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a. [ L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action; of or pertaining to a congener. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. placed and transported in a container{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform. ] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. flânerie. See Flaneur. ] Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimlessness; idleness; as, intellectual flânerie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. générique. See Gender. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific. [ wns=3 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Commerce) Not protected by trademark; -- used especially of the names of medications; as, a generic drug; the generic name of Rogaine is minoxidil. [ wns=2 ] [ PJC ]

☞ Since patented medications cannot be sold except under license from the patentee, medication which is still under patent is not typically sold as a generic drug, i.e., sold under its generic name, though it can be referred to by its generic name. [ PJC ]

adv. With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being generic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medication sold under its generic name; -- usually legal only after the patent has expired, or if no patent was issued for the substance. Generic drugs are usually less expensive than proprietary medications. [ PJC ]

n. The name for a medication, as used in the pharmacopoeia; it cannot be a trademark. The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug, but must be approved by a national or international naming authority. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. genus kind, class + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] The act or process of generalizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ After Hübner, who analyzed it. ] (Min.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

prop. n. A genus of trees or shrubs coextensive with the family Leitneriaceae, and including the corkwood (Leitneria floridana).
Syn. -- family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of trees coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order.
Syn. -- family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. See Manorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. maniérisme. ] 1. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner carried to excess, especially in literature or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mannerism is pardonable, and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. maniériste. ] One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a sort of sea mussel, Gr. nhri`ths, nhrei`ths. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.
Syn. -- neritid gastropod. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family comprising the neritids.
Syn. -- family Neritidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. (Zool.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. fanero`s visible, from fai`nein to bring to light. ] Evident; visible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phanerite series (Geol.), the uppermost part of the earth's crust, consisting of deposits produced by causes in obvious operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a subgenus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] Of his or its own kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. teneritas. See Tender, a. ] Tenderness. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the English chemist and mineralogist, C. H. Turner. ] (Min.) A variety of monazite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of, Richard Wagner, the German musical composer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Wernerian. ] (Min.) The common grayish or white variety of soapolite. [ 1913 Webster ]