‖n. (Zool.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. Syr. ōkēl damō the field of blood. ] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -mata /plu>. [ NL.; adeno- + -oma. ] (Med.) A benign tumor of epithelial tissue with a glandlike structure. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous a.AS [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n.; L. pl. adipomata /plu>. [ NL. See adipose; -oma. ] (Med.) An obsolete term for lipoma. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous a. [AS]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. aërenchyma. See Aëro-; Enchyma. ] (Bot.) A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Agamas [ From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard. ] (Zool.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of Indo-Malayan climbing herbs having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen.
Syn. -- genus Aglaonema. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the corncockles.
Syn. -- genus Agrostemma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Alme. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. amma, prob. of interjectional or imitative origin: cf. Sp. ama, G. amme, nurse, Basque ama mother, Heb. &unr_;m, Ar. immun, ummun. ] An abbes or spiritual mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. analemma a sun dial on a pedestal, showing the latitude and meridian of a place, Gr. 'ana`lhmma a support, or thing supported, a sun dial, fr. 'analamba`nein to take up; 'ana` + lamba`nein to take. ] 1. (Chem.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; receptacle + &unr_;. Formed like Parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -omata /plu>. [ NL.; angio- + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of blood or lymph vessels. -- an`gi*om"a*tous a. AS [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

‖n. [ Brazilian name. ] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last. ] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Prob. native name. ] (Zool.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aroma, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OE. aromaz, aromat, spice, F. aromate. ] 1. The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; short-drawn breath, fr. &unr_; to blow, for &unr_;: cf. Skr. vā, Goth. waian, to blow, E. wind. ] (Med.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum. Stedman [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; gr&unr_;ats, meal. ] (Med.) (a) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter. (b) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; step, platform. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Blastemata [ Gr. bla`sthma bud, sprout. ] (Biol.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; pit + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brahman. ] 1. (Hindu Myth.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindu gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ According to the Hindu religious books, Brahma (with the final a short), or Brahm, is the Divine Essence, the One First Cause, the All in All, while the personal gods, Brahmá (with the final a long), Vishnu, and Siva, are emanations or manifestations of Brahma the Divine Essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brahma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr., Gr. &unr_; gill + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; the front part of the head: cf. F. bregma. ] (Anat.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. brw^ma food, bibrw`skein to eat. ] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. karki`nwma, fr. karki`nos crab, cancer. See -oma. ] (Med.) A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue. The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue. See Cancer. Dunglison. Stedman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the Cariama cristata, also called the seriema.
Syn. -- genus Cariama. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See Seriema. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a burning heat. ] (Med.) Great heat, as of the body in fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, fr. khroy^n to wax over, fr. khro`s wax. ] 1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Arch.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The cere of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [ See Illust. of Baboon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. chi`asma two lines placed crosswise, fr. &unr_; to mark with a χ. ] (Anat.) A commissure; an intersection or crossing of two tracts; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- Chi*as"mal a.. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lip, fr. &unr_; lip. See -oma. ] (Zool.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, outh. ] (Zool.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [ Also written Chillostomata. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; to be green. ] (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chondromata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cartilage + -oma. ] A cartilaginous tumor or growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A kind of molding. See Cyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn. -- the film. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as motion picture. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

{ ‖ n. [ NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. koino`s common + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Zool.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + &unr_; an infusion. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_;, the part taken away in mutilation, fr. &unr_; to mutilate. ] (Anat. & Med.) A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kw^ma lethargy, fr. koima^n to put to sleep. See Cemetery. ] A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh. ] 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coma Berenices ety>[ L. ] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair. [ 1913 Webster ]