a. [ Gr. 'a`myos. ] (Med.) Wanting in muscle; without flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`myos. ] (Med.) Characterized by lack of muscular tissue. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ OF. enuius, anoios. ] Troublesome; annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bayous [ North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque. ] An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [ Southern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Business, Finance) the acquisition of ownership of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock.
Syn. -- takeover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. performed or made by an end-user who is without professional training in the relevant techniques; as, their house was a do-it-yourself project. Contrasted with factory-made and professional. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who often makes objects typically made by professionals, or performs repairs typically performed by professionals, though not having professional training in the relevant art. The term is used mostly to refer to activities related to maintaining a home. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Dugong. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Embryonic; undeveloped. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not bound by rule or law or convention. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm. George Saintsbury [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy. ] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is this your joyous city? Is. xxiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

And joyous of our conquest early won. Dryden.

Syn. -- Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming; delightful.

-- Joy"ous*ly, adv. -- Joy"ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annoying; disagreeable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Watch the noyous night, and wait for joyous day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called also sixbanded armadillo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. (Theater) one or more performances of a play prior to the official opening, held at a location outside of the city where it is to be formally presented, conducted for the purpose of determining audience response or ascertaining weaknesses needing correction. [ PJC ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ Possess. Your r Yours dat. & obj. You. ] [ OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. √189. Cf. Your. ] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain you tell your parting lover
You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. “Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?” Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. “The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.” Addison. “Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.” Addison. “It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.” Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. “Your highness shall repose you at the tower.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To yell; to yowl. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Younger superl. Youngest ] [ OE. yung, yong, &yogh_;ong, &yogh_;ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juvaça, juvan. √281. Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Whom the gods love, die young, ” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the fears of the people were young. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The egg ] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

With young, with child; pregnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Zool.) being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- egg-producing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to female or androgynous.
Syn. -- male. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. “The elder shall serve the younger.” Rom. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; -- usually used postpositionally; as, Henry the younger.
Syn. -- jr. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Somewhat young. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. geongling. ] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. “More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. geonglic. ] Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ignorantly; weakly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and America formed an international body. The movement has successfully expanded not only among young men in general, but also specifically among railroad men, in the army and navy, with provision for Indians and negroes, and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys' departments. It currently (1998) maintains buildings which usually have both recreational facilities and dormitories for dwelling. It is usually called by its acronym YMCA. See also the similar organizations Young Women's Christian Association and YMHA. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being young. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A young person; a youngling; a lad. [ Colloq. ] “He felt himself quite a youngster, with a long life before him.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Youth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A young human being; -- a contraction of young one. [ PJC ]

. An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women, in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations. See also the similar organizations Young Men's Christian Association and YMHA. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman. See Young, a. ] A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That same younker soon was overthrown. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & a. [ OE. your, &yogh_;our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwēr, G. euer, Icel. yðar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. √189. See You. ] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. “An old fellow of yours.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. See the Note under Your. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron.; pl. Yourselves [ Your + self. ] An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should you be so cruel to yourself ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Youths r collectively Youth. [ OE. youthe, youhþe, &yogh_;uheðe, &yogh_;uweðe, &yogh_;eo&yogh_;eðe, AS. geoguð, geogoð; akin to OS. juguð, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. √281. See Young. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. “In my flower of youth.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such as in his face
Youth smiled celestial. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wondered that your lordship
Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A young person; especially, a young man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Young persons, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is fit to read the best authors to youth first. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. “Two youthful knights.” Dryden. Also used figuratively. “The youthful season of the year.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. “Warm, youthful blood.” Shak. “Youthful thoughts.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fresh; vigorous, as in youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

After millions of millions of ages . . . still youthful and flourishing. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Puerile; juvenile. -- Youthful, Puerile, Juvenile. Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as, puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc. Juvenile is sometimes taken in a bad sense, as when speaking of youth in contrast with manhood; as, juvenile tricks; a juvenile performance. Youthful is commonly employed in a good sense; as, youthful aspirations; or at least by way of extenuating; as, youthful indiscretions. “Some men, imagining themselves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles, which are only puerilities.” Dryden. “Raw, juvenile writers imagine that, by pouring forth figures often, they render their compositions warm and animated.” Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Youth"ful*ly, adv. -- Youth"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. geoguðhād. See Youth, and -hood. ] The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. geoguðlic. ] Young; youthful. [ Obs. ] “All my youthly days.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A vigorous perennial herb (Tolmiea menziesii) with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.
Syn. -- pickaback plant, piggyback plant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Youthful. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Young. [ Obs. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From a native East Indian name. ] (Zool.) The cheetah. [ 1913 Webster ]