n. 1. 1 a genus of woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
Syn. -- genus Argyreia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy. -- Berke"ley*ism, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Brunei; as, Bruneian oil production. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a native or inhabitant of Brunei. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. épopée, Gr. &unr_;; 'e`pos song + &unr_; to make. See Epos. ] An epic poem; epic poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Hygea, Hygia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, health, &unr_;, Hygeia, fr. &unr_; sound, healthy. ] (Classic Myth.) The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. leguleius pettifogger, fr. lex, legis, law. ] Lawyerlike; legal. [ R. ] “Leguleian barbarism.” De Quincey. -- n. A lawyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.
Syn. -- Mantineia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`los song + poiei^n to make. ] (Mus.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea.
Syn. -- genus Nageia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'o`noma, 'ono`matos, a name + poiei^n to make. ] (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds, but this is not believed by most. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n.; pl. -ias [ NL., from Gr. paqopoii`:a; pa`qos passion + poiei^n to make. ] (Rhet.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. farmakopoii:`a the preparation of medicines; fa`rmakon medicine + poiei^n to make. ] 1. A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chemical laboratory. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Plebeianism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plebeians, collectively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. plébéianisme. ] 1. The quality or state of being plebeian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plebeianized p. pr. & vb. n. Plebeianizing. ] To render plebeian, common, or vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Pleiades. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. (&unr_;) ] 1. (Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus; -- called also the seven sisters. Job xxxviii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Mädler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but such a notion has been thoroughly discounted by modern observations. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. Pompeianus. ] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; pro`swpon a face, a person + &unr_; to make. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Purveyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Tarpeius, prop., pertaining to Tarpeia. ] Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]