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a. [ Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion. ] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ante- + diluvial. ] Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the bivium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + L. Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jove. ] One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. convivium a feast; con- + vivere to live. See Victuals, and cf. Convive. ] Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person of convivial habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Convivialities The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a convivial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to effluvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. “Exuvial layers.” “Exuvial deposits.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent. ] Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. gha&rsdot_;iyāl: cf. F. gavial. ] (Zool.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. Jovialis pertaining to Jove. The planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or jovial. See Jove. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. [ capitalized ] Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our jovial star reigned at his birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial or Jovial according to the colors whereby they answer these planets. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sunny; serene. [ Obs. ] “The heavens always joviall.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is a relic of the belief in planetary influence. Other examples are saturnine, mercurial, martial, lunatic, etc.

Syn. -- Merry; joyous; gay; festive; mirthful; gleeful; jolly; hilarious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives a jovial life. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. jovialité. ] The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a jovial manner; merrily; gayly. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Noisy mirth; joviality. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joviality. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel. ] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Pervious. ] Pervious. [ Obs. ] -- Per"vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover. ] 1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial. ] A priest's cope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian. ] Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadrivium a place where four ways meet; quattuor four + via way. ] Having four ways meeting in a point. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the four “liberal arts” making up the quadrivium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. synovial. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Synovial capsule, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. --
Synovial fluid, synovia. --
Synovial membrane, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage. ] 1. Found anywhere; common. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

The trivial round, the common task. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [ Obs. ] Skelton. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Trivialities [ Cf. F. trivialité ] 1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is trivial; a trifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a trivial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being trivial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial. ] A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [ Written also phial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]