n. [ F., fr. Ar. at-tannūr, fr. Heb. tannūr an oven or furnace. ] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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 ]

n. (Chem.) The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol. It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
Syn. -- ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover. [ 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 ]

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

a. [ Idio- + &unr_; to appear. ] (Crystallog.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as lanthanide.
Syn. -- rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanide. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A natural family of stout-bodied lizards.
Syn. -- family Lanthanotidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus withonly one species.
Syn. -- genus Lanthanotus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Biol.) A category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia.
Syn. -- order Lechanorales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. mhchanh` machine + -graph. ] One of a number of copies of anything multiplied mechanically. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Treating of mechanics. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage, and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) The simplest alcohol of the paraffin series, CH3.OH; methyl alcohol. Called also wood alcohol. It is used as an antifreeze solvent, as a fuel, and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol.
Syn. -- methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Methane + -meter. ] An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; to show. ] Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The care and support of orphans. [ R. ] Cotton Mather (1711). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orphanotrophium, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; an orphan + &unr_; to feed, bring up. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A hospital for orphans. [ R. ] A. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of supporting orphans. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; to show, pass, to shine. ] Rendered transparent by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; fit for a crown, fr. &unr_; crown. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda. [ 1913 Webster ]

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