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word: Pyrophane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral which is opaque in its natural state, but is
   said to change its color and become transparent by heat.


word: Pyrophone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by
   flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different
   sizes and lengths.


word: Pyrophorus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several substances or mixtures which
   phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated
   mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and
   finely divided lead.


word: Pyrophosphoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7,
   which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are
   obtained by heating the phosphates.


word: Pyrophyllite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and
   pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.


word: Pyroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat
   radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a
   differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver
   leaf.


word: Pyrosmalite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or
   grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron
   and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the
   blowpipe.


word: Pyrosome
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The
   pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet
   long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent.


word: Pyrosulphuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also
   disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a
   colorless, thick, oily liquid, H2S2O7 resembling sulphuric acid. It is
   used in the solution of indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and in
   dehydration.


word: Pyrotartaric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a
   white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.


word: Pyrothonide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion
   of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly
   used as a remedial agent.


word: Pyroxene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a
   prismatic angle of nearly 90¡, and also in massive forms which are
   often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black,
   and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as
   diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all
   silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron.
   Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic
   igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.


word: Pyroxylin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and
   properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is
   soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle.


word: Pyrrhotite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a
   sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet.
   Called also magnetic pyrites.


word: Pyrrol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other
   distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a
   colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is
   the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called
   because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a
   deep red.


word: Pyrula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped
   shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Pyrus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for
   fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and
   mountain ash.


word: Pyruvic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also
   pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the
   distillation of racemic acid.


word: Pythian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to
   the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.


word: Pythocenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed
   to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.


word: Python
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and
   allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the
   boas. Called also rock snake.


word: Pythonism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of predicting events after the manner of the
   priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.


word: Pyx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for
   certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of
   metal before it is sent from the mint.


word: Pyxidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower
   half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel
   and purslane.


word: Pyxis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
   Q () the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound
   (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together
   being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent.
   See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw
   being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/)
   is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter;
   its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet,
   from the Ph/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.


word: Quack
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension;
   used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a
   quack doctor.


word: Quacksalver
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves,
   or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a
   mountebank.


word: Quadrable
wordtype: a.
definition:
That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square;
   -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly
   found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.


word: Quadrangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a
   space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college
   or public school in England.


word: Quadrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a
   circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center.


word: Quadrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by
   the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant;
   the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the
   third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.


word: Quadrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously
   constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy,
   surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of
   90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights,
   and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical
   or horizontal direction.


word: Quadrantal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the
   fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.


word: Quadrantal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each
   side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.


word: Quadrat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called
   also geometrical square, and line of shadows.


word: Quadrate
wordtype: a.
definition:
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right
   angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a
   square.


word: Quadrate
wordtype: a.
definition:
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are
   distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See
   the Note under Aspect, 6.


word: Quadratic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a
   quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity
   is a square.


word: Quadratrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves;
   as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.


word: Quadrature
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the
   same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a
   circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure
   bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two
   ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.


word: Quadrature
wordtype: a.
definition:
The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a
   curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of
   one variable into the differential of that variable.


word: Quadrature
wordtype: a.
definition:
The position of one heavenly body in respect to another
   when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at
   an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.


word: Quadric
wordtype: n.
definition:
A surface whose equation in three variables is of the
   second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids,
   hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are
   quadrics.


word: Quadriceps
wordtype: n.
definition:
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above
   into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.


word: Quadrilateral
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plane figure having four sides, and consequently
   four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.


word: Quadrilateral
wordtype: n.
definition:
An area defended by four fortresses supporting each
   other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera,
   Verona, and Legnano.


word: Quadrille
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game played by four persons with forty cards, being
   the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are
   discarded.


word: Quadrillion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the French notation, which is followed
   also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen
   ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced
   by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented
   by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under
   Numeration.


word: Quadripartition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division or distribution by four, or into four
   parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.


word: Quadrivalent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a valence of four; capable of combining with,
   being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; --
   said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are
   quadrivalent elements.


word: Quadrivium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry,
   and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.


word: Quadrumana
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of the Primates comprising the apes and
   monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and
   the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana
   were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included
   man alone.


word: Quadruple
wordtype: n.
definition:
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to
   receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.


word: Quadruplicate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a
   quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.


word: Quagga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga).
   The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and
   beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the
   body.


word: Quaggy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under
   the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.


word: Quahaug
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in
   large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam,
   and hard clam.


word: Quail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under
   trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of
   resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.


