{ } a. Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not readily colored by stains; -- of substance of a cell nucleus chromatinic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. See Acronyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kli`nein to incline. ] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said of the imaginary line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 pertaining to acrogens, flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
Syn. -- acrogenous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to actinism; as, actinic rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible + &unr_; a bell. ] (Zool.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + diactinic. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting the actinic rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending -culym. ] 1. Help or support; an auxiliary. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adminicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. adonique: cf. L. Adonius. ] Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n. An Adonic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonic verse, a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee (-- ˘ ˘ | -- --). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice of aëronautics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. Of or pert. to aëromechanics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + ganglionic. ] (Physiol.) Without ganglia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without angles; 'a priv. + &unr_; an angle. ] Not forming an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Alcoranic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to allergens or allergenicity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. causing an allergy or an allergic reaction. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; force. ] (Photog.) Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell. ] One who lives near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to amphigony; sexual; as, amphigonic propagation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to amylogen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Forming starch; -- applied specif. to leucoplasts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

/mhw> a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; harmonic. ] (Math.) Not harmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The
anharmonic function or
anharmonic ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having the character of an anion; negatively charged; containing anions; -- of atoms, molecules, and groups of atoms. Contrasted with cationic. [ PJC ]

2. of or pertaining to anions. Contrasted with cationic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions.
Syn. -- anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to aniseikonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; strength. ] Of unequal strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖ n. [ Tamil anai kattu dam building. ] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [ India ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. causing loss of appetite; as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.
Syn. -- anorectic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. ] Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anthropogeny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (1923) caused by humans; -- as, the anthropogenic extinction of species. [ PJC ]