n.;
a. [ Cf. F. abdominal. ]
Abdominal ring (Anat.),
‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. ] (Zool.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abdomen + Gr.
a. Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. ] Inhuman. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Having much intellectual power. --
n.;
a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio. See Abominate. ]
Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch;
n.
a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink. ]
Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Academic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A member of an academy, university, or college. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. In an academical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. académicien. See Academy. ]
n.
n.
n. The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. academiste. ]
v. t. [ L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari. ] To accuse of a crime. [ Obs. ] --
n. [ Acetyl + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; color. ] Free from color; colorless;
adj.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ See Acosmism. ] One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Cf. F. acromial. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
n. Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen. ] Tapering to a point; pointed;
v. t. To render sharp or keen. [ R. ] “To acuminate even despair.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. “Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]