*auri*

a. [ L. aurichalcum, for orichalcum brass. ] (Zool.) Brass-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aurichalceous. ] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See Ear. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. (b) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Auriculæ E. Auriculas [ L. auricula. See Auricle. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (Hirneola auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or Jew's-ear. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish. (b) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. auricularis: cf. F. auriculaire. See Auricle. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest . . . that ever was auricular. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. “Auricular assurance.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Received by the ear; known by report. “Auricular traditions.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Anat.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auricular finger, the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl., fr. LL. auricularis. ] (Zool.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an auricular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Auricle. ] (Biol.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auriculate leaf, one having small appended leaves or lobes on each side of its petiole or base. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Med.) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
Syn. -- atrioventricular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère. ] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Oriflamme. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auris ear + -form. ] Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to transform into gold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to turn golden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., charioteer. ] (Anat.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aurigalis. ] Of or pertaining to a chariot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aurigatio, fr. aurigare to be a charioteer, fr. auriga. ] The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aurum gold + -graphy. ] The art of writing with or in gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris ear + lavare to wash. ] An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. aurum gold. ] (Chem.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. Orfrays. ] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Orpiment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris ear + scalpere to scrape. ] An earpick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris ear. ] One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auritus, fr. auris ear. ] (Zool.) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aurum gold + vorare to devour. ] Gold-devouring. [ R. ] H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + auriculate. ] 1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
Syn. -- genus Centaurium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + L. aurum gold. So called from its color. ] An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks, ” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [ Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; marine (&unr_; in + &unr_; the sea) + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of extinct reptiles including the duck-billed dinosaurs.
Syn. -- family Hadrosauridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + say^ros. ] (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe. ] (Her.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Ichthyosaurus. ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the Ichthyosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An order of extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic.
Syn. -- order Ictodosauria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australis, or Dammara australis), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin. [ Written also kaudi, kaury, cowdie, and cowrie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri (Dammara lanceolata). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to or combined with lauric acid, the 12-carbon member of the fatty acid series; combined with the acyl group of lauric acid. [ PJC ]

(Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, CH3.(CH2)10.COOH, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and various other vegetable sources. The sodium salt (sodium lauryl sulfate) is used as a detergent. Syn. -- dodecanoic acid, laurostearic acid, dodecoic acid. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]