adj. [ p. pr. & vb. n. of billow, verb ] 1. rising in billows. billowing smoke [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally. calm
Syn. -- billowy, surging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. windy.
Syn. -- blustering(prenominal), blusterous, blustery, gusty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. processing that involves blowing a gas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. --
Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. --
Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flowing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [ R. ] W. Nichols. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vocation; business; profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) See Advancing-edge, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Aëronautics) See Advancing-surface, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing through a tube. The process is used to manufacture a wide variety of useful and ornamental objects. The manufacture of simple glass objects has been automated, but complex glass objects are still made by the traditional hand processes. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. softly bright or radiant.
Syn. -- aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
Syn. -- fluorescent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. afire; as, glowing embers. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- burning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. flowing inward.
Syn. -- influent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. pr. p. of mellow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or process of acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
Syn. -- ripening, aging, ageing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. mind-bending. [ informal ]
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely affecting the mind or emotions; astonishing; -- usually referring to extraordinary experiences; as, spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience; a mind-blowing horror story. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of making yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Softened . . . by the yellowing which time has given. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]