‖n. [ From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good against malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile. ] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court. ] Relating to a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl., fr. LL. auricularis. ] (Zool.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Avicular. ] (Zool.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Zool.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. bacillum, dim. of baculum stick. ] (Biol.) See Diatom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bipolar quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of mammals consisting of the shrews.
Syn. -- genus Blarina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. harshly or unpleasantly loud (in sound intensity); -- used mostly of electronic entertainment devices, such as TV, radio, or phonograph. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. brachiolum (bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm. ] (Zool.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. campanula a bell. ] (Zool.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being capillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. capillarité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or condition of being capillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Capillarity depends upon the relative attraction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cellarer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state of having cells. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. circularitas. ] The quality or state of being circular; a circular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from L. clarus clear + bellus fine. ] (Mus.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear + chorda string. See Chord. ] A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification. ] 1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of freeing from obscurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

The clarification of men's ideas. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which clarifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clarified p. pr. & vb. n. Clarifying. ] [ F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact. ] 1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. “Boiled and clarified.” Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To glorify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. clarigare ] To declare war with certain ceremonies. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clarinette, dim. of clarine, from L. clarus. See Clear, and cf. Clarion. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band. [ Often improperly called clarionet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a musician who plays the clarinet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It. a trumpet. ] (Mus.) A reed stop in an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear. ] A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Clarion, Clarinet. ] (Mus.) See Clarinet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. clarisonus; clarus + sonus. ] Having a clear sound. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. claritudo, fr. clarus clear. ] Clearness; splendor. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. claritas, fr. clarus clear: cf. F. clarté. ] Clearness; brightness; splendor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity,
Innumerable virgin graces row. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from L. convallis a valley; con- + vallis valley. ] (Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
Syn. -- family Convallariaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corpuscular. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Crotalum. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dépolarisation. ] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depolarization of light (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition. [ 1913 Webster ]