*iba*

a. (Med.) (a) killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria; -- applied also to serum for protection against bacterial diseases. (b) Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Med.) a chemical substance which kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. [ PJC ]

n. 1. the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Capable of being ascribed; attributable. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., . [ Native name. ] (Bot.) The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib. ] Addicted to drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + basic. ] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being bribed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root “propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.” The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales. ] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. “Cannibal terror.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. cannibalisme. ] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to eat human flesh.
Syn. -- practice cannibalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.
Syn. -- use parts of. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. same as cannibalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In the manner of cannibal. “An he had been cannibally given.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Capybara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-like flowers.
Syn. -- genus Ceiba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Celibate, n. ] The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. “The celibacy of the clergy.” Hallom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single. ] 1. Celibate state; celibacy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marriage. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives unmarried. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cibaruus, fr. cibus food. ] Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed. ] 1. The act of taking food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being circumscribed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba. ] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [ Written also capivi. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ L. delibatus, p. p. of delibare to taste; de- + libare to taste. ] To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delibatio: cf. F. délibation. ] Act of tasting; a slight trial. [ Obs. ] Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. demi- bastion. ] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can be described; capable of description. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as detribalization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living.
Syn. -- detribalisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their cultural identity and adopt other customs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. di- + basic. ] (Chem.) Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the case of certain acids dibasic and divalent are not synonymous; as, tartaric acid is tetravalent and dibasic, lactic acid is divalent but monobasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The property or condition of being dibasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Equi- + balance. ] Equal weight; equiponderance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Equibalanced p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing ] To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deep scarlet color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gibaros /plu>. [ Amer. Sp. jíbaro wild. ] (Ethnol.) The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Incapable of being described. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an indescribable manner; to a degree impossible to desribe; as, indescribably beautiful. [ PJC ]

a. Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being inscribable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. libamentum. ] Libation. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. libans, p. pr. of libare to taste, touch. ] Sipping; touching lightly. [ R. ] Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. libatio, fr. libare to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F. libation. ] The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]