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a. Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. academicus: cf. F. académigue. See Academy. ] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. “Academic courses.” Warburton. “Academical study.” Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collegian. [ R. ] Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the position or state of being a member of an honorary academy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; color. ] Free from color; colorless; as, in (Physiol. Chem.), the achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + dia` through + &unr_;heat. ] Not pervious to heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. adynamique. See Adynamy. ] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by adynamia; weak. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Physics) Characterized by the absence of power or force. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the resistance caused by a gas to the motion of a solid body moving through it. Studied in aerodynamics. [ PJC ]

n. [ Aëro- + dynamics: cf. F. aérodynamique. ] The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aëro- + hydrodynamic. ] Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aërohydrodynamic wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the force of air in motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having a shape designed to minimize wind resistance (aerodynamic drag) when moving through the air or other gas; -- used especially of vehicles; as, the aerodynamic styling of an automobile. [ PJC ]

a. [ Agamous. ] (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs. (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agamic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. F. agronomique. ] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. alchimique. ] Of or relating to alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., n., a., n. See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'alexifa`rmakos keeping off poison; 'alexein to keep off + fa`rmakon drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque. ] (Med.) Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding off poison; antidotal; prophylactic. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an algorithm. recursive [ 1913 Webster ]

2. definitively solvable by a finite number of steps; -- said of mathematical or logical problems. Contrasted with heuristic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. ammonia + -ic. ] (Chem.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See Amiable. ] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier. Burrill. --
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious. -- Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It does, however, imply something of real cordiality; while amicable supposes very little more than that the parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel. Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties. “Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each other can live amicably together.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amicable; amicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amicable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amyse, prob. for amyt, OF. amit, ameit, fr. L. amictus cloak, the word being confused with amice, almuce, a hood or cape. See next word. ] A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amuce, amisse, OF. almuce, aumuce, F. aumusse, LL. almucium, almucia, aumucia: of unknown origin; cf. G. mütze cap, prob. of the same origin. Cf. Mozetta. ] (Eccl.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi`dromos running about or around. ] Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anaemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Suffering from anaemia. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; a shaking up and down. ] Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. anatomicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. anatomique. See Anatomy. ] Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Of or pertaining to anosmia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. } [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; usage, law, rule. ] The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a stink. ] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A remedy against the plague. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; poison. ] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Preventing fermentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism. [ 1913 Webster ]