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a. 1. Of or pertaining to amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or resembling the mineral amphibole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. “Amphibological expressions.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Am*phib`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Amphibologies [ L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F. amphibologie. See Amphiboly. ] A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amphibolus, Gr. &unr_; thrown about, doubtful. See Amphibole. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Ambiguous; doubtful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Capable of two meanings. [ 1913 Webster ]

An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., “The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.” Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amphibolies [ L. amphibolia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OE. amphibolie. See Amphibolous. ] Ambiguous discourse; amphibology. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains various antibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also stimulates production of their specific antibodies by the immune system. In certain “autoimmune” diseases, the immune system of an organism may produce antibodies to parts of the organism's own structure, and can cause considerable damage and even death as a result. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) more narrowly, any of the immunoglobulins present in the blood serum or other body fluids of an animal, which reacts with a specific antigenic substance, whether the antibody was produced as a consequence of the stimulus provided by the antigen, or was pre-existing prior to exposure of the organism to the antigen. The soluble antibodies present in serum are complex globins (proteins) with both constant and variable regions in the polypeptide chains, the variable region being responsible for the reaction of the antibody with its specific antigen. Typically, antibodies of more than one structure may react with a given antigen, and any given antigen may stimulate production of more than one antibody. Methods have been developed to grow cells in tissue culture which produce predominantly only one specific antibody, and such antibodies thus produced (called monoclonal antibodies) are highly specific in their reactions to molecular strucures, and are used as valuable reagents in biochemical technology. [ PJC. ]

n. [ F. belle et bonne, beautiful and good. ] A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Canadian French. ] (Zool.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). [ 1913 Webster ]

Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. --
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caribou. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small South American spiny tree (Erythrina crista-galli) with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
Syn. -- crybaby tree, cry-baby tree, common coral tree, Erythrina crista-galli. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. chibouque, fr. Turk. ] A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ciboule, LL. cepula, cepola, dim. of L. cepa, caepa, caepe, an onion. Cf. Chibbal, Cives. ] A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.: pl. Ciboria [ LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr. &unr_; a seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, a cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed vessel in shape. ] 1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a nucleic acid, usually of very high molecular weight, consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides, occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands, wound together in the form of a double helix; it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity, transmitted from parent to progeny, and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material; -- usually referred to by the acronym DNA.
Syn. -- DNA, desoxyribonucleic acid. [ PJC ]

☞ The monomer units making up the DNA each contain one of four heterocyclic bases: thymine, adenine, cytosine, or guanine. The genetic information is contained in the precise sequence of these monomer units, which ultimately specify the sequence of proteins to be made by the organism's biosynthetic processes, mediated through the synthesis of RNA having a base sequence corresponding to that of the DNA. The DNA sequence also specifies the sequence of the various RNA molecules the RNA base sequence being a copy of that on one of the DNA strands. Most of the RNA synthesized is involved in protein synthesis. In the double-helical form of DNA, the thymine on one strand is paired with the adenine on the opposite strand, and cytosine of one strand is paired with guanine on the opposite strand. There is in DNA also certain controlling information concerning the timing and amount of RNA to be made, encoded within the sequence of the DNA in ways that are still being elucidated.
When this structure is replicated in the course of cell multiplication, two identical double-helical molecules are formed, each containing one strand from the original molecule. Each resulting molecule is distributred to either the parent or progeny organism, and this is the basic mechanism for transmission of hereditary information. In RNA-based viruses, or those having single strands of DNA (as certain viruses), the genetic information transmission occurs through a double-stranded intermediate by a similar mechanism.
In some organisms slight modifications of the bases of DNA are found, such as methylcytosine or, in some viruses, uracil or hydroxymethyluracil; these unusual bases act analogously to the normal bases in their genetic coding function. A small percentage of methylcytosine is found in many organisms, and it serves in some cases as a special signal, as for restriction enzymes. [ PJC ]

n. an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP). [ PJC ]

n. a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen. [ PJC ]

n. same as deoxyribonucleic acid. [ Rare ] [ PJC ]

n. same as deoxyribonucleic acid. [ PJC ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Djibouti. Population (2000) = 395, 000. [ PJC ]

prop. adj. Of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture; as, Djiboutian landscape; Djiboutian merchants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Djibouti. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to throw upon, add to; 'epi` upon + &unr_; to throw. ] (Biol.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; a throwing upon. ] (Biol.) Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. friðborh, lit., peace pledge; frið peace + borh, borg, pledge, akin to E. borrow. The first part of the word was confused with free, the last part, with borough. ] (Old Eng. Law) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge. [ Written also friburgh and fribourg. ] Burril. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Nonsense; stuff; also, fashion; style. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Portland cement when thrown or blown into the recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.

To put the kibosh on, to dispose of; to squelch; to terminate; put an end to; to do for. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. A genus of cedarlike cypresses.
Syn. -- genus Libocedrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meibomian glands, the slender sebaceous glands of the eyelids, which discharge, through minute orifices in the edges of the lids, a fatty secretion serving to lubricate the adjacent parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil's first Eclogue. ] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Nl., fr. Gr. peri`bolos, fr. peri`bolos, adj., going round, fr. periba`llein to throw round; cf. L. peribolus. ] In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. tri`bein to rub. ] a combining form relating to friction. [ PJC ]

n. [ tribo- + electricity. ] electrical charge developed by rubbing objects together, suc as amber on cat fur. [ PJC ]

{ , n. } [ F. triboulet. ] 1. A goldsmith's tool used in making rings. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Blacksmithing) A tapering mandrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ tribo- + -ology. ] the study of the effects of friction on parts of machinery moving in contact with each other, and of methods, such as lubrication, to counteract negative effects such as wear. [ PJC ]