a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone. ] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped;
n.
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of soft-bodied
n. [ LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin. ] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nautical almanac,
[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace,
n. Alternateness; alternation. [ R. ] Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back; &unr_; back + &unr_; to bend. ] Reflecting of reflected;
☞ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called
adv. By reflection;
n.
a. Spineless, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut;
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; similar to + &unr_; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. --
a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back and break; to reflect (light); &unr_; + &unr_; to break. ]
Anaclastic glass,
n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, to communicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to make common, &unr_; common. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Lacking grammatical sequence. --
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, not following, wanting sequence;
n. [ Of Ceylonese origin? ] (Zool.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Anacreonticus. ] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to push up or back; &unr_; + &unr_; to strike. ] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable;
a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed. ] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. avenaceus, fr. avena oats. ] Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family comprising the balsams, distinguished from the family
n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr.
Barnacle eater (Zool.),
Barnacle scale (Zool.),
n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]