n. A stony meteor lacking chondrules. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj.
n. (Med.) A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. (Med.) of or pertaining to achondroplasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. t.
And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel. [ 1913 Webster ]
The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Are not your orders to address the senate? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
To address one's self to.
To address the ball (Golf),
v. i.
Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [ Rare & Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
p. a. [ P. p. of adread. ] Put in dread; afraid. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., a corruption of tragacanth. ] Gum tragacanth. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread. ] To dread. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. ad- + renal. ] (Anat.) Suprarenal. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adj.
adj.
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a. [ L. Hadrianus. ] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea;
n.
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a. [ L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti. ] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- (for on) + drift. ] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. [ 1913 Webster ]
So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- in + drip. ] In a dripping state;
v. t. [ See Arrogate. ] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adrogatio, arrogatio, fr. adrogare. See Arrogate. ] (Rom. Law) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. adroit; à (L. ad) = droit straight, right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See Direct. ] Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts;
adv. In an adroit manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. a- (for on) + dry. ] In a dry or thirsty condition. “A man that is adry.” Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Aëro- + hydrodynamic. ] Acting by the force of air and water;
n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a running. ] (Aëronautics)
a. Drawn in air; imaginary. [ 1913 Webster ]
This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
a.
a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. alexandrin. ] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]
The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp., fr. almendra almond. ] The lofty Brazil-nut tree. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Cf. F. anadrome. ] (Zool.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; running upward; &unr_; + &unr_; a running, &unr_; to run. ]