*rul*

a. (Her.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerulus, eguiv. to caeruleus. ] Blue; cerulean. [ Obs. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caeruleus. ] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall [ 1913 Webster ]

A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caeruleus sky-blue. ] (Chem.) A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ isolated from Cephalosporium caerulens. ] (Chem.) an antifungal antibiotic, C12H17NO3. It inhibits the growth of yeasts by interfering with the synthesis of sterols and fatty acids. [ PJC ]

a. Cerulean. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caeruleus sky-blue + -escent. ] Tending to cerulean; light bluish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL. ] A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. caerulus dark blue + facere to make. ] Producing a blue or sky color. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. from Gr. &unr_; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of ashes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of vines including the watermelons (Citrullus lanata).
Syn. -- genus Citrullus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quinone. ] (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Curl. ] Curly; curled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Curl. ] A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. [ Also written kruller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F. curule. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disorderly manner. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unruly; disorderly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fenestrula a little window, dim. of fenestra a window. ] (Zool.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly verrel, F. virole, fr. L. viriola little bracelet, dim. of viriae, pl., bracelets; prob. akin to viere to twist, weave, and E. withe. The spelling with f is due to confusion with L. ferrum iron. ] [ Sometimes spelled ferule. ] 1. A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Machinery) Any of various circular or cylindrical metal objects used at joints in a tube, pipe, or rod, especially to assist making a tight seal at a joint. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: (Steam Boilers) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: (Chemistry) A bushing used at the joints of metal tubing in HPLC equipment to make a tight seal. [ PJC ]

5. (Fishing) One of several small rings at the top of a casting rod which holds the fishing line. RHUD [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule. ] 1. A ferule. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ capitalized ] A genus of plants of the parsley family Apiaceae (of the order Umbelliferae), including some yielding asafetida. Members include Ferula asafoetida (Ferula foetida), the giant fennel (Ferula communis), and Ferula orientalis. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F. férulacé. ] Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ferule. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ferula: cf. F. férule. See Ferula. ] 1. A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ferrule. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Feruled p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling. ] To punish with a ferule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafœtida); as, ferulic acid. [ Written also ferulaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. florulentus, fr. flos, floris, flower. ] Flowery; blossoming. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A subfamily of the crow family, including the jays.
Syn. -- subfamily Garrulinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulité. ] Talkativeness; loquacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. &unr_; voice, &unr_; to speak, sing. Cf. Call. ] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most garrulous people on earth. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

Syn. -- Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.

-- Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. -- Gar"ru*lous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Garrulinae, conmprising the Old World jays.
Syn. -- genus Garrulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Gastrulæ ety>[ NL., dim. fr. Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Biol.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. -- a. Of or pertaining to a gastrula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. fr. L. glomus ball. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A glomerulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glomeruli [ NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome. ] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A half spherule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &unr_; a spear + -lite. ] (Zool.) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cruller.

n. The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority{ 2 } of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group; as, our club makes decisions by majority rule.. Contrasted with unanimous consent, or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. merula, merulus, blackbird. See Merle. ] (Zool.) A bird of the Thrush family. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abbot of Misrule, or
Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unruly. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of moner. See Monera. ] (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Morulae [ NL., dim. of L. morum a mulberry. ] (Biol.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mucus + purulent. ] (Med.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]