a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + meteorology. ] The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [ Mostly poetic ] -- Beau"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Beau"te*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. bountevous, fr. bounte bounty. ] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. [ 1913 Webster ]

But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. (Bot.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bracteola, dim. of bractea. See Bractea. ] (Bot.) Same as Bractlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a genus of broad-winged soaring hawks.
Syn. -- genus Buteo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any hawk of the genus Buteo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., I confess. See Confess. ] (R.C.Ch.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. cortais, corteis, cortois, rarely corteous, OF. corties, corteis, F. courtois. See Court. ] Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. [ 1913 Webster ]

A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a courteous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Rare; excellent; costly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite. ] Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [ Obs. ] “Despiteous reproaches.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Despitefully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois. ] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous. ] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ From Duty. ] 1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subservient; obsequious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak.

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

a. [ Pref. e- + bracteolate. ] (Bot.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, year + &unr_; row. ] A kind of chronogram. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L. facticius made by art. ] Dexterous; neat. [ Obs. ] Johnson.

-- Feat"e*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + meteor. ] A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + meteorology. ] That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pitiless; cruel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Elec.) Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lacteal. ] 1. Milky; resembling milk. “The lacteous circle.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Lophostea E. Lophosteons [ NL., from Gr. lo`fos a crest + &unr_; a bone. ] (Anat.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>pref. [ L. luteus. ] (Chem.) A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luteocobaltic chloride (Chem.), a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound, Co2Cl6(NH3)12, obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solution of cobaltic chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L. luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lutéoline. See Luteous. ] (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye. ] Yellowish; more or less like buff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., Gr. fr. malako`s soft + 'oste`on bone. ] (Med.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mataiologi`a; ma`taios useless, vain + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. matéologie. ] A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mataiotechni`a; ma`taios vain + te`chnh art, science. ] Any unprofitable science. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. météore, Gr. &unr_;, pl. &unr_; things in the air, fr. &unr_; high in air, raised off the ground; &unr_; beyond + &unr_;, &unr_;, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. &unr_; to lift, raise up. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hail, an ordinary meteor. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a shooting star. [ PJC ]

☞ The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. météorique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor{ 3 }; as, meteoric fame. “Meteoric politician.” Craik. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meteoric iron,
Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite. --
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. --
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Meteoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. météorite. ] (Min.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron (asiderite). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Gr. &unr_; to raise to a height. ] To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -graph. ] An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to meteorography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -graphy. ] The registration of meteorological phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -oid. ] (Astron.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. [ 1913 Webster ]

These bodies [ small, solid bodies ] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -lite : cf. F. météorolithe. ] A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. météorologique. ] Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meteorological table,
Meteorological register, a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]