "rei^n to flow + te`mnein to cut.] (Elec.) An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current. Wheatstone. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "rei^n to flow + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to turn.] (Elec.) An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. [Written also reotrope.] [1913 Webster]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]