| Aam | ‖n. [ D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. &unr_; ] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 361/2, at Hamburg 381/4. [ Written also Aum and Awm. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abandum | ‖n. [ LL. See Abandon. ] (Law) Anything forfeited or confiscated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abeam | adv. [ Pref. a- + beam. ] (Naut.) On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abloom | adv. [ Pref. a- + bloom. ] In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abolitionism | n. The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abomasus | { ‖‖ } n. [ NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word). ] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Abomasum |
| Abraum salts | or /mhw>, n. [ Ger., fr. abräumen to remove. ] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Abraum |
| Absenteeism | n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Absinthism | n. The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Absinthium | n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Absolutism | n. 1. The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. [ 1913 Webster ] The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Theol.) Doctrine of absolute decrees. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Abysm | n. [ OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. &unr_;. See Abyss. ] An abyss; a gulf. “The abysm of hell.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Academicism | n. 1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Academism | n. The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accidentalism | n. Accidental character or effect. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acclaim | v. t. [ L. acclamare; ad + clamare to cry out. See Claim, Clamor. ] [ R. ] 1. To applaud. “A glad acclaiming train.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To declare by acclamations. [ 1913 Webster ] While the shouting crowd
Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acclaim | v. i. To shout applause. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acclaim | n. Acclamation. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accustom | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accustomed p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming. ] [ OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; à (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom. ] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ] I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To habituate; inure; exercise; train. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accustom | v. i. 1. To be wont. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To cohabit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Accustom | n. Custom. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acetabuliform | a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acetabulum | ‖n. [ L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Achenium | { n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; to gape. ] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [ Written also akene and achænium. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Achene |
| Achromatism | n. [ Cf. F. achromatisme. ] The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aciculiform | a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aciform | a. [ L. acus needle + -form. ] Shaped like a needle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acinaciform | a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acinetiform | a. [ Acinetæ + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the Acinetæ. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aciniform | a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Full of small kernels like a grape. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aconitum | ‖n. [ L. See Aconite. ] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. [ 1913 Webster ] Strong
As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acosmism | n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; world. ] A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acrobatism | n. Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acroclinium | n. 1. 1 a genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and Southern Africa, with an everlasting flower; most species are usually placed in genus Helipterum.
Syn. -- genus Acroclinium [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Acrodactylum | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; topmost + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) The upper surface of the toes, individually. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acropodium | ‖n. [ Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) The entire upper surface of the foot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acrotarsium | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; topmost + &unr_; tarsus. ] (Zool.) The instep or front of the tarsus. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Acroterium | ‖n.; pl. Acroteria [ L., fr. Gr. 'akrwth`rion summit, fr. 'a`kros topmost. ] (Arch.) (a) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker. (b) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| acrotism | n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kro`tos a rattling, beating. ] (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation. AS [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Actiniform | a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -form. ] Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Actinism | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_; ray. ] The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Actinium | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Chem.) A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Actinogram | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -gram. ] A record made by the actinograph.
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| Actium | n. 1. naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| activism | n. 1. a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Aculeiform | a. Like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adam | n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (As a symbol) “Original sin;” human frailty. [ 1913 Webster ] And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adam's ale, water. [ Coll. ] --
Adam's apple. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. Paxton. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). 2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. --
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). --
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Ad captandum | ‖ [ L., for catching. ] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addeem | v. t. [ Pref. a- + deem. ] To award; to adjudge. [ Obs. ] “Unto him they did addeem the prise.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Addendum | ‖n.; pl. Addenda [ L., fr. addere to add. ] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. [ 1913 Webster ]
Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]
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