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n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. achromatisation. ] The act or process of achromatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A making actual or really existent; giving the appearance of reality. [ R. ] Emerson.
Syn. -- realization, realisation. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization. ] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being aggrandized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Aggrandizement. [ Obs. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alcarrazas. /plu> [ Sp., from Ar. al-kurrāz earthen vessel. ] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ fr. Ar. al the + qacr (in pl.) a castle. ] A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alcoolisation. ] 1. The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act rectifying spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Perh. fr. Ar. 'açārah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'açara to press. ] (Com.) The madder of the Levant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alizarine, fr. alizari. ] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Alkaline. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To alkalizate. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alcalisation. ] The act of rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Alcazar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of Americanizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. amortissable. ] Capable of being cleared off, as a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. amortisatio, admortizatio. See Amortize, and cf. Admortization. ] 1. (Law) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be analyzed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of anatomizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalisation. ] 1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Appraisal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. arborisation, fr. L. arbor tree. ] The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The system by which a country raises, classifies, arranges, and equips its armed land forces. The usual divisions are: (1) A regular or active army, in which soldiers serve continuously with the colors and live in barracks or cantonments when not in the field; (2) the reserves of this army, in which the soldiers, while remaining constantly subject to a call to the colors, live at their homes, being summoned more or less frequently to report for instruction, drill, or maneuvers; and (3) one or more classes of soldiers organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variously called home reserves (as in the table below), second, third, etc., line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home reserves, to serve until he reaches the age limit. It for any reason he is not enrolled in the regular army, he may begin his service in the army reserves or even the home reserves, but then serves the full number of years or up to the age limit. In equipment the organization of the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, such as engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizations such as those of the pay and subsistence departments. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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n. [ Cf. F. aromatisation. ] The act of impregnating or secting with aroma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; not rooted; 'a priv. + &unr_; a root. ] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Asexual + -ize + -ation. ] The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) Separation by atmolysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The reduction of fluids into fine spray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. authorisabilis. ] Capable of being authorized. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. autorisation. ] The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The authorization of laws. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A special authorization from the chief. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of large important East Indian trees: the neem trees.
Syn. -- genus Azadirachta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a triterpenoid (C35H44O16) isolated from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), used as an insecticide. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Azaleas [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. azerole, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar. az-zo'r&unr_;r: cf. It. azzeruolo, Sp. acerolo. ] (Bot.) The Neapolitan medlar (Cratægus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. genus of coarse West American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam.
Syn. -- genus Balsamorhiza. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Honore de Balzac, a French novelist; b. 1799, d. 1850. [ Person ]
Syn. -- Honore Balzac. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Honore Balzac. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖interj. [ Jap. banzai, banzei, ten thousand years, forever. ] Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [ Japan ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]