a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth.
n. a natural family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal or bractlike leaves and small flowers.
n.
‖prop. n.;
prop. n. A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order
prop. n. A large order of chiefly tropical liverworts.
n. [ Mannite + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc. ]
But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Mannite + anhydrite. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mannitic acid (Chem.),
n. [ Mannite + -ol. ]
n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So called because found in the unripe fruit of the bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). ] (Chem.) Same as Inosite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So named after
n. (Biol.) The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August