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adj. 1. of or pertaining to the dawn. a dim aurorean glow
Syn. -- auroral. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an apparatus in which a suspension of microorganisms in a liquid are used to perform chemical reactions, as in synthesis of pharmaceutical agents or the conversion of harmful waste to less harmful substances. The reactor consists of a vessel to contain the suspension of microorganisms, plus a variety of attached devices used to control the reaction. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. borealis: cf. F. boréal. See Boreas. ] 1. Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast. [ 1913 Webster ]

So from their own clear north in radiant streams,
Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biogeography) Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and
Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. boreas, Gr. &unr_;. ] The north wind; -- usually a personification. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; dance. ] (Med.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corporeus, fr. corpus body. ] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial. [ 1913 Webster ]

His omnipotence
That to corporeal substance could add
Speed almost spiritual. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W.

Syn. -- Corporal; bodily. See Corporal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Materialism. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.: pl. Corporealities The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the body; in a bodily form or manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Corporeality; corporeity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales.
Syn. -- class Cyclosporeae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See Yam. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. a natural family of tuberous plants including the yams.
Syn. -- family Dioscoreaceae, yam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. floréal, fr. L. flos, floris, flower. ] The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendémiare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forealleged p. pr. & vb. n. Forealleging ] To allege or cite before. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hyperboreus, Gr. &unr_;; "ype`r over, beyond + &unr_;. See Boreas.] 1. (Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]

2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere. [1913 Webster]

The hyperborean or frozen sea. C. Butler (1633). [1913 Webster]

n. 1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. Incorporal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms
Reduced their shapes immense. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incorporeal hereditament. See under Hereditament.

Syn. -- Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Existence without a body or material form; immateriality. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in incorporealism. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an incorporeal manner. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. An Asian peninsula off Manchuria.
Syn. -- Korean Peninsula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Korea; as, Korean handicrafts; the Korean war. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖pos>n. [ NL. Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern. ] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. marmoreus, fr. marmor marble: cf. F. marmoréen. See Marble. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not arboreal; not living in trees; -- of animals. Opposite of arboreal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a storm blowing from the northeast; -- a term used especially in the northeastern region of the United States.
Syn. -- northeaster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Omni- + corporeal. ] Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'o`ros mountain: cf. F. oréade. ] (Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a wood nymph light,
Oread or Dryad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Pythagoreus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. --
Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the Copernican system. --
Pythagorean letter. See Y. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a philosophic school Pythagoreanism became extinct in Greece about the middle of the 4th century [ B. C. ]. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. roboreus. ] Made of oak. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]