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n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mancy. ] Divination by the entrails of human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to anthropometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mercy. ] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Anthropomorphism. ] (Zool.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of human form; 'a`nqrwpos man + morfh` form. ] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to. [ 1913 Webster ]

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism. ] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transformation into the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. “Anthropomorphous apes.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; length + -metry. ] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bepommeled p. pr. & vb. n. Bepommeling. ] To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of fishes comprising the robalos (also called snooks).
Syn. -- family Centropomidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Centropomidae, comprising the snooks, and including Centropomus undecimalis, a large bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
Syn. -- genus Centropomus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. “Named, according to Linnæus, from Gr. 'i`ps, 'ipo`s, a bindweed [ which it is not ], and "o`moios like.” Gray.] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine. [1913 Webster]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomœa purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of freshwater sunfishes, inclding some of the breams.
Syn. -- genus Lepomis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to loose + &unr_;, &unr_;, a lid. ] (Zool.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. [ Written also Lyopoma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., the songstress, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to sing. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse of tragedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The eighteenth asteroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. menopoma, fr. Gr. &unr_; to remain + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) The hellbender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the forehead + -mancy. ] Fortune telling by physiognomy. [ R. ] Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nay^s ship + &unr_; inclination + -meter. ] (Naut.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. &unr_; to omit. ] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Perispomena [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, pr. pass. p. of &unr_; to draw around, to circumflex; peri` around + &unr_; to draw. ] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Polyp, and Medusa. ] (Zool.) Same as Hydrozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL. pomagium, pomacium. ] The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a cover + &unr_; a prickle + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridæ, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ponum an apple. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like pomace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum. ] 1. Cider. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. poma. ] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lid + &unr_;, &unr_;, nose. ] (Zool.) Having the nostril covered with a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pomarine jager (Zool.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pomade. ] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with pomatum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade. ] 1. (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. pommer. See Pome, n. ] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pomgarnet, OF. pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See Pome, and Garnet, Grain. ] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex. xxviii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pommel. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pompelmous. ] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. pomelé, F. pommelé. See Pome. ] Dappled. [ Obs. ] “Pomely gray.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pomeranian dog (Zool.), the loup-loup, or Spitz dog. [ 1913 Webster ]