word: Quail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several
   allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail
   (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble
   quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus
   australis).


word: Quail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus,
   Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia
   quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla
   Californica).


word: Quail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera,
   native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix
   varius). See Turnix.


word: Quaint
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned;
   skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.


word: Quaint
wordtype: a.
definition:
Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique;
   archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint
   expression.


word: Quake
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
   repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.


word: Quake
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being
   solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as,
   the earth quakes; the mountains quake.


word: Quaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of
   Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call
   themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision.
   See Friend, n., 4.


word: Quaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so
   called from the quaking noise made during flight.


word: Qualification
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any
   acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or
   which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling
   quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.


word: Qualification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of limiting, or the state of being limited;
   that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence,
   abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.


word: Qualificator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer whose business it is to examine and
   prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.


word: Qualify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make such as is required; to give added or requisite
   qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character;
   to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary
   for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to
   supply with legal power or capacity.


word: Qualify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive
   form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to
   restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or
   proposition.


word: Qualify
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath,
   or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.


word: Quality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of being of such and such a sort as
   distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered,
   as of goods; character; sort; rank.


word: Quality
wordtype: n.
definition:
Special or temporary character; profession; occupation;
   assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.


word: Quality
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it
   is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it;
   distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power,
   capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ
   from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.


word: Quamoclit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine
   (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now
   merged in Ipomoea.


word: Quandong
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree
   (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.


word: Quant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent
   it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.


word: Quantic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables,
   in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables,
   and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the
   second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further
   called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain
   two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary
   cubic.


word: Quantity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the
   property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease,
   multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which
   answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount;
   determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent;
   size.


word: Quantity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extent or extension of a general conception, that is,
   the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also,
   its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent
   qualities, attributes, or relations.


word: Quantity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time
   in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or
   syllable.


word: Quantity
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which can be increased, diminished, or measured;
   especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are
   applicable.


word: Quantity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a
   certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large
   portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in
   large quantities.


word: Quarantine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the term, originally of forty days,
   during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a
   malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse
   with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse;
   also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.


word: Quarantine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The period of forty days during which the widow had the
   privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died
   seized.


word: Quarantine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given
   place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious
   disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.


word: Quarrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out;
   a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or
   conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an
   altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.


word: Quarrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility;
   cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.


word: Quarrel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference;
   to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.


word: Quarrelsome
wordtype: a.
definition:
Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and
   contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible;
   choleric.


word: Quarry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock
   or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a
   stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).


word: Quarry-faced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and
   not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.


word: Quart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure;
   the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.


word: Quartan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth
   day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.


word: Quartan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day,
   reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between
   paroxysms is two days.


word: Quartation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process, or result (in the process of parting)
   of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce
   the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals
   except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.


word: Quartenylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic
   acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless
   liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule.
   Called also isocrotonic acid.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or
   is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a
   dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds,
   according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain;
   as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly
   revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one
   fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg;
   as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe
   and heel, being the side of the coffin.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.;
   properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The encampment on one of the principal passages round a
   place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding
   in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside
   of the slings.


word: Quarter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided
   into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in
   the fess point.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular
   district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in
   the United States more commonly called stud.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The fourth part of the distance from one point of the
   compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡
   49'; -- called also quarter point.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of
   lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act
   of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's
   advantage to extremes.


word: Slake
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical
   combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.


word: Slam
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; --
   usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.


word: Slam
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come or swing against something, or to shut, with
   sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter
   slams.


word: Slander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to
   injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory
   reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the
   injury of another.


word: Slander
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written;
   in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false,
   malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation
   of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.


word: Slander
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false
   report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales
   maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.


word: Slang
wordtype: n.
definition:
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but
   unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of
   some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the
   slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.


word: Slapdash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless,
   or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a
   wall, or to slapdash a wall.


word: Slash
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged
   instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut
   hastily and carelessly.


word: Slashed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed;
   especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of
   a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.


word: Slash pine
definition:
A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern
   Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in
   "slashes."


word: Slate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for
   election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised
   beforehand.


word: Slate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling
   slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.


word: Slatting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose
   in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.


word: Slaty
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or
   properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of
   being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.


word: Slav
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and
   Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians,
   Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.


word: Slave
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
   wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel;
   one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are
   wholly under the control of another.


word: Slave
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders
   himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to
   strong drink, to ambition.


