n. 1. 1 a family of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- family Annonaceae, custard-apple family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ NL. Cf. Ananas. ] (Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata. ] 1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading. ] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The Fate who spins the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Clotho. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Want of ability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids). Opposite of absorbent. [ Narrower terms: repellent, resistant ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A neglect or refusal to accept. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Failure to be admitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface. Opposite of adsorbent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not adult; immature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaerobic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine. ] (Eccl.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. non- + age. ] Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine. ] A person ninety years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian. ] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Astron.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nonus ninth + Gr. &unr_; angle. ] (Math.) A plane figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nonus ninth. ] (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not arboreal; not living in trees; -- of animals. Opposite of arboreal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Failure to arrive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not associative. Opposite of associative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. noncontractive. Opposite of astringent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inattention. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae. [ 1913 Webster ]