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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; hollowed all round; 'amfi` + &unr_; hollow. ] (Zool.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and West South America.
Syn. -- genus Aristotelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aurélie. Cf. Chrysalis. ] (Zool.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the aurelia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al profit. ] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

What concord hath Christ with Belia ? 2 Cor. vi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

A son (or man)
of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.
Syn. -- camellia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ For carnelian; influenced by L. carneus fleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See Cornellan. ] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) See Cœllac. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. coeliacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belly, fr. koi^los hollow. ] Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cœliac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also cœliac axis. --
Cœliac flux,
Cœliac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cimeliarcha, Gr. &unr_;, treasurer. ] A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koili`a a cavity of the body, a ventricle. ] (Anat.) A cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicœlia, mesocœlia, metacœlia, procœlia, etc. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian. ] (Min.) Same as Carnelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of, or relating to, endothelium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendering thanks for favors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or the kindergarten system of education, which he organized. -- n. One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian. ] (Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of plants with seeds that stick to clothing, including stickseed and some of the beggar's lice.
Syn. -- genus Hackelia, Lappula, genus Lappula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Pertaining to Hegelianism. -- n. A follower of Hegel.

{ } prop. n. The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

a. Heliacal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to the sun, fr. &unr_; the sun: cf. F. héliaque. ] (Astron.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a heliacal manner. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its color. ] (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.
Syn. -- sunflower. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) One of a sect of Muslims who followed the practices of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house of Ali.

n. [ NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. Lobelia cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of plants not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae.
Syn. -- family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Machiavel (also called Machiavelli), an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence. ] Of or pertaining to Machiavelli, or to his supposed principles for conduct of government, as enunciated in his tract The Prince; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity, political expediency, unscrupulous cunning, or bad faith; crafty. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

, n. One who adopts the principles of Machiavelli; a cunning and unprincipled politician. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meckelian cartilage, the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ See Mendel's law. ] 1. (Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law; as, Mendelian inheritance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Biol.) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel's laws of inheritance; -- said of the distribution of inherited characteristics and of traits thus distributed. -- Men*de"li*an*ism Men*del"ism n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

. (Biol.) A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ 1st mental + Meckelian. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw. -- n. The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of Western America lacking stinging hairs.
Syn. -- genus Mentzelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, “a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;” devilish in character or aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness; as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.
Syn. -- devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. mesocoelia. See Meso-, and Coelia. ] (Anat.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Myo- + epithelial. ] 1. (Biol.) Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra. [ 1913 Webster ]