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{ a. [ L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone. ] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; ray + &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) The entire body of a cœlenterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + &unr_; bone. ] (Anat.) One of the bones at the base of a paired fin of a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The mouth or anterior opening of a cœlenterate animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; adeno- + sclerosis. ] (Med.) The hardening of a gland. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; knowing, knowledge: cf. F. aérognosie. ] The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; knowing, &unr_; to know. ] Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to agnosticism; agnostic.
Syn. -- agnostic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. E. albumin. ] (Med.) A condition of excessively high blood albumin level. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. albumineux. ] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, albumin; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin; an older term now replaces by proteinaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n. [PJC]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, to communicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to make common, &unr_; common. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Angio- + monospermous. ] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'osmh` smell. ] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Of or pertaining to anosmia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An order of small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace, including the fairy shrimps and the brine shrimps.
Syn. -- order Anostraca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, carbuncle + &unr_; disease. ] (Bot.) Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenosus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy; full of sand. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves. [ RHUD ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Astro- + Gr. &unr_; knowledge. ] The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -some body. ] (Zool.) The thorax of Arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) the inability to estimate the weight of an object. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; life + &unr_; investigation. ] (Biol.) The investigation of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + spinose. ] (Zool.) Having two spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a medium-sized blackish-gray seal (Cystophora cristata) with a large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic-Atlantic waters.
Syn. -- hooded seal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A nickname for a Nova Scotian; also, a Nova Scotian ship (called also ; a Nova Scotian potato, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym?
Syn. -- bottlenose dolphin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Argentina. Population (2000) = 3, 000, 000. [ PJC ]

n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. by crossing the bulldog with terriers.
Syn. -- bull terrier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation. ] Darkness. [ R. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. karki`nos cancer. ] The affection of the system with cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carnosité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Consciences ] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A distinct carnose muscle. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a genus consisting of one species, the Moreton Bay chestnut.
Syn. -- genus Castanospermum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder and lightning + -scope. ] An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. trousers made with chino cloth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + -scope. ] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to incline + &unr_; to make to stand. ] (Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. koino`s common + &unr_;, &unr_;, flesh. ] (Zool.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. cognoscentia. See Cognizance. ] Cognizance. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]