word: Slavish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a
   slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish
   dependance on the great.


word: Slavocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The persons or interest formerly representing slavery
   politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or
   advancement of slavery.


word: Sled
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow
   or ice; -- in England called sledge.


word: Sledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one
   without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end,
   used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.


word: Sleep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of
   the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense;
   to slumber.


word: Sleep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be
   unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a
   question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.


word: Sleep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical,
   suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those
   of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which
   there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of
   ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less
   unconscious state.


word: Sleeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near
   the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to
   steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a
   stringpiece.


word: Sleeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid
   directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.


word: Sleeve
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another
   part, or to form a connection between two parts.


word: Sleeve
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming
   a joint between the ends of two other pipes.


word: Role
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama;
   hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now
   taken the role of philanthropist.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by
   turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over
   on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or
   cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet
   of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; --
   often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling;
   as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a
   deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's
   praises; to roll out sentences.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a
   roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll
   steel rails, etc.


word: Roll
wordtype: n.
definition:
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping;
   to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact
   with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have
   been in contact are equal.


word: Roll
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by
   rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and
   over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an
   inclined plane.


word: Roll
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the
   cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.


word: Roll
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with
   a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.


word: Roll
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock;
   as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general
   semse, to be tossed about.


word: Roll
wordtype: v.
definition:
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between
   which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as,
   to pass rails through the rolls.


word: Roll
wordtype: v.
definition:
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other
   materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.


word: Roll
wordtype: v.
definition:
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in
   sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and
   stern called pitching.


word: Roller
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
   sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and
   the arts.


word: Roller
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of
   glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to
   taking an impression from them.


word: Roller
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of
   the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly
   turning over or "tumbling" in flight.


word: Rollic
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a
   frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking.


word: Rolling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by
   rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a
   rolling wheel or ball.


word: Rolling-pin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with
   which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper
   thickness.


word: Rolly-poly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit,
   rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed.


word: Roman
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or
   characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as,
   Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.


word: Roman
wordtype: a.
definition:
Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
   ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.


word: Roman
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv.,
   etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals,
   1, 4, etc.


word: Roman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome,
   or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were
   conferred.


word: Romance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in
   meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the
   tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any
   fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which
   treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine;
   a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.


word: Romance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adventure, or series of extraordinary events,
   resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life,
   was a romance.


word: Romance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to
   ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.


word: Romance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were
   originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed
   into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).


word: Romanesque
wordtype: a.
definition:
Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to
   the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more
   developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.


word: Romanic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages
   which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular
   form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal,
   etc.


word: Romanic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially
   of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.


word: Romantic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling
   romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a
   romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.


word: Romantic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and
   popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical
   antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the
   romantic school of poets.


word: Romantic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
   adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery;
   as, a romantic landscape.


word: Romanticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fondness for romantic characteristics or
   peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at
   romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers
   who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition
   to the so-called classical style.


word: Romeite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in
   square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.


word: Romic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr.
   Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter
   alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan,
   but simpler.


word: Romish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic
   Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish
   church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.


word: Roncador
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food
   fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market
   fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna).


word: Ronchil
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the
   North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.


word: Ronde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly
   upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.


word: Rondeau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a
   refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a
   limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.


word: Rondel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing
   fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the
   first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the
   thirteenth and fourteenth.


word: Rondle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the
   crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the
   crucible.


word: Rondo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively,
   cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the
   other strains.


word: Roof
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cover of any building, including the roofing (see
   Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and
   maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a
   building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers
   call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is
   better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases
   where it has farther covering.


word: Roof
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the
   ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.


word: Rook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but
   smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of
   the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous
   skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits.
   The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.


word: Rookery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a
   cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.


word: Room
wordtype: n.
definition:
Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted
   to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is
   not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.


word: Room
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart
   by a partition; an apartment or chamber.


word: Room
wordtype: n.
definition:
Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station;
   also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another,
   and vacated.


word: Room
wordtype: n.
definition:
Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to
   act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.


word: Roommate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one
   who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a
   tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet
   flag.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant,
   increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into
   joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix
   the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters,
   and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A
   true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to
   a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some
   epiphytic orchids.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as
   produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as
   a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds
   as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a
   cancer, and the like.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms
   employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a
   radix, or radical.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself
   will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3
   multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.


word: Root
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose
   harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.


word: Root
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
   to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; --
   used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted
   dislike.


word: Rootcap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects
   the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.


