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n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.) [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [ Written also anomoural, anomouran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antemurale: ante + murus wall. See Mural. ] An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to aquiculture. aquacultural methods
Syn. -- aquicultural, hydroponic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. auguralis. ] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. “Portents augural.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aura air. ] Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auris ear. ] Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + crural. ] Having two legs. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bin- + aural. ] Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Cf. F. brachyure. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Brachyura. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Cæsural pause, a pause made at a cæsura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cæsural. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural. ] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conjecturer. [ R. ] Month. rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. con- + natural. ] 1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural. [ 1913 Webster ]

These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Partaking of the same nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mix with our connatural dust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [ Obs. ] Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Counternatural. ] Opposed to or against nature; unnatural. [ R. ] Bp. Rust. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Contrary to nature. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crinis hair + cultura. ] Relating to the growth of hair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. dealing with or comparing two or more cultures; as, a cross-cultural survey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cruralis, fr. crus, cruris, leg: cf. F. crural. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denaturalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénaturaliser. ] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as denature. [ PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (O. Eng. Law) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ a trademark. ] an aluminum-based alloy which is both light and strong, containing 4 per cent of copper and 0.5 per cent of magnesium and smaller amounts of iron, manganese, and silicon. It hardens with aging at room temperature. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + neural. ] (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + pleural. ] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequicrurius; aequus equal + crus, cruris, leg. ] Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. [ R. ] “Equicrural triangles.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex-+scriptural. ] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school. [ PJC ]

a. [ From Figure. ] 1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) Figurate. See Figurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Flexure. ] Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity. [ 1913 Webster ]