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a. Pertaining to acnodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acus needle + E. node. ] (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, carbuncle + &unr_; disease. ] (Bot.) Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality of being antic. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being caustic; causticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the tibia. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the shin bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed thistle.
Syn. -- genus Cnicus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Cnidæ [ NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle. ] (Zool.) One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Cnida. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Cœlenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cnida + -blast. ] (Zool.) One of the cells which, in the Cœlenterata, develop into cnidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cnida + cilium eyelash. ] (Zool.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. acronym for central nervous system the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Syn. -- central nervous system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids.
Syn. -- genus Cycnoches. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the honeycreepers.
Syn. -- Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being elastic; elasticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fantasticalness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; the calf of the leg. ] (Anat.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being graphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Heroism. [ R. ] W. Montagu.

n. The quality of being impolitic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. pykno`s dense. ] (Physics) Having equal density, as different regions of a medium; passing through points at which the density is equal; as, an isopycnic line or surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) A line or surface passing through those points in a medium, at which the density is the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Magneticalness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Picnicked p. pr. & vb. n. Picnicking ] To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. piquenique. See Pick, v., and cf. Knickknack. ] Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who takes part in a picnic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Platy + Gr. &unr_; leg: cf. F. platycnémique. ] (Anat.) Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Lateral flattening of the tibia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thick, crowded + &unr_;, &unr_;, a shield. ] (Zool.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pycnidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; crowded. ] (Bot.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thick. ] (Min.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thick, crowded + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Paleon.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Pycnogonida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thick crowded + &unr_; knee. ] (Zool.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; dense, compact + -meter. ] (Physics) A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids. [ Also written pyknometer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; with the pillars close together; &unr_; close + &unr_; a column, pillar: cf. F. pycnostyle. ] (Anc. Arch.) See under Intercolumniation. -n. A pycnostyle colonnade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being specific. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. &unr_; eaten at three bites, &unr_; tri- + &unr_; to bite. ] (Zool.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell. [ 1913 Webster ]