word: Rootstock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or
   flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.


word: Rope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in
   circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs
   from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.


word: Rope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as
   by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.


word: Rope
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a
   filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.


word: Rope
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope,
   so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a
   plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.


word: Ropedancer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on
   a rope extended through the air at some height.


word: Ropy
wordtype: a.
definition:
capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
   substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy
   lees.


word: Rorqual
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus
   antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong
   longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.


word: Rosaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae)
   of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries,
   meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears,
   service trees, and quinces.


word: Rosacic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic
   acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.


word: Rosalia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is
   successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic
   sequence.


word: Rosaniline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by
   oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless
   crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential
   components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline
   red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived
   from, or related to, rosaniline proper.


word: Rosary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited
   in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are
   counted.


word: Rosary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of
   beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.


word: Rosary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently
   circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.


word: Roscoelite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales.
   It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing
   vanadium.


word: Rose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which
   there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere


word: Rose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
   delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot
   of a pump.


word: Rose
wordtype: n.
definition:
The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with
   radiating lines, used in other instruments.


word: Roseate
wordtype: a.
definition:
resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with
   rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.


word: Rosebay
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers,
   common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.


word: Rose-colored
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or
   pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.


word: Rose-cut
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of
   triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious
   stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.


word: Rosefinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the
   genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male
   is more or less colored with rose red.


word: Rosefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus)
   found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red
   perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream,
   and bergylt.


word: Rosella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius)
   often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet,
   the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and
   the breast yellow.


word: Roselle
wordtype: n.
definition:
a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the
   east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making
   tarts and jelly and an acid drink.


word: Rosemary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow
   grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain,
   and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell,
   and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery,
   etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.


word: Roseo-
definition:
A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red;
   specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called
   roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-.


word: Roseola
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in
   circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately
   fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is
   characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose
   rash.


word: Rose-pink
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the
   pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.


word: Rose-rial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of several English gold coins struck in different
   reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.


word: Roseroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so
   called because the roots have the odor of roses.


word: Ro-setta stone
definition:
A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a
   trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key
   was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.


word: Rosetta wood
definition:
An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color,
   handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for
   cabinetwork.


word: Rosette
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the
   group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and
   clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar,
   under Sand.


word: Rosewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
   variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees
   of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil,
   and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.


word: Roseworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous
   insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose,
   especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest,
   and devours both the leaves and buds.


word: Rosicrucian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the
   18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply
   versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed,
   it was stated, several hundred years.


word: Rosin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the
   volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.


word: Rosinweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given in California to various composite plants
   which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.


word: Rosmarine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by
   means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.


word: Rosolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff
   (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is
   produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red
   amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable
   ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin.


word: Rossel current
definition:
A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing
   westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.


word: Rostellum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a
   small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the
   operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.


word: Roster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A register or roll showing the order in which officers,
   enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.


word: Rostral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the
   beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or
   their decorations.


word: Rostrifera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having
   the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.


word: Rostrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where
   orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so
   called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of
   captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in
   Rome for the use of public orators.


word: Rostrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform
   occupied by an orator or public speaker.


word: Rostrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the
   carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.


word: Rosy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities;
   blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.


word: Rot
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To undergo a process common to organic substances by which
   they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical
   changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less
   offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy;
   to decay.


word: Rot
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially
   decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.


word: Rot
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for
   the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.


word: Rot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be
   caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.


word: Rot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other
   animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or
   gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.


word: Rota
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana,
   that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve
   members.


word: Rota
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short-lived political club established in 1659 by
   J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the
   principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of
   a portion of Parliament.


word: Rota
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle
   Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.


word: Rotalite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in
   the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.


word: Rotary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or
   resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary
   motion.


word: Rotate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped;
   as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous
   corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.


word: Rotate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to
   hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.


word: Rotate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed
   some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.


word: Rotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its
   axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round
   another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth
   on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a
   revolution.


word: Rotation
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature
   of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.


word: Rotator
wordtype: n.
definition:
that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle
   which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.


word: Rotatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the
   rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.


word: Rotche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle)
   common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little
   auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.


word: Rote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small
   wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the
   hurdy-gurdy.


word: Rote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to
   the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote.


word: Rotella
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small, polished,
   brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.


word: Rotifera
wordtype: n.
definition:
An order of minute worms which usually have one or two
   groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often
   give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very
   numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.


