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n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ascribes human feelings to deity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. architectus, architecton, Gr. &unr_; chief artificer, master builder; pref. 'archi- (E. archi-) + &unr_; workman, akin to &unr_; art, skill, &unr_; to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto. See Technical. ] 1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contriver, designer, or maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The architects of their own happiness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Used in building; proper for building. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. architectonique. ] 1. The science of architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of arranging knowledge into a system. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. architectonicus, Gr. &unr_;. See Architect. ] 1. Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. “Architectonic wisdom.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to the systemizing of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An architect. [ Obs. ] North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female architect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect. ] 1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

The architecture of grasses, plants, and trees. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Military architecture, the art of fortifications. --
Naval architecture, the art of building ships. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of squid. ] (Zool.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. print or writing, especially the result of the printing process.
Syn. -- print. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing) depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie “Schindler's List” was shot in black and white.
Syn. -- black and white, monochromatic, monochrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From George J. Brush, an American mineralogist. ] (Min.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.
Syn. -- genus Canachites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Min.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. conchite. See Conch. ] (Paleon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. As white as cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; the side of the forehead. ] (Anat.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. en- + Gr. &unr_; wheel. ] (Paleon.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; impostor. ] A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [ Obs. ] Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; to pray. ] One who resolves religion into prayer. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

n. (Miner.) an oxide of iron.
Syn. -- gothite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

or /mhw>, n. [ After the poet Göthe. ] (Min.) A hydrous oxide of iron (HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F. graphite. See Graphic. ] (Min.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

. a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias, class Chondrichtyes) usually found in warm seas. When young it is bluish but it becomes white with age. It grows to over 15 feet in length and is feared as a man-eater. Also called white shark and great white. [ PJC ]

. Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street to about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. gryphite. ] (Paleon.) A shell of the genus Gryphea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`ls sea + qri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Min.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a worm. ] (Geol.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Furniture) Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A. Heppelwhite & Co. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Named after Dr. Herapath, the discoverer. ] (Chem.) The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of what was formerly called hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate. [ Obs. ] (b) A salt of hyposulphurous acid proper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Japhetite. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew. Kitto.

{ , n. [ AS. līnetwige. See Linnet. ] (Zool.) See Linnet. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fr. Gr. mala`chh a mallow, from its resembling the green color of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. malachite. Cf. Mallow. ] (Min.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. melek king. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a grayish white.
Syn. -- tattletale gray, tattletale grey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]