*halan*

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Acephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Same as Anthodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. exhalant. ] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of the Holocephali, fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also Hoocephali. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. inhalant. ] Inhaling; used for inhaling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Nonchalant. ] Indifference; carelessness; coolness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron. ] Indifferent; careless; cool. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx. ] (Zool.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., pl. of Phalanx. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Phalangeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phalangides (Zool.) One of the Phalangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr. fala`ggion, fr. fa`lagx a spider. Cf. Phalanx. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (Phalangista vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) Same as Phalangist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. falaggi`ths: cf. F. phalangite. ] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see Phalangious) + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A phalanstery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. phalanstérien, a. & n. ] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ies [ F. phalanstère, fr. Gr. fa`lagx a phalanx + stereo`s firm, solid. ] 1. An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community. [ 1913 Webster ]