n. 1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
Syn. -- vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. & n. (Med.) Febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé. ] Having an aril. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge. ] Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. fébrile, from L. febris fever. See Fever. ] Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower + legere to gather: cf. F. florilège. ] The act of gathering flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Furfurol + benzile. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [ Written also furil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tomato-flavored consomme, often served chilled. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

a. [ Sp. Madrileño. ] Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Madrid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve + &unr_; peel, skin. ] (Anat.) (a) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath. (b) The perineurium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nitro-. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of compounds bearing the cyanide radical (-CN); particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The nitriles are named with reference to the acids produced by their decomposition, thus, hydrocyanic acid is formic nitrile, methyl cyanide is acetonitrile (also acetic nitrile), and ethyl cyanide is propionitrile (from propionic acid). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. puéril. ] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See Youthful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a puerile manner; childishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being puerile; puerility. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Riled p. pr. & vb. n. Riling. ] [ See Roil. ] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sacrilège, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacred, and Legend. ] The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb
With sacrilege to dig. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus. ] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One guilty of sacrilege. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scurrilis, fr. scurra a bufoon, jester: cf. F. scurrile. ] Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient name. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. stérile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo`s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairō, fem., barren. See Stare to gaze. ] 1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) (a) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens. (b) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. “The thousand tendriled vine.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; any thing received, in logic, an assumption. Cf. Dilemma. ] 1. (Logic) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin to AS. wer: cf. F. viril. See Werewolf, World, and cf. Decemvir, Virago, Virtue. ] Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. Incapable of being wearied. [ 1913 Webster ]