n. (Chem.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years
n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon,
a. [ L. amphiprostylos, Gr. &unr_; having a double prostyle: cf. F. amphiprostyle. See Prostyle. ] (Arch.) Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. --
n. (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons,
a. & n. [ L. araeostylos, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; at intervals + &unr_; pillar, column. ] (Arch.) See Intercolumniation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. [ Gr. &unr_; as intervals + &unr_;. See Systyle. ] (Arch.) See Intercolumniation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. See Intercolumniation, and Aræostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. See Intercolumniation, and Aræosystyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Artiodactyla.
n. [ OE. ayel, aiel, OF. aiol, aiel, F. aïeul, a dim. of L. avus grandfather. ] A grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Writ of Ayle,
n. (Chem.) See Basyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ F. bel beautiful + accueil reception. ] A kind or favorable reception or salutation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
See under Law. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Butyl. ]
n. [ Cephalo- + Gr.
n. [ NL. chylus, Gr. &unr_; juice, chyle, fr. &unr_; to pour: cf. F. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt. ] (Physiol.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That does not cloy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr.
n. [ Conine + acetylene. ] An oily substance,
n. [ Gr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cupshaped hollow, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Cotyle. ]
☞ Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a cotyledon; tufted;
a. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. of a style associated with rural areas;
n. [ Crotonic + acet-ylene. ] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid,
n. [ Cyclo + style. ] A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; pillar. ] (Arch.) A circular projecting portion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dactyl + -et. ] A dactyl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
n. [ Pref. di- + amylene. ] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon,
n. [ L. diastylus, Gr. &unr_;;
n. [ Pref. di- + cotyledon. ] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders):
n. (Bot.) same as Dicotyledonae.
a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes;
(Dressmaking) A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greek and Roman costumes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Gr.
Distyle in antis,
a. [ Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_; column: cf. F. dodécastyle. ] (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front. --
n.
v. i. See Droil. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to pour in + &unr_; anything received. ] (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; a pillar. ] (Zoöl.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata. [ 1913 Webster ]