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a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of the nature of an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

#), a. (Zool.) Apodal; apod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centifidus; centum + findere to split. ] Divided into a hundred parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Curculionideæ, or weevil tribe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of discord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doused p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing. ] [ Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din. ] 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. dwæscan. (Skeat.) ] To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights. [ Slang ] “ To douse the glim.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Frondose. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Gastropodous.

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. hasardeux. ] Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky. [ 1913 Webster ]

To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.

Syn. -- Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome; precarious; uncertain.

-- Haz"ard*ous*ly, adv. -- Haz"ard*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state of being dangerous.
Syn. -- perilousness, precariousness, danger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. horrendus. ] Fearful; frightful. [ Obs. ] I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hybrid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infandus; pref. in- not + fari to speak. ] Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Infecund. ] Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix). [ 1913 Webster ]

Iodous acid, a hypothetical acid, analogous to chlorous acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Isopod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Perilous; hazardous. [ 1913 Webster ]

His goodly, valiant, and jeopardous enterprise. Fuller.

-- Jeop"ard*ous*ly, adv. Huloet. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Lemuroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F. ligniperde. ] (Zool.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having long legs or feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meso- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a muscle. ] (Zool.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Molybdena. ] Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multinodus. ] Same as Multinodate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak. ] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [ Obs. ] “Nefand adominations.” Sheldon. “Nefandous high treason.” Cotton Mather. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + -pod + -ous. ] (Zool.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Niggardly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Nodose; knotty; knotted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. olidus, fr. olere to smell. ] Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [ Obs. ] Boyle. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as lamellibranchiate.
Syn. -- lamellibranch, lamellibranchiate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. peristera` a pigeon + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Polymyoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]