n. an airheaded person. [ disparaging ] [ PJC ]
adj.
a. Pertaining to amenorrhoea. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. --
a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. --
n.
n.
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a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
n.
n. The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. genus of coarse West American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam.
n. A man who tends a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; mucus + &unr_; to flow. ] (Med.)
n. [ Blunder + head. ] A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Brother + -hood. ]
A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Burg. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family of large wading birds resembling the plovers; the stone curlews.
n. type genus of the Burhinidae, comprising the stone curlews.
n. small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.
n. a genu sof fur seals.
n. an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens.
n. [ L. catarrhus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a running down, rheum, fr. &unr_;;
☞ In America, the term
a. Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. Catarrhal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic. ] (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nothingness. [ R. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Cirriferous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Cirrose. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; orange-colored: cf. F. cirrhose. So called from the yellowish appearance which the diseased liver often presents when cut. ] (Med.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis;
a. See Cirrose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Cirrus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; sheath + &unr_; root. ] A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]