a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine +
a. [ Gr. &unr_; spine + &unr_; wing. ]
a. Same as Acerose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. α priv. +
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acidus sour + -ferous. ] Containing or yielding an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having acrospores. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray +
a. [ Adeno- + Gr.
a. [ Gr.
a. Like adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adv. In an adulterous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n. ]
Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aër air + -ferous: cf. F. aérifère. ] Conveying or containing air; air-bearing;
a. [ L. affaber workmanlike; ad + faber. ] Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Agate + -ferous. ] Containing or producing agates. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + ground. ] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Aggroupment. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. albumen + -ferous. ] Supplying albumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. albumen + parere to bear, bring forth. ] Producing albumin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ala wing + -ferous. ] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry. ] Having wings; winged. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Characterized by allomerism. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. prenom.
n.
a. [ L. alumen alum + -ferous: cf. F. aluminifère. ] Containing alum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambo both + parere to bring forth. ] (Bot.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amentum + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing catkins. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ammonite + -ferous. ] Containing fossil ammonites. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. amoros, F. amoreux, LL. amorosus, fr. L. amor love, fr. amare to love. ]
Thy roses amorous of the moon. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
High nature amorous of the good. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an amorous manner; fondly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr.
a. [ L. anas, anatis, a duck + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Gr.
a. [ Gr.
adj.
a. [ Angio- + spore. ] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; wanting water;