word: Rotunda
wordtype: a.
definition:
A round building; especially, one that is round both on
   the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but
   very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the
   Capitol at Washington.


word: Roturier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman
   who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.


word: Rouge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is
   used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called
   also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.


word: Rouge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or
   lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but
   it is often made from carmine.


word: Rough
wordtype: n.
definition:
Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the
   surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough
   cloth.


word: Rough
wordtype: n.
definition:
Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of
   dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat.


word: Rough
wordtype: n.
definition:
Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; --
   said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.


word: Roughcast
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of
   shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.


word: Rough-grained
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively,
   having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.


word: Roughhew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to
   shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.


word: Roughleg
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
   Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also
   rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.


word: Roughrider
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a
   noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist
   the riding master.


word: Roughtail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of small ground snakes of the family
   Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.


word: Roulade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers,
   or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in
   Handel's oratorios.


word: Roulette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move
   round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black
   spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of
   wagers permitted by the game.


word: Roulette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a
   plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.


word: Roulette
wordtype: n.
definition:
the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given
   curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve.
   See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.


word: Rounce
wordtype: n.
definition:
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the
   form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; --
   sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved
   under the platen.


word: Rounceval
wordtype: a.
definition:
Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at
   Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference
   equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form
   approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a
   round ball.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the
   arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere;
   rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch;
   round hills.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in
   even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening,
   making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized;
   labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not
   mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.


word: Round
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt;
   finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to
   their style.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a
   series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical
   revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A course of action or conduct performed by a number of
   persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece
   which joins and braces the legs of a chair.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat;
   especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of
   traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the
   postman.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart
   of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are
   faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his
   attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as,
   twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or
   four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the
   unison.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual
   contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.


word: Round
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded,
   the yeast escaping through the bunghole.


word: Round
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
   reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns
   round.


word: Round
wordtype: adv.
definition:
From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
   round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.


word: Round
wordtype: prep.
definition:
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around;
   about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a
   cable round a windlass.


word: Round
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a
   round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the
   edges of anything.


word: Round
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
   point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.


word: Roundabout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden
   horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round.


word: Rounded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized;
   labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.


word: Roundel
wordtype: a.
definition:
A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in
   diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.


word: Roundelay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a
   simple rural strain which is short and lively.


word: Rounder
wordtype: n.
definition:
An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also,
   another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a
   football.


word: Roundfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less
   compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British
   America and Alaska.


word: Roundhouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cabin or apartament on the after part of the
   quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the
   coach.


word: Rounding
wordtype: n.
definition:
Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round
   a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.


word: Rounding
wordtype: n.
definition:
Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip
   opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.


word: Roundness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the
   roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a
   column, etc.


word: Roundness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a
   period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.


word: Round-up
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered
   cattle by riding around them and driving them in.


word: Rousant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising;
   also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.


word: Rouse
wordtype: v. i. & t.
definition:
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a
   rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.


word: Rouse
wordtype: v.
definition:
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to
   rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.


word: Rouse
wordtype: v.
definition:
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
   idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the
   faculties, passions, or emotions.


word: Roussette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus
   vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about
   a yard across the expanded wings.


word: Roustabout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river
   steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like;
   in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.


word: Rout
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; --
   said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to
   flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up
   an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.


word: Rout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with
   intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and
   actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.


word: Route
wordtype: n.
definition:
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be
   passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.


word: Routine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or
   frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties
   regularly or frequently returning.


word: Rove
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
   or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.


word: Rove
wordtype: n.
definition:
A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty
   twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.


word: Rove
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or
   pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking,
   riding, flying, or otherwise.


word: Rove
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of
   elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the
   point-blank range).


word: Rover
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would
   go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player
   of such a ball.


word: Roving
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted
   sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the
   purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.


word: Row
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a
   line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.


word: Rowan tree
definition:
A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple,
   but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers
   followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and
   mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar
   habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).


word: Rowel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of
   horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.


word: Rowlock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an
   oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a
   boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the
   edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar,
   or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the
   oar.


word: Rowport
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the
   surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.


word: Roxburgh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain
   leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front
   and bottom left uncut.


word: Royal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable
   for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal
   domains; the royal family; royal state.


word: Royal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted
   by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.


word: Royal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the
   third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.


word: Royal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the
   British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest
   regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.


word: Royalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of
   the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.


word: Royalty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a
   royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.


word: Royalty
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold
   and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax
   exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.


