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a. [ Pref. a- not + capsular. ] (Bot.) Having no capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; to seize, comprehend. ] Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; color + &unr_; sight. ] Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Animal fat; lard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Gr. 'a`dipsos not thirsty; 'a priv. + di`psa thirst. ] (Med.) Absence of thirst. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`dipsos; 'a priv. + di`psa, thirst. ] Quenching thirst, as certain fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aegilopis, Gr. a'igi`lwps, fr. a'i`x, gen. a'igo`s, goat + 'w`ps eye. ] 1. (Med.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye. [ Written also egilops ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. Crabb. (b) [ capitalized ] A genus of plants, called also hardgrass. [ Written also egilops ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

(Chem.) Same as Ethiops mineral. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos vine + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Amylum + Gr. &unr_; appearance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The diastase of the pancreatic juice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } [ Gr. 'ana`lhpsis a taking up, or again, recovery, from 'analamba`nein. See Analemma. ] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.
Syn. -- genus Anemopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.
Syn. -- flashlight fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight. ] (Med.) Defect or absence of sight; blindness. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. (Med.) Of use in curing the itch. -- n. An antipsoric remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Anti-; Sepsis. ] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL. apepsia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; uncooked, undigested; 'a priv. + &unr_; cooked, &unr_; to cook, digest. ] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apocalypsis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to uncover, to disclose; &unr_; from + &unr_; to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse. ] 1. (Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Specifically, the revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament (called Revelation or the Apocalypse). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure. Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person's goals or style of life. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John's Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Apses [ See Apsis. ] 1. (Arch.) (a) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence: (b) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is also written apsis and absis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Apsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Apsides See Apse. [ L. apsis, absis, Gr. "apsi`s, "apsi^dos, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. "a`ptein to fasten.] 1. (Astron.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides. [1913 Webster]

2. (Math.) In a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. [1913 Webster]

3. (Arch.) Same as Apse. [1913 Webster]

n. (Akkadian mythology) father of the gods and consort of Tiamat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + sepsis. ] State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., he undertook, pret. of L. assumere. See Assume. ] (Law) (a) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; nourishment. ] (Med.) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings. -- A*threp"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } a. Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; the itch. ] (Med.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; seen by one's self; &unr_; self + &unr_; seen: cf. F. autopsie. See Optic, a. ] 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. [ 1913 Webster ]

By autopsy and experiment. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.
Syn. -- genus Balaeniceps. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire. ] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital. ] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. } [ Gr. bi`os life + psychic, -cal. ] Pertaining to psychical phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the class of plants comprising the true mosses, having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes; it comprises the orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; and Sphagnales.
Syn. -- class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr. kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph. ] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68° N. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a folding stool. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and https://web.archive.org/web/20090312013237/http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. a natural family comprising the leaf bugs.
Syn. -- Miridae, family Miridae, family Capsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Capsized p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing. ] [ Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head. ] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. [ 1913 Webster ]

But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An upset or overturn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gun.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place. [ 1913 Webster ]