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a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An organic acid (C6H5.CH(OH).COOH) extracted from bitter almonds; called also mandelic acid and α-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalinus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

prop. n. A natural family of insects including the dobsonflies.
Syn. -- family Corydalidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a plant of the genus Corydalis, with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Grammar) ability to integrate information from different sense modalities. [ PJC ]

{ , a. [ L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. &unr_;; cf. &unr_; to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical Dædalus (Gr. &unr_;, lit., the cunning worker). ] 1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee,
Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crafty; deceitful. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Dædalian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of the feudal character or form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. féodalisme. ] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An upholder of feudalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. féodalité. ] The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reducing to feudal tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feudalized p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing ] To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. “Idalian Aphrodité.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. médailliste, It. medaglista. ] [ Written also medallist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A designer of medals. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit; as, the gold medalist in downhill skiing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. Eadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. modalité. ] 1. The quality or state of being modal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room. ] A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [ Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not of those that men desire, sleek
Odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ordalium. ] Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [ R. ] Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of measuring by paces. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sandal + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scandalized p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing ] [ F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein. ] 1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, L. sesquipedalis. ] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } n. Sesquipedality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Soda + -lite: cf. F. sodalithe. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sodalities [ L. sodalitas, fr. sodalis a comrade. ] 1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + feudalize. ] To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]