word: Royalty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest,
   etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the
   property.


word: Royalty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner
   of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article
   manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one
   who hires the use of it.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over
   its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of
   something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to
   rub wood with sandpaper.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and
   friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along
   a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse;
   -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to
   grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.


word: Rub
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods,
   as huntsmen; to rub through the world.


word: Rub
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion
   or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a
   difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.


word: Rubber
wordtype: n.
definition:
In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the
   fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber;
   also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games;
   as, to play a rubber of whist.


word: Rubbish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless
   stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen
   buildings; ruins; debris.


word: Rubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc.,
   used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of
   walls.


word: Rubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a
   quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a
   mass of stone; brash.


word: Rubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the
   alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock.


word: Rubella
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous
   eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal
   symptoms; -- called also German measles.


word: Rubellite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale
   rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.


word: Ruberythrinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted
   from madder root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which
   alizarin is obtained.


word: Rubiaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of
   plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and
   including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand
   species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian
   bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing
   the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many
   plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.


word: Rubianic
wordtype: a.
definition:
pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically,
   designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid.


word: Rubican
wordtype: a.
definition:
Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of
   white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses.


word: Rubidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained
   from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od
   metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type.


word: Rubidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in
   small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft
   yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its
   properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2.


word: Rubiretin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the red dye products extracted from madder root,
   and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.


word: Ruble
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100
   copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten
   ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth
   about 60 cents.


word: Rubric
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of any work in the early manuscripts and
   typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other
   portions.


word: Rubric
wordtype: n.
definition:
A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date
   and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in
   red.


word: Rubric
wordtype: n.
definition:
The directions and rules for the conduct of service,
   formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or
   episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.


word: Rubric
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, that which is established or settled, as by
   authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed.


word: Rubricate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a
   rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.


word: Ruby
wordtype: n.
definition:
A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to
   violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red
   crystallized variety of corundum.


word: Ruby
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of South American humming birds of the genus
   Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.


word: Rubytail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under
   side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green
   with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other
   wasps and of bees.


word: Rubythroat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging
   to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on
   the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic
   reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States
   (Trochilus colubris).


word: Rucervine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus
   Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India.


word: Ruche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon,
   or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a
   trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.


word: Rudd
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus
   erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it
   has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called
   also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called
   azurine, or blue roach.


word: Rudder
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is
   guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of
   wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright
   position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a
   way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a
   tiller, wheel, or other attachment.


word: Rudder
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor;
   that which guides or governs the course.


word: Rudderpost
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and
   the attachments for operating it at the other.


word: Rudderstock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The main part or blade of the rudder, which is
   connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.


word: Ruddock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of
   coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and
   golden ruddock.


word: Ruddy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
   high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips.


word: Rude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not
   smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude
   workmanship.


word: Rude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil;
   clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct,
   skill, and the like.


word: Rude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh;
   severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude
   winter.


word: Rude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war,
   conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.


word: Rude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness
   or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; --
   said of literature, language, style, and the like.


word: Smoke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn
   or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.


word: Smoke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of
   annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck
   out of his burrow.


word: Smokejack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or
   wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.


word: Smokestack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the
   pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam
   vessel, etc.


word: Smoulder
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered
   activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.


word: Smooth
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no
   roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as,
   smooth glass; smooth porcelain.


word: Smooth
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means;
   as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.


word: Smother
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of
   the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent
   breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.


word: Smother
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of
   air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to
   smother a fire.


word: Smother
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
   view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.


word: Smudge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning
   slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in
   order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.


word: Smuggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to
   import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to
   smuggle lace.


word: Smut
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which
   is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by
   parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo,
   is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.


word: Snack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the
   colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.


word: Snaffle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be
   placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having
   no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.


word: Snag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short
   branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.


word: Snag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river
   or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by
   which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.


word: Snag
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
   snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.


word: Snail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing
   gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the
   family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world
   except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a
   land snail.


word: Snail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
   snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under
   Pond, and Sea snail.


word: Snail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved
   outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of,
   another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.


word: 'Snails
wordtype: interj.
definition:
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with
   which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath,
   corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).


word: Snake
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
   whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.


word: Snake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller,
   or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of
   the large one; to worm.


word: Snakebird
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus
   Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but
   have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.


word: Snakehead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat
   rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by
   the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of
   a car.


word: Snakeroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several plants of different genera and
   species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious
   as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.


