*nemo*

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + -graphy. ] 1. A description of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -logy. ] The science of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anemometer + -graph. ] An anemograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.
Syn. -- genus Anemonella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Anemone. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. pollinated by the wind; -- of flowering plants; especially grasses etc. entomophilous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.
Syn. -- genus Anemopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -scope: cf. F. anémoscope. ] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; wind. ] A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + -graph. ] An integrating anemometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + &unr_; mindful, fr. &unr_; to think on, remember.] (Gr. Antiq.) 1. The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott. [1913 Webster]

2. A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. Liddel & Scott. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field. [ PJC ]

In basic organic chemistry class, one may learn the mnenomic “Oh my, such good apple pie” to help remember the names of the dicarboxylic acids in increasing order of length, namely: oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, and pimelic acids. (From L. Fieser's Organic Chemistry text).

{ } a. [ Gr. mnhmoniko`s, fr. mnh`mwn mindful, remembering, mnh`mh memory, mna^sqai to think on, remember; akin to E. mind. ] Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic device. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ta~ mnhmonika`: cf. F. mnémonique. ] The art of memory; a method for improving the memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. mnhmosy`nh remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic. ] (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as mnemonic.
Syn. -- mnemonic, mnemotechnic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; memory + &unr_; art: cf. F. mnémotechnie. ] Mnemonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nemophily. ] One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ne`mos wooded pasture, glade + filei^n to love. ] Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nemoralis, fr. nemus, nemoris, a wood or grove: cf. F. némoral. ] Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nemorosus. ] Woody. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Polyneme + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actinaria; an actinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple tapering tentacles, which are often very numerous, and when expanded somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and often very beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

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