a. [ L. absonus; ab + sonus sound. ] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [ Obs. ] “Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to set. appoint. ] [ Antiq. ] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; &unr_; field + &unr_; usage, &unr_; to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie. ] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. [ L. altisonus. ] Altisonant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Gr.
a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. --
a. Elbowlike; anconal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Angio- + monospermous. ] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; warp, thread; &unr_; to stand. ] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. --
n. Antonomasia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Astronomy. ]
An undevout astronomer is mad. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. & OF. astronomien. See Astronomy. ] An astrologer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Astronomical. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. astronomicus, Gr.
Astronomical clock.
Astronomical day.
Astronomical fractions,
Astronomical numbers
v. i. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To study or to talk astronomy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. astronomie, F. astronomie, L. astronomia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; astronomer;
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Physical astronomy.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; not + synchronous. ] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
n. [ Auto- + chronograph. ] An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; a name, fr. &unr_; a name; or for E. antonomasia. ] (Rhet.) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing;
a. Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_; to assign, hold, sway. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. autonomie. See Autonomous. ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ L. bini two at a time + tonus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, tone. ] Consisting of two notes;
n. [ Gr.
n. An anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called also
n. [ Gr.
n. a genus comprising the carpenter ants.
n. [ Carbon + -meter. ] An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. relating to, containing, or rich in carbon.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + &unr_; writing, character: cf. F. chronogramme. ]
n. A writer of chronograms. [ 1913 Webster ]