word: Snake's-head
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England
   because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.


word: Snakewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina)
   having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the
   hooded serpent.


word: Snakewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum)
   which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.


word: Snap
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth;
   to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a
   passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.


word: Snap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung
   from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.


word: Snap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a
   whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.


word: Snap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten
   off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite,
   morsel, or fragment; a scrap.


word: Snap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a
   spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a
   bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.


word: Snapdragon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum,
   especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully
   likened to the face of a dragon.


word: Snapdragon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel
   containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See
   Flapdragon.


word: Snaphead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also,
   a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded
   head.


word: Snapper
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of
   the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United
   States and on both coasts of tropical America.


word: Snare
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
   like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a
   trap; a gin.


word: Snare
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose,
   for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.


word: Snare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
   bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.


word: Shuffle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
   another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.


word: Shuffle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
   disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the
   cards in a pack.


word: Shuffle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade
   questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.


word: Shug
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's
   clothes, as do those who have the itch.


word: Shun
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to
   escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.


word: Shunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a
   grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.


word: Shunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor,
   or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel
   or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for
   the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.


word: Shunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep
   to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.


word: Shut
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
   door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.


word: Shut
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close
   by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.


word: Shut
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the
   nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p,
   t, k, b, d, and hard g.


word: Shut
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the
   same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.


word: Shutter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut
   out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a
   defense; a blind.


word: Shutter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of
   any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.


word: Shuttle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the
   thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the
   threads of the warp.


word: Shuttle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which
   carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a
   lock stitch.


word: Shuttlecock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a
   battledoor in play; also, the play itself.


word: Shyster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trickish knave; one who carries on any business,
   especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.


word: Si
definition:
A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently,
   to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to
   Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century.


word: Siamang
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It
   has the second and third toes partially united by a web.


word: Sibbens
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the
   yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules
   and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the
   Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.


word: Siberian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all
   northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.


word: Sibilant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound;
   hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.


word: Sibilate
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of
   the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.


word: Sibylline
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed
   by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.


word: Sicca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the
   silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192
   grains.


word: Siciliano
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a
   rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music
   to the dance.


word: Sick
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not
   in health. See the Synonym under Illness.


word: Sick
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to
   vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.


word: Sicken
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated;
   to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.


word: Sickle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved
   into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The
   sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with
   a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.


word: Sicklebill
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
   Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and
   strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer.


word: Sida
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the
   species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are
   used as a substitute for hemp and flax.


word: Side
wordtype: n.
definition:
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially
   (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the
   longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a
   bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a
   square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.


word: Side
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet
   in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any
   part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as,
   this or that side.


word: Side
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on
   either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half;
   as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.


word: Side
wordtype: n.
definition:
The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to
   another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of
   advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one
   maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.


word: Side
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its
   interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side
   with the ministerial party.


word: Sideboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and
   shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.


word: Sidebone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the
   sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.


word: Sideration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp.,
   blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of
   disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.


word: Sidereal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars;
   designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same
   position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a
   planet; a sidereal day.


word: Siderite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring
   generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is
   of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic
   iron.


word: Siderographical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by
   engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic
   impressions.


word: Siderography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of steel engraving; especially,
   the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an
   engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft
   steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a
   soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The
   process has been superseded by electrotypy.


word: Sideroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron
   in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic
   needles.


word: Siderostat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved
   by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed
   direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.


word: Siding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether
   made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the
   like.


word: Siding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles
   with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of
   ten inches.


word: Sidle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise;
   as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.


word: Siege
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place
   for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the
   surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by
   passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's
   fire. See the Note under Blockade.


word: Sienna
wordtype: n.
definition:
Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or
   manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or
   burnt.


word: Sierra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or
   irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.


word: Sieve
wordtype: n.
definition:
A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a
   pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a
   vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair,
   wire, or the like, woven in meshes.


word: Sift
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance
   from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift
   sand or lime.


word: Sifter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called
   because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of
   the lamell/ of the beak.


word: Sigh
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and
   immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration,
   especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue,
   exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.


word: Sigh
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of
   air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of
   perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;
   open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through
   which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A small aperture through which objects are to be seen,
   and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight
   of a quadrant.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,
   muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle
   of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in
   aiming.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as
   of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin.
   In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.


word: Sight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to
   give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to
   sight a rifle or a cannon.


word: Sighted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used
   in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted,
   sharp-sighted, and the like.


