*enet*

n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetphenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetophenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to anthropogenesis; caused by mankind or by humans.
Syn. -- anthropogenic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n. An antisplenetic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) 1. Relating to autogenesis; self-generated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, controlled by, or designating, a system of self-determined drainage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Bascinet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Benetted. ] To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Turk. qahveh khāneh coffeehouse. ] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [ Turkey ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to cenogenesis. Opposite of palingenetic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Biol.) Relating to or arising from an internal process; same as endogenous.
Syn. --. [ WordNet 1.5

2. (Geol.) Relating to the interior of the earth; of or pertaining to a metamorphic process occurring within a planet. Opposed to exogenetic.
Syn. -- endogenic. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to praise; 'epi` + &unr_; to praise. ] Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [ Obs. ] E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Frantic, a. ] Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic; frenzied. Milton.
Syn. -- frenetical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Frenetic; frantic; frenzied. -- Frenet"ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn. -- frenetic; phrenetic. [1913 Webster]

a. (Biol.) Relating to gamogenesis. -- Gam`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ See Jennet. ] A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. genethliacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belonging to one's birth, gene`qlh birth, fr. gi`gnesqai to be born. ] Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A birthday poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in genethliacs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genethliac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. geneqlhalogi`a astrology; gene`qlh birth + lo`gos discourse. ] Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Same as Genetical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic code. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Genesis. ] Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development. [ 1913 Webster ]

This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a genetical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a scientist who specializes in genetics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the genets.
Syn. -- genus Genetta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei&tsdot_;. ] 1. (Zool.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (Genetta felina), and the berbe (Genetta pardina), are related African species. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Histogeny. ] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. impénétrabilité. ] 1. Quality of being impenetrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) That property in virtue of which two portions of matter can not at the same time occupy the same portion of space. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable. ] 1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Highest woods impenetrable
To star or sunlight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. “Impenetrably armed.” Milton. “Impenetrably dull.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. [ 1913 Webster ]

It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Interpenetrating molding (Arch.), in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration; also, the result of a process of interpenetration. Milman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to kenogenesis; as, kenogenetic processes. -- Ken`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Kitchen + -ette. ] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See Land, and Knight. ] 1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They play ] their little game of lansquenet. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]