*gino*

a. Ambagious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. Containing clay and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation. ] Darkness. [ R. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux. ] Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell.

-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. engignos. See Ingenious. ] 1. Pertaining to an engine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
Motion to all. Decker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mark of all enginous drifts. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. érugineux. See æruginous. ] Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust of copper; resembling the rust of copper or verdigris; æruginous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Farrago. ] Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [ R. ] Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. favus a honeycomb. ] Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ferruginus, ferrugineus, fr. ferrugo, -ginis, iron rust: cf. F. ferrugineux. See Ferrugo. ] 1. Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fuliginosité. ] The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fuliginosus, from fuligo soot: cf. F. fuligineux. See Fume. ] 1. Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a smoky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imaginative. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impetiginous: cf. F. impétigineux. ] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, impetigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. lanuginosus, fr. lanugo, -ginis, woolly substance, down, fr. lana wool: cf. F. lanugineux. ] Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lentiginous. ] (Bot.) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lentiginosus. See Lentigo. ] Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as litigatious.
Syn. -- litigatious. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to lumbago. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: the seed ferns.
Syn. -- Cycadofilicales, order Cycadofilicales, order Lyginopteridales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous.
Syn. -- genus Lyginopteris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A line of fortifications built before World War II to protect France's eastern border. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. mucilagineux. See Mucilage. ] 1. Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. -- Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ Heb. n&ebreve_;gīnōth. ] (Script.) Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. oleaginus, oleagineus, belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. oléagineux. See Olive, Oil. ] Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Oiliness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pruriginosus: cf. F. prurigineux. ] (Med.) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ L. rubiginosus, fr. rubigo, robigo, rust: cf. F. rubigineux. ] (Bot.) Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salsugo, -ginis, saltness, from salsus salted, salt: cf. F. salsugineux. ] (Bot.) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scaturiginosus, fr. scaturigo gushing water. See Scaturient. ] Abounding with springs. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. serpigineux. ] (Med.) Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. siligineus, fr. siligo, -inis, fine and very white wheat. ] Made of fine wheat. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. (b) Partially cartilaginous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. suffraginosus diseased in the hock, fr. suffrago the pastern, or hock. ] Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch. ] 1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. uliginosus, fr. uligo, -inis, moisture, fr. uvere to be moist. ] Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [ R. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ L. vagina a sheath + penna a feather, pl. pennae a wing. ] (Zool.) Having elytra; sheath-winged. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vertiginosus, fr. vertigo a whirling around, giddiness: cf. F. vertigineux. See Vertigo. ] 1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertiginous motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ the angels ] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ver*tig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ver*tig"i*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. voraginosus, fr. vorago an abyss, fr. vorare to swallow up. ] Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring. [ R. ] Mallet. [ 1913 Webster ]