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a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable; fit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed. ] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to attitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly. ] Playful raillery; banter. “He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage.” Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal. ] Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. --
Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. --
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn. --
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. --
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. --
Cardinal virtues, preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. --
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college. [ 1913 Webster ]

The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman's short cloak with a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where's your cardinal! Make haste. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mulled red wine. Hotten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal. [ PJC ]

Cardinal bird, or
Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or Cardinalis Virginianus), of the family Fringillidæ, or finches of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife. Other related species are also called cardinal birds. --
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. --
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus. ] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. comperendinatus, p. p. of comperendinare to defer (the time of trial.) ] To delay. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinalis. ] According to custom; customary; usual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinarius. ] Customary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Consuetudinaries A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint ordinance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain. ] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many coordinate powers presiding over each country. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjunctions joint sentences and coordinate terms. Rev. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coordinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject. --
Coordinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

It has neither coordinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See Abscissa. ☞ Coordinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the coordinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three coordinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding coordinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cartesian coordinates. See under Cartesian. --
Geographical coordinates, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third coordinate. --
Polar coordinates, coordinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. --
Rectangular coordinates, coordinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. --
Rectilinear coordinates, coordinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian coordinates. --
Trigonometrical coordinates or
Spherical coordinates, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. --
Trilinear coordinates, coordinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coordinating. ] 1. To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to be co-ordinated; as, These activities co-ordinate well.
Syn. -- coordinate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

She was usually good with her hands and well coordinated. Mary McCarthy

2. matched in color and pattern so as to be pleasing to the esthetic sense; as, The curtains and walls were color coordinated.
Syn. -- matching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. operating as a unit; as, a coordinated development plan.
Syn. -- coordinated, concerted, interconnected, unified. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a coordinate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Grammar) joining together words or phrases of equal grammatical rank. subordinative
Syn. -- coordinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions. “Coordination of muscular movement by the cerebellum.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this high court of parliament, there is a rare coordination of power. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Gram.) Expressing coordination. J. W. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Grammar) same as coordinating. subordinative
Syn. -- co-ordinating, coordinating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To depose from the rank of cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an enzyme that removes the iodine radical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (chemistry) to remove iodine from. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. removing iodine from. iodinating [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. deordinatio depraved morality. ] Disorder; dissoluteness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Excess of riot and deordination. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + naphthylene. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. dīnār, from Gr. dhna`rion, fr. L. denarius. See Denier. ] 1. A petty money of accounts of Persia; 100 dinars consituted a rial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient gold coin of the East, issued by various Islamic countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the unit of currency of Yugoslavia. One dinar equals 100 paras. Abbreviated Din. [ PJC ]

n. See Diarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inordinate; disorderly. [ Obs. ] “With disordinate gestures.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Inordinately. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being extraordinary. [ R. ] Gov. of the Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See Ordinary. ] 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which dispose
To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Extraordinaries That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To foreordain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

a. Not coördinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of coördination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incoördination of muscular movement (Physiol.), irregularity in movements resulting from inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of voluntary control over them. [ 1913 Webster ]