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adj. 1. of or pertaining to achondrite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. chondritic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Hadrianus. ] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianopolis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianople [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn. -- El Iskandariyah [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. 1. 1 a genus of cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.
Syn. -- genus Andricus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Anhydrous. ] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anhydrous. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Antihypochondriac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. -- n. A remedy for hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archimandrita, LGr. 'archimandri`ths; pref. 'archi (E. arch-) + ma`ndra an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery. ] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Chondritis of a joint. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat. [ Eng. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. baudric, bawdrik, through OF. (cf. F. baudrier and LL. baldringus, baldrellus), from OHG. balderich, cf. balz, palz, akin to E. belt. See Belt, n. ] A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; it is used to support a sword or bugle by the left hip; less properly, any belt. [ Also spelt bawdrick and baldrick. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied
Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A belt. See Baldric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A belt. See Baldric. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dribble upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. “Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.” Shak. “The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Bed + right, rite. ] The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To drizzle upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A drinking between meals. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
Syn. -- genus Calandrinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a., Of or pertaining to a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carbon + hydrogen. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cedrinus, Gr. ke`drinos. See Cedar. ] Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cœrulignone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Icel. tjaldr. ] (Zool.) A kind of bird; the oyster catcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the plovers.
Syn. -- family Charadriidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters; shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on animal life.
Syn. -- order Charadriiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Charadriidae; the plovers.
Syn. -- genus Charadrius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the snapping turtles.
Syn. -- family Chelydridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic. ] (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fish in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified; a cartilaginous fish.
Syn. -- cartilaginous fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the class of fishes comprising the cartilaginous fishes, which includes the sharks.
Syn. -- class Chondrichthyes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -fy. ] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -genous. ] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin. See also chondroitin sulfate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules. [ 1913 Webster ]