{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + tre`pein to turn. ] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; up + &unr_; to turn. ] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; turn, &unr_; to turn. ] (Bot.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archbishop. an archepiscopal see
Syn. -- archiepiscopal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chlwro`s light green + E. opal. ] (Min.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero. ] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop. ] 1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Hemitrope. ] 1. Turned half round; half inverted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way; &unr_; other + &unr_; to turn: cf. F. hétérotrope.] (Bot.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; turn, fr. &unr_; to turn: cf. F. homotrope. ] 1. Turned in the same direction with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. integer whole + E. pallial. ] (Zool.) Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Naso- + palatal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The neocortex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mexican nopalli. ] (Bot.) A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Nopalries A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. opalus: cf. Gr. &unr_;, Skr. upala a rock, stone, precious stone: cf. F. opale. ] (Min.) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors of delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground, is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has colors like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal has a milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure variety, occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near Paris. Other varieties are cacholong, girasol, hyalite, and geyserite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Opalesced p. pr. & vb. n. Opalescing ] To give forth a play of colors, like the opal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. opalin. ] Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An opaline variety of yellow chalcedony. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Opal glass. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. An opaline color or expanse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Opalized p. pr. & vb. n. Opalizing. ] [ Cf. F. opaliser. ] To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Opal + -type. ] (Photog.) A picture taken on “milky” glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Ortho- + Gr. &unr_; to turn: cf. F. orthotrope. ] (Bot.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to turn around; peri` around + &unr_; to turn: cf. F. péritrope. ] 1. Rotatory; circuitous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; face + &unr_; pain. ] (Med.) Facial neuralgia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + palatine. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; club-shaped; fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a club: cf. F. rhopalique. ] (Pros.) Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Rhopalia [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a club + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; ahorn. ] (Zool.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Rhopalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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