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n. [ F. anil, Sp. anīl, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nīl, for al-nīl the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nīla dark blue, nīlī indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac. ] (Bot.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anilis, fr. anus an old woman. ] Old-womanish; imbecile. “Anile ideas.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anility. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anil. ] (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Aniline + -ism. ] (Med.) A disease caused by chronic exposure to aniline; aniline toxicity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. [ L. anilitas. See Anile. ] The state of being an old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. “Marks of anility.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arena sand + Gr. li`qos stone. ] Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bonny + lass. ] A “bonny lass”; a beautiful girl. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Gayly; handsomely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bromine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell. ] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a canny manner. [ N. of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carbonyl + aniline. ] (Chem.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., prop., a caterpillar. ] Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + E. anilene. ] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. corona crown: cf. F. coronille. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as cunnilingus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. cunnus vulva + lingere to lick. ] Stimulation of the vulva or clitoris of one person by the tongue of another, for the purpose of giving sexual gratification.
Syn. -- cunnilinctus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. flavus yellow + E. aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. funis rope + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of brittle limestone. [ Prov. Eng. ] Kirwan.

‖n. [ Sp., small seed. ] Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. inanis empty + loqui to speak. ] Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indigo + aniline. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. juvenilis, from juvenis young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juvénile, juvénil. See Young. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. “A juvenile exercitation.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

3. Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child or person of minor age who commits acts which would be considered criminal if performed by an adult, such as theft, vandalism, or violence; especially, one who habitually acts in such an antisocial manner and cannot be controlled by parents. Abbreviated JD. [ PJC ]

(Zo/'94l.) n. A hormone secreted by insects which inhibits the molting of an insect from its juvenile into its adult form; also, substances having similar activity, but produced by plants. [ PJC ]

n. The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Juvenilities [ L. juvenilitas: cf. F. juvénilité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Youthfulness; adolescence. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Leuc- + aniline. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. magniloquentia. ] The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious. ] Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. -- Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. magniloquus. ] Magniloquent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the Phillipines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
Syn. -- winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A lawn grass (Zoysia matrella) common in the Philippines; grown also in US.
Syn. -- Japanese carpet grass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (Musa textilis), a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made.
Syn. -- Manilla hemp, abaca. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Philippine plant (Musa textilis) having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc.; called also the abaca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.
Syn. -- cantala, Cebu maguey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.
Syn. -- manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Manilla, 1. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]