adj.
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n. [ Auto- + inoculation. ] (Med.) Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gael. bonnach. ] A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bannock fluke,
prop. n. A battle in which the Scots under
n. [ F. binocle; L. bini two at a time + oculus eye. ] (Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. binoculaire. See Binocle. ]
n. A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a binocular manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having two eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids.
n. the type genus of the family
‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) See Dinoceras. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
A demonocracy of unclean spirits. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_;, &unr_;, horn. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also
☞ They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene.
n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door, which may be swung by hand against the door to make a loud knocking sound.
☞ Ure says that dornock, a kind of stout figured linen, derives its name from a town in Scotland where it was first manufactured for tablecloths. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Dun, a. ] (Zool.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Med.) infestation with echinococci (tapeworms). An infection with the larval form is called
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. (Biol.) a red blood cell which has become crenated. [ PJC ]
a. [ L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox. ]
Equinoctial colure (Astron.),
Equinoctial line (Astron.),
He circled. Milton.
Equinoctial points (Astron.),
Equinoctial time (Astron.)
n. The equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Towards the equinox. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own; exhibiting ethnocentrism (in both senses). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
n.
‖n. [ It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See Fennel. ] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Fœniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Galvanic + caustic. ] Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; brightness + &unr_; head. ] (Paleon.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to genocide;
n. The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + E. calyx, ] (Zool.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to separate. ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; semen, the genitals + NL. & E. coccus. ] (Med.) A microorganism (Neisseria gonnorrhoeae) of the genus
n. [ Named after
n. See Gyneocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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