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n. Anything that corrodes. Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. duodénal. ] Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. duodenarius, fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodénaire. ] Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodenum. So called because its length is about twelve fingers' breadth. ] (Anat.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode. ] (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Explosive, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Forbid. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_; + E. densimeter. ] Same as Galactometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -duodenal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of trees consisting of one species, the salt tree.
Syn. -- genus Halimodendron.
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n. (Phon.) An implosive sound. Ellis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Labium + dental. ] (Phonetics) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n. A labiodental sound or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lac, lactis, milk + E. densimeter. ] A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An order of fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous.
Syn. -- order Lepidodendrales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron. -- n. A lepidodendrid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + de`ndron tree. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Liriodendra [ NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Misbede. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Modena, in Italy. ] A certain crimsonlike color. Good. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + dentate. ] Having eight teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Osteo- + dentine. ] (Anat.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. "rodo`dendron, literally, rose tree; "ro`don rose + de`ndron tree. See Rose. ] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum. ] 1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Rodentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rodent, a. ] (Zool.) An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp and grow continuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_; whole + &unr_; tree. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vas a vessel + E. dentine. ] (Anat.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. Wōden; akin to OS. Wōdan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. Oðinn, and probably to E. wood, a. Cf. Wednesday. ] (Northern Myth.) A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. 1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure on it. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

His singing was, I confess, a little wooden. G. MacDonald. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wooden spoon. (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, -- denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. “We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.” Macaulay. (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies. --
Wooden ware, a general name for buckets, bowls, and other articles of domestic use, made of wood. --
Wooden wedding. See under Wedding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterized German philology. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]