a. [ LL. abbatialis : cf. F. abbatial. ] Belonging to an abbey;
a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to accremention. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. (Chem.) Same as Aconitine. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a little dart. ] (Zool.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, dim. &unr_; dart. ] (Zool.) Anciently, a snake, called
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a. Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to Alsatia. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) Mental retardation. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
a. Preceding marriage;
‖n. pl. [ L., forelock. ] (Zool.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. anti- + -albumin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) See Albumose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Jav. antjar. ] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Opposed to the Christian religion. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an antichristian manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Gr. &unr_; even, fr. &unr_; exactly. ] (Chem.) Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceæ, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed.
a. Relating to beneficence. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast. ]
Among the bestial herds to range. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle;
v. same as bestialize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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The process of bestializing humanity. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a bestial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius pert. to beasts, fr. bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire. ] A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical Zoology. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis, tribe. ] (Zool.) Including two tribes or races of men. [ 1913 Webster ]