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n. Loftiness of skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. acromegalia, fr. Gr. 'a`kron point, peak + me`gas, mega`loy, big. ] (Med.) Chronic enlargement of many bones of the skeleton, especially bones of hands, feet and face; the condition is due to excessive secretion of growth hormone. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`lysson, name of a plant, perh. fr. 'a priv. + ly`ssa raging madness. ] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (Alyssum maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of amphibians comprising the midwife toads.
Syn. -- genus Alytes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a person undergoing psychoanalysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v., n., etc. Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an instrument that performs analyses.
Syn. -- analyzer [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Analyses [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; &unr_; up + &unr_; to loose. See Loose. ] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ultimate,
Proximate,
Qualitative,
Quantitative, and
Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. analyste. See Analysis. ] One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. analytique. See Analysis. ] Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed to synthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic. Also See: a priori, deductive, logical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Syn. -- appraising(prenominal), evaluative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an analytical mind [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Analytical geometry or
coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. --
Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. --
Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an analytical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be analyzed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Analyzed p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing. ] [ Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis. ] 1. To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.
Syn. -- analyze, study, examine [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.
Syn. -- analyze, break down, dissect, take apart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. subject to psychoanalytic treatment. I was analysed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
Syn. -- analyze, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. separated into components. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, analyzes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anomalies [ L. anomalia, Gr. &unr_;. See Anomalous. ] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Antiparalytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apocalypsis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to uncover, to disclose; &unr_; from + &unr_; to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse. ] 1. (Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Specifically, the revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament (called Revelation or the Apocalypse). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure. Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person's goals or style of life. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John's Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apocalyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18., in which it is described as the number of the “beast of the earth”. It has been variously interpreted. Some fundamentalist Christians consider it to be the number of the Devil, and avoid or fear objects containing that number. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adv. By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. The writer of the Apocalypse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + catalysis. ] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to a biocatalyst. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. caused by a biocatalyst. [ PJC ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. Brachycéphalie ] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to test the alcohol content of someone's blood by means of a breathalyzer.
Syn. -- breathalyse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ a Trademark. ]a device that measures alcohol content of a person's breath.
Syn. -- breathalyser, breath analyzer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a calyx. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. calyx, calycis, calyx + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a calyx; resembling or having the nature of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx. See Calyx, and cf. Calicle. ] (Bot.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Calyculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cup or calyx a flower + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Bot.) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. (&unr_;) concealed, p. p. of &unr_; to conceal. ] (Zool.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph. ] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68° N. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
Syn. -- alula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kaly`ptra a covering for the head, fr. kaly`ptein to cover. ] (Bot.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Calyptra + -form. ] Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.
Syn. -- genus Calystegia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]