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n. 1. a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.
Syn. -- Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).
Syn. -- Alexander the Great [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. same as Alexander[ wn1 ]; Smyrnium olusatrum.
Syn. -- Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ NL.; a- not + Gr. le`xis speech, fr. le`gein to speak, confused with L. legere to read. ] (Med.) (a) Inability to read aloud, due to brain disease; the meanings of the words is nevertheless understood. Called also motor alexia. (b) Inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols. Called also Word blindness and text blindness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

{ } a. & n. [ See Alexipharmic. ] Alexipharmic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'alexifa`rmakos keeping off poison; 'alexein to keep off + fa`rmakon drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque. ] (Med.) Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding off poison; antidotal; prophylactic. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'ale`xein to keep off + pyreto`s burning heat, fever, py^r fire. ] (Med.) Serving to drive off fever; antipyretic; antifebrile. [ archaic ] -- n. An antipyretic drug; a febrifuge. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'alexhth`rios fit to keep off or help, fr. 'alexhth`r one who keeps off, helper; 'ale`xein to keep off: cf. F. alexitère. ] (Med.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'alexhth`rion a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. alexitère, LL. alexiterium. ] (Med.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of arctic foxes.
Syn. -- genus Alopex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand. ] Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Double-dealing. (Law) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Practicing or siding with both parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplexari to embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule. ] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annexed p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing. ] [ F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind. ] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. “He annexed a codicil to a will.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. [ 1913 Webster ]

He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere. ] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t. ] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors annexation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who annexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion. ] Annexation. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annexationist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. [ Gr. 'anorexi`a; 'an priv. + 'o`rexis desire, appetite, 'ore`gein desire. ] (Med.) Loss of appetite for food. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. causing loss of appetite; as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.
Syn. -- anorectic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Med.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Apexes L. Apices [ L. ] 1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apoplexy. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with apoplexy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. 'apoplhxi`a, fr. 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague. ] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to apyrexy. “Apyrexial period.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. apyrexia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; to be feverish, fr. &unr_; fire: cf. F. apyrexie. ] (Med.) The absence or intermission of fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aruspices [ L. aruspex or haruspex. ] One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + sexual. ] 1. (Biol.) Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. not involving sexual activity or sexual attraction; as, an asexual friendship. [ PJC ]

n. having no evident sex or sex organs.
Syn. -- sexlessness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Asexual + -ize + -ation. ] The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In an asexual manner; without sexual agency. [ 1913 Webster ]