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n. 1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the seige of Troy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. Achillis tendo. ] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; lip. ] (Bot.) Without a lip. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 growing well in an acid medium; said of some bacteria
Syn. -- aciduric [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the geometrid moths.
Syn. -- genus Alsophila. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. pollinated by the wind; -- of flowering plants; especially grasses etc. entomophilous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an admirer of England and things English.
Syn. -- anglophil [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. exaggerated admiration for England and English customs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anglophilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being annihilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilated. [ Archaic ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating. ] [ L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row. ] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. [ 1913 Webster ]

It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. “To annihilate the army.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn. -- exterminated, wiped out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as, afire with annihilating invective.
Syn. -- devastating, withering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. annihilation. ] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to annihilate; destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fi`los loving. ] (Zool.) Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. -- n. A medicine for syphilis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; not loving man; 'a priv. + &unr_; to love + &unr_; man. ] Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil. ] 1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [ Written also orchal and orchil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Archilochius. ] Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. archiluth, It. arciliuto. ] (Mus.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Adj. a + while time, interval. ] For a while; for some time; for a short time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to love: cf. F. bibliophile. ] A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a product of one's creative thinking and work; as, the project was the brainchild of the director.
Syn. -- inspiration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To produce chilblains upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chill + Blain. ] A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling of the feet or hands, produced by exposure to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
Syn. -- pernio. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Children [ AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kilþei womb, in-kilþō with child. ] 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A noble youth. See Childe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1. Cor. xii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A female infant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A boy or a child, I wonder? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be with child, to be pregnant. --
Child's play, light work; a trifling contest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Childed; p. pr. & vb. n. Childing. ] To give birth; to produce young. [ 1913 Webster ]

This queen Genissa childing died. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a child. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg day. ] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cildhād; cild child + -hād. See Child, and -hood. ] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Children, taken collectively. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The commencement; the first period. [ 1913 Webster ]

The childhood of our joy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Child, v. i. ] Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. “Childish innocence.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Puerile; trifling; weak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper. [ 1913 Webster ]