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n. 1. (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bisogne. ] A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + -gen. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; chryso`s gold + &unr_; to write. ] 1. The art of writing in letters of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A writing executed in letters of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. It reached a length of 30 inches when adult. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Ellipse + graph: cf. F. ellipsographe. ] An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gas + -gen. ] 1. An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; tongue + &unr_; to write. See 3d Gloss. ] A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to glossography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Glossographer. ] The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gypsum + -graphy. ] The act or art of engraving on gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. gh^ the earth + qe`rmh heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.

{ } a. Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. An isogeotherm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. gwni`a angle. ] Pertaining to, or noting, equal angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isogonic lines (Magnetism), lines traced on the surface of the globe, or upon a chart, connecting places at which the deviation of the magnetic needle from the meridian or true north is the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Characterized by isogonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; offspring, generative parts. ] (Zool.) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to isography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + -graphy. ] Imitation of another's handwriting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + &unr_; belly. ] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meso- + gastric. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. (b) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Mesogaster. ] (Anat.) (a) The umbilical region. (b) The mesogaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + &unr_; a glutinous substance. ] (Zool.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain coelenterates. -- Mes`o*glœ"al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Meso- + Gr. gna`qos jaw. ] (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. misei^n to hate + &unr_; marriage. ] A hater of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. misogamie. ] Hatred of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. misogynous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. misogyny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. misogy`nhs, misogy`naios; misei^n to hate + gynh` woman: cf. F. misogyne. ] A woman hater. Contrast misandrist. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Hating women; having deep-seated distrust of women; -- used of men. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. misogyni`a: cf. F. misogynie. ] Hatred of women. Contrast misandry. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`sos disease + -graphy: cf. F. nosographie. ] A description or classification of diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; dance + -graphy. ] A treatise upon dancing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fy^sa a bellows + L. gradi to walk, go. ] (Zool.) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. i. Var. of Soldier. [ Dial. or Slang ] R. H. Dana, Jr. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Soggier superl. Soggiest. ] [ Cf. Icel. söggr damp, wet, or E. soak. ] Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber. [ 1913 Webster ]