n. [ Cf. F. annulement. ] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym CPR. [ PJC ]

adj. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to calamus. SeeHalm. ] (Bot.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. from W. cwlm knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: cf. OE. culme smoke, soot. ] (Min.) (a) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses. (b) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. cellere (in comp.) to impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty. ] 1. Top; summit; acme. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. culmus stalk or stem + -ferous: cf. F. culmifère. ] Having jointed stems or culms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 2d culm + -ferous. ] (Min.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a culmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Culminated p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-nā`t&ibreve_;ng. ] [ L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column. ] 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

As when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F.culmination ] 1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Complete annulment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. fūlmār. See foul, and Man a gull. ] (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidæ, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds including many of the fulmars.
Syn. -- genus Fulmarus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. fulminique. ] Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminic acid (Chem.), a complex acid, H2C2N2O2, isomeric with cyanic and cyanuric acids, and not known in the free state, but forming a large class of highly explosive salts, the fulminates. Of these, mercuric fulminate, the most common, is used, mixed with niter, to fill percussion caps, charge cartridges, etc. Fulminic acid is made by the action of nitric acid on alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fulminans, p. pr. of fulminare to lighten: cf. F. fulminant. ] Thundering; fulminating. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fulminated p. pr. & vb. n. Fulminating. ] [ L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine. ] 1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i. ] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin. --
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fulminatio a darting of lightning: cf. F. fulmination. ] 1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fulminatoire. ] Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v. ] To thunder. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence. [ 1913 Webster ]

She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fulmen thunder. ] Of, or concerning thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fulminic + cyanuric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an acid so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, explosive substance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and obtained from the fulminates. It is isomeric with cyanuric acid, and hence is also called isocyanuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. hālmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo`s. Cf. Excel, Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus. ] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A part of a harness; a hame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also fulminate of mercury. It is an explosive compound prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. It is sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow. [ PJC ]

a. Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fine, soft muslin; mull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mussulmans [ Ar. muslimīn, pl. of muslim: cf. F. & Sp. musulman. See Moslem. ] A Muslim; a Moslem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or like, the Muslims (Mussulmans), or their customs: Islamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Islamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Islam. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of Moslems. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + E. pulmonate. ] (Zool.) Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward + L. pulmo a lung. ] (Zool.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ], . a. & n. (Zool.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. & E. Gasteropoda. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulmonata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk. ] (Zool.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -metry. ] The determination of the capacity of the lungs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia. ] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]