*pica*

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. 'a`nqrwpos man. ] (Zool.) 1. Like or related to man; human. [ R. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. relating to the period of mankind's existence [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. apex, apicis, tip or summit. ] At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to an archetype; archetypal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. a- not + typic, typical. ] That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr. of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See Aviary, Spy. ] Auspicious. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. [ 1913 Webster ]

They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Despicableness. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise. ] Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Syn. -- Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See Contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ægilops. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an Ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell. [1913 Webster]

a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shrimp. ] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + typical. ] (Biol.) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to genotypes (definition 2); as, genotypical pattern. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Haruspicy. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Same as Homotypal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hydropicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy. ] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hydropical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inauspicatus; pref. in- not + auspicatus, p. p. auspicari. See Auspicate. ] Inauspicious. [ Obs. ] Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Within the tropics. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Macro- + Gr. &unr_; to view. ] Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic. -- Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ , a. 1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the megascope or the projection upon a screen of images of opaque objects. (b) Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of photographic pictures, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Geol.) Large enough to be seen; -- said of the larger structural features and components of rocks which do not require the use of the microscope to be perceived. Opposed to microscopic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Of or relating to metoposcopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. microscopique. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able to see extremely minute objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why has not man a microscopic eye? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Very small. Specifically, visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect; also used figuratively; as, a microscopic advantage. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. misanthropique. ] Hating or disliking mankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. nekro`s a dead body + -scope. ] Or or relating to post-mortem examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neo- + tropical. ] (Geog. & Zool.) Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation. -- Or`tho*ep"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. perspicabilis, fr. perspicere. ] Discernible. [ Obs. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf. F. perspicace. See Perspective. ] 1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Per`spi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`spi*ca"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacité. See Perspicacious. ] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Perspicacity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a phenotype; as, phenotypic profile. Contrasted with genotypic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. philanthropique. ] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. Pie magpie. ] 1. (Zool.) The genus that includes the magpies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, such as clay, chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
Syn. -- allotriophagy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in pica [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in small pica [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pix, picis, pitch + amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol. [ 1913 Webster ]