a. [ L. alvus belly: cf. F. alvin. ] Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. John Calvin, a French theologian and reformer; born 1509, died 1564. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. Calvinisme. ] The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually termed the five points of Calvinism, are original sin or total depravity, election or predestination, particular redemption, effectual calling, and the perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many variations and modifications in different churches and at various times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. Calviniste. ] A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. “Calvinistic training.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert to Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. fulvidus, fr. L. fulvus. ] Fulvous. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. helvus of a light bay color. ] (Min.) A mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indican + L. fulvus reddish yellow. ] (Chem.) A reddish resinous substance, obtained from indican. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from Lord Kelvin, English physicist. ] The SI unit of temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water; abbreviated K. The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins. One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and 9/5 degrees Fahrenheit. [ PJC ]

prop. n. Herman Melville, American novelist, author of Moby Dick; b. 1819, d. 1891.
Syn. -- Herman Melville. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A bird related to the kite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. milvus kite. ] (Zool.) Of or resembling birds of the kite kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pelvic arch, or
Pelvic girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pelvis + -meter.: cf. F. pelvimètre. ] An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pelvis + -metry. ] (Med.) The measurement of the pelvis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., a basin, laver; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, bowl. ] 1. (Anat.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The calyx of a crinoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a parrot + L. fulvus yellow. ] A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. polviglio, fr. L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. Sp. polvillo. ] A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio. [ Written also pulville. ] [ Obs. ] Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To apply pulvil to. [ Obs. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Pulvil. ] A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pulvilli [ L., a little cushion. ] (Zool.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a cushion. ] (Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation. ] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the form of a cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Vulpinic, by transposition of the letters. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pulvinuli [ L., a little mound. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulvillus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

But grief returns with the revolving year. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Revolving firearm. See Revolver. --
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., sage. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salficus saving; salvus saved, safe + facere to make. ] Tending to save or secure safety. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak. “Shelving arches.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Material for shelves; shelves, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The science treating of the life of trees in the forest. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Habit or behavior of a forest tree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. silviculture. ] See Sylviculture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Solvable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sylva, silva, forest + E. culture. ] The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride. ] (Min.) Native potassium chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vulva, volva, a wrapper + -form. ] (Bot.) Like a cleft with projecting edges. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Vulva, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the vulva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wolfish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]