*pore*

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; priv. + isospore. ] (Biol.) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; -- opposed to isospore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Aporia. ] Doubting; skeptical. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as archesporium.
Syn. -- archesporium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; joint + E. spore. ] (Bacteriol.) 1. A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also oidium. [ PJC ]

-- Ar`thro*spor"ic Ar*thros"po*rous a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Ascus + spore. ] (Bot.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [ See Illust. of Ascus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basidium + spore. ] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. pore. ] (Biol.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron. [ See Illust. of Invagination. ] Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. karpo`s + -spore. ] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ. -- Car`po*spor"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. cella cell + porus, Gr. &unr_;, passage. ] (Zool.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores.
Syn. -- genus Cercosporella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor&unr_;it&unr_;. ] The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales.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

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; a scattering; dia` through, asunder + &unr_; to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F. diaspore. ] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. emporeticus, Gr. &unr_;. See Emporium. ] Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + spore. ] (Bot.) The thin inner coat of certain spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + spore. ] (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo + spore. ] (Biol.) The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal. ] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a. Done or performed extempore. “Extempore dissertation.” Addison. “Extempore poetry.” Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fell. [ 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 ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + corporeity: cf. F. incorporéite. ] The quality of being incorporeal; immateriality. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) (a) One of the spores produced by an isosporous organism. (b) A zygospore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Macro- + spore. ] (Bot.) One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Macro- + zoospore. ] (Bot.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. madrepore, perh. fr. madré spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see Pore); or perh. F. madrépore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre mother (see Mother) + Gr. &unr_; a soft stone. ] (Zool.) Any coral of the genus Madrepora, a group of corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Syn. -- stony coral, madriporian coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + spore. ] (Bot.) One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + zoospore. ] (Bot.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mille thousand + porus pore: cf. F. millépore. ] (Zool.) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + pore. ] (Anat.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nullus none + porus pope. ] (Bot.) A name for certain crustaceous marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Palempore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [ Written also palampore, palampoor, etc. ] De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The outer covering of a spore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. faio`s dusky + E. spore. ] (Bot.) A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phæosporeæ) of dark green or olive-colored algæ. -- Phæ`o*spor"ic a. [1913 Webster]