*andr*

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alexandrin. ] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'andh`r a man. ] (Bot.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_;: cf. F. andranatomie. See Anatomy, Androtomy. ] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
Syn. -- genus Andreaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
Syn. -- order Andreaeales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrenid, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrena, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
Syn. -- family Andrenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
Syn. -- Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.
Syn. -- genus Andricus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + kefalh` head. ] Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*œ"cism, -di*e"cism n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; house. ] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes development and maintenance of typical male sexual characteristics. They are mostly produced in the testes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. androgynus, Gr. &unr_;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne. ] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An hermaphrodite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + e'i^dos form. ] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } (Astron.) A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A shower of these meteors takes place every year on November 27th or 28th. The Andromedes are also called Bielids, as they are connected with Biela's comet and move in its orbit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus. ] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. andron, Gr. 'andrw`n, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man. ] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pe`talon leaf. ] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'androfa`gos; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fagei^n to eat. ] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anthropophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard. ] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including Andropogon sorghum and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and Andropogon schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + sfi`gx sphinx. ] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; a cutting. Cf. Anatomy. ] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man. ] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archimandrita, LGr. 'archimandri`ths; pref. 'archi (E. arch-) + ma`ndra an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery. ] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner. ] A little banner, flag, or streamer. [ Written also bannerol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Banderole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
Syn. -- genus Calandrinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chandlery. [ Obs. ] “Torches from the chandry.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
Syn. -- genus Comandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dandruff. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. drōf dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. √240. ] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles. [ Written also dandriff. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. décandre. ] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]