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{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basi- + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Anat.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis a base + ptery`gion a fin. ] (Anat.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium. -- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. & n. [ Basi- + pterygoid. ] (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desipiens, p. pr. of desipere to be foolish; de- + sapere to be wise. ] Foolish; silly; trifling. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissipabilis. ] Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating. ] [ L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw. ] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Squandered; scattered. “Dissipated wealth.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A life irregular and dissipated. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation. ] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prevented from finishing them [ the letters ] a thousand avocations and dissipations. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to dissipate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to conservative system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dorsum + L. parere to bring forth. ] (Biol.) Same as Dorsiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda. ] (Zoöl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [ Written also Elasmopoda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'erysi`pelas; 'eryqro`s red + pe`lla hide, skin. See Red, and Pell, n. ] (Med.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused red edematous inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is often accompanied by severe constitutional symptoms. It is caused by a group A hemolytic streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), is contagious, and formerly often occured epidemically. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. 'erysi`pelas erysipelas + -oid. ] Resembling erysipelas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. érysipélateux. ] Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'erysi`pelas; 'eryqro`s red + pe`lla hide, skin. See Red, and Pell, n. ] (Med.) a usually self-limiting cellulitis of the hand somewhat resembling erysipelas, caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It may start at the site of a wound obtained while handling meat or fish, and may occasionally become generalizd with protracted illness and severe toxemia. Stedman [ PJC ]

n. [ see erysipelas. ] (Microbiol.) a genus of non-motile, rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae. They are facultatively anaerobic and produce acid but no gas from glucose. Members of this genus are parasitic on fish, birds, and mammals, including man. The type species of the genus, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, causes erysipeloid in man. Stedman [ PJC ]

a. Erysipelatous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + palma palm. ] (Zool.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Fissiparous. ] (Zool.) Animals which reproduce by fission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fissiparous. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare. ] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- Fis*sip"a*rous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

n. (Zool.) One of the Fissipedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Cf. F. fissipède. ] (Zool.) Having the toes separated to the base. [ See Aves. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot. ] (Zool.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabhā assembly. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stand sponsor to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gossiped p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping. ] 1. To make merry. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to gossip. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Kindred. ] The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Idle talk; gossip. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of, or given to, gossip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of marsupials comprising the musk kangaroos.
Syn. -- genus Hypsiprymnodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Incapable o&unr_; being dissipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. Dryden.

Syn. -- Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated; lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

adv. In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly. Locke. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. insipidité. ] The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity. “Dryden's lines shine strongly through the insipidity of Tate's.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insipientia: cf. OF. insipience. ] Lack of intelligence; stupidity; folly. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insipiens; pref. in- not + sapiens wise. ] Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [ R. ] Clarendon. -- n. An insipient person. [ R. ] Fryth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + pa`qos suffering. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Marsipobranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a pouch + &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. A geological period extending from from 310 million to 345 million years ago; it was associated with an increase of land areas, the presence of primitive ammonites, and emergence of winged insects; called also Missippian period and Lower Carboniferous period.
Syn. -- Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower Carboniferous period. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A resident of Mississippi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The siphon of a phragmocone. [ 1913 Webster ]