n. 1. 1 a family of fish comprising the thresher sharks.
Syn. -- family Alopiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae.
Syn. -- genus Alopius [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the flashlightfishes.
Syn. -- family Anomalopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
Syn. -- underdeveloped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. [ pr. p. of develop (WN definition 5) ] becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn. -- development. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. diplopia, from Gr. &unr_; double + the root of &unr_; sight: cf. F. diplopie. ] (Med.) The act or state of seeing double. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ægilops. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an Ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. surrounding closely on all sides.
Syn. -- ambient, encompassing, surrounding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. the act or process of enclosing something inside something else.
Syn. -- enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ F. galopin. See Gallop, v. i. ] An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, the opposite of &unr_;; &unr_; day + &unr_; of &unr_;. See Nyctalopia. ] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, i. e., day blindness. See Nyctalopia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`los song + E. piano. ] A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. nykta`lwps. Gr. nykta`lwps meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. ny`x, nykto`s, night + 'w`ps, 'wpo`s, the eye; in the latter, fr. ny`x + 'alao`s blind + 'w`ps. ] (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See Moonblink. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night blindness. See Hemeralopia. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Botany) Developing away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. para`llhlos parallel + 'epi`pedon a plane surface, 'epi`pedos on the ground, or level with it, level, flat; 'epi` on + pe`don the ground: cf. F. parallélopipède. ] (Geom.) A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.
Syn. -- parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] A parallelopiped. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Chem.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fishing for scallops. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper. [1913 Webster]