(n)a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

inferior thalamostriate vein

(n)tributaries to the basal vein, Syn.striate vein

los alamos

(n)a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced

superior thalamostriate vein

(n)a long vein that helps to form the internal cerebral vein

thalamocortical

(adj)relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus

thalamostriate vein

(n)a vein serving the thalamus and corpus striatum

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Alamodality

n. The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alamode

adv. & a. [ F. à la mode after the fashion. ] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef shops.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alamode

n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alamort

a. [ F. à la mort to the death. Cf. Amort. ] To the death; mortally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athalamous

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; nuptial bed. ] (Bot.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monothalamous

a. [ Mono- + Gr. qa`lamos chamber: cf. F. monothalame. ] (Zool.) One-chambered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polythalamous

a. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_; a chamber. ] (Zool.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thalamocoele

n. [ Thalamic + Gr. koi^los hollow. ] (Anat.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thalamophora

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. qa`lamos chamber + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) Same as Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

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