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n. The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [ R. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to acnodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acus needle + E. node. ] (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ad to + nodus a knot. ] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or at or relating to an anode. Contrastive to cathodic.
Syn. -- anodic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to coat a metal with an oxide coat by electrolytic action at an anode; -- used especially to coat aluminum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; toothless; 'an priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. [ Written also Anodonta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
Syn. -- genus Anodonta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anodynus, Gr. &unr_; free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + &unr_; pain: cf. F. anodin. ] Serving to assuage pain; soothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The word [ in a medical sense ] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.” Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a. ] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anodyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. &unr_; hill, heap + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode. ] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. diagonal. ] (Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization. -- a. Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) See under Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kw^nos cone + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Zool.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.
Syn. -- order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Geom.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. L. crux a cross + E. node. ] (Geom.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
Syn. -- genus Cynodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any member of the Cynodontia, a group of small carnivorous reptiles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a division of Triassic Therapsida comprising small carnivorous reptiles often with mammallike teeth.
Syn. -- division Cynodontia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; kind of carp + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
Syn. -- family Cyprinodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; dog + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) One of the Echinodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin. ] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [ Written also Echinoderma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Without a node. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See Enode. ] The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. enodare; e out + nodare to fill with knots, nodus a knot. ] To clear of knots; to make clear. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a rising, return; 'epi` + &unr_; a way up, rising; &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Epanodos. ] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Zoöl.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Diœcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, a Greek + &unr_; right, judgment. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A judge or umpire in games or combats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a hymn + &unr_; a song, a singing. ] Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of marsupials comprising the musk kangaroos.
Syn. -- genus Hypsiprymnodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Gr. e'ikw`n an image + &unr_; a slave. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an iconoclast. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iguana + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to the genus Iguanodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Innodated p. pr. & vb. n. Innodating ] [ L. innodatus, p. p. of innodare; pref. in- in + nodus knot. ] To bind up, as in a knot; to include. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + L. odium hatred. ] To make odious or hateful. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inodorous; odorless. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inodorus. See In- not, and Odorous. ] Emitting no odor; without smell; scentless; odorless. -- In*o"dor*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints. [ 1913 Webster ]