n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetphenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetophenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the sand lances.
Syn. -- family Ammodytidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Med.) Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n. An antidiphtheritic agent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the springbucks (or springboks). The main species is Antidorcas marsupialis the springbuck, of which there are three subspecies: the cape springbuck (marsupialis), the Kalahari springbuck (hofmeyri) and the Angolan springbuck (angolensis).
Syn. -- genus Antidorcas. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

#) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Antidotal. -- n. An antidote; also, a book of antidotes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antidotum, Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given against; 'anti` against + dido`nai to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n. ] 1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. dro`mos a running. ] (Bot.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. -- n. A medicine for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of cephalopods represented solely by the genus Argonauta.
Syn. -- family Argonautidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Asa + L. foetidus fetid. ] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [ Written also assafoetida. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Asafetida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Atlantes. ] The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family comprising the shoebills.
Syn. -- family Balaenicipitidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a natural family comprising the triggerfishes.
Syn. -- family Balistidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family coextensive with genus Batis; the saltworts.
Syn. -- family Batidaceae, saltwort family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betided Obs. Betid p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding. ] [ OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tīdan, to happen, fr. tīd time. See Tide. ] To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What will betide the few ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur. [ 1913 Webster ]

A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of me ?” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout, fr. &unr_; to grow. ] (Biol.) A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. buprestis, Gr. &unr_;, a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; &unr_; ox, cow + &unr_; to blow up, swell out. ] (Zool.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, pl., from &unr_; heavy sleep: cf. F. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness. ] (Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [ See Illust. of Aorta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Caryatids [ See Caryatides. ] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (&unr_;) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. &unr_;), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids. ] (Arch) Caryatids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A family of invertebrates coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body.
Syn. -- family Cestidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the butterfly fishes.
Syn. -- family Chaetodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.
Syn. -- family Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chlwro`s light green + E. plastid. ] (Bot.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Christmas + tide time. ] The season of Christmas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cell Biol.) one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + E. plastid. ] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Colocynth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of fish including the sculpins.
Syn. -- family Cottidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden. ] (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
Syn. -- family Cyprinodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a bladder, pouch. ] (Zool.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family including the agoutis and pacas.
Syn. -- family Dasyproctidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`lta, the letter Δ. ] (Zool.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP). [ PJC ]

n. a natural family comprisng the true vampire bats.
Syn. -- family Desmodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]