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{ } a. [ L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + alcohol. ] 1. (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Chloral hydrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chloral + amide. ] (Chem.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a chemical substance (CCl3.CH(OH)2) which is a hydrate of trichloroacetaldehyde. It crystallizes as white monoclinic plates, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically, and is used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative; -- called also chloral It may be habit-forming, and is a controlled substance listed in the U. S. Code of Federal Regulations. It is sometimes used to render a person unconscious for illegal or nefarious purposes, and in this use, a concentrated solution is one of the agents called knockout drops. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aluminium. ] An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chlorate. See Chlorine. ] (Chem.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aurate. ] (Chem.) See Aurochloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. “Colorable pretense for infidelity.” Bp. Stillingfleet.

-- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of the state of Colorado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a handsome shrub (Hamelia patens) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.
Syn. -- scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens, Hamelia erecta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Sp., red. ] 1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or creeks. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color. ] Colored. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura. ] (Mus.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Corolla + L. flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cyclo- + Gr. "o`rama sight, spectacle.] A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. décolorant, p. pr. ] A substance which removes color, or bleaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. decoloratus, p. p. of decolorare. ] Deprived of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To decolor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decoloratio: cf. F. décoloration. ] The removal or absence of color. Ferrand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See Deflour. ] (Bot.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. defloratio: cf. F. défloration. ] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deplorableness. Stormonth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. déplorable. ] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being deplorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deplorable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See Deplore. ] Deplorable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A more deplorate estate. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deploratio: cf. F. déploration. ] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Disk, and Floral. ] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To discolor. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. decoloration. ] 1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. explorare, exploratum. ] To explore. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration. ] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

“An exploration of doctrine.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exploratory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exploratorius. ] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower. ] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F. floral. See Flora. ] 1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a floral manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove. ] The plant love-lies-bleeding. [ Obs. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gemma bud + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having flowers like buds. [ 1913 Webster ]