word: Sigillaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for
   sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia;
   hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.


word: Sigillaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal
   formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on
   the surface.


word: Sigla
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters
   standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on
   coins, medals, etc.


word: Sigmodont
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which
   includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from
   the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also
   used adjectively.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
That by which anything is made known or represented; that
   which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating
   the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
   will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some
   special end; a miracle; a wonder.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the
   memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
   represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation
   of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
   expressed, or a command or a wish made known.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of
   a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used
   by the deaf and dumb.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or
   before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business
   there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a
   publicly displayed token or notice.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an
   operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign --
   (minus); the sign of division Ö, and the like.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which, being external, stands for, or signifies,
   something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of
   England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that
   which it represents.


word: Sign
wordtype: n.
definition:
To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or
   emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.


word: Signable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal
   document signable by a particular person.


word: Signal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of
   some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword,
   which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.


word: Signal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent;
   remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal
   act of benevolence.


word: Signal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in
   conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.


word: Signalize
wordtype: a.
definition:
To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a
   signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.


word: Signalman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man whose business is to manage or display signals;
   especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad
   trains are run or warned.


word: Signalment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence,
   description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Especially, the name of any person, written with his
   own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords
   with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A resemblance between the external characters of a
   disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing
   between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to
   indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The designation of the key (when not C major, or its
   relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the
   beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes
   of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has
   the same signature as its relative major.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first
   page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder
   in arranging and folding the sheets.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which
   it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.


word: Signature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That part of a prescription which contains the
   directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an
   abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or
   mark).


word: Signaturist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed
   upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.


word: Signboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on
   which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or
   the like.


word: Signet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
   sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under
   the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.


word: Significancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
   significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or
   expression.


word: Significant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl
   having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or
   suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.


word: Signification
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is signified or made known; that meaning
   which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the
   signification of words.


word: Significavit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon
   certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by
   the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit
   himself to the authority of the church.


word: Signify
wordtype: n.
definition:
To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional
   token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make
   known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be
   present.


word: Silence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness;
   quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.


word: Silence
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To restrain from the exercise of any function,
   privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of
   preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.


word: Silene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a
   viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.


word: Silentiary
wordtype: n.
definition:
One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also,
   one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.


word: Silex
wordtype: n.
definition:
Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and
   most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.


word: Silhouette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of the outlines of an object filled in
   with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow
   appears to be.


word: Silica
wordtype: n.
definition:
Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also
   opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white,
   tasteless, inodorous powder.


word: Silicic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica;
   specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.


word: Silicification
wordtype: n.
definition:
Thae act or process of combining or impregnating
   with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated;
   as, the silicification of wood.


word: Silico-
definition:
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the
   presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic,
   silicofluoride, etc.


word: Silicofluoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine;
   especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides.


word: Silicoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive order of Porifera, which includes
   those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or
   spicules.


word: Silicon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs
   combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state,
   usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline
   substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common
   quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the
   most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is
   characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of
   the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.


word: Silicotungstic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a
   series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free
   state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates).


word: Silique
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two
   valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either
   margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment,
   alternately upon each side of it.


word: Siliquous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to,
   or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.


word: Silk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fine, soft thread produced by various species of
   caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed
   during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx
   mori.


word: Silkweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed
   vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.


word: Silkworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid
   moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its
   cocoon before changing to a pupa.


word: Sill
wordtype: n.
definition:
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal
   piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or
   supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom,
   and the like.


word: Sillabub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus
   forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and
   beaten to a stiff froth.


word: Silly
wordtype: n.
definition:
Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind;
   foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.


word: Silly
wordtype: n.
definition:
Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment;
   characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly
   conduct; a silly question.


word: Silo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so
   as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.


word: Silurian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures;
   -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to
   the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country.


word: Siluroid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of
   fishes including numerous species, among which are the American
   catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as
   the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.


word: Silurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order
   Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.


word: Silver
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very
   malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native,
   and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in
   the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver
   is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and
   is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles.
   Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.


word: Silver
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by
   applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a
   glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.


word: Silvering
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper,
   glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance
   resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a
   glass speculum.


word: Silversides
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small fishes of the
   family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
   body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very
   abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and
   tinker.


word: Silverspot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus
   Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of
   the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.


word: Silvery
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white
   and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.


word: Silvery
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear
   in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.


word: Simia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of
   numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to
   the genus which includes the orang-outang.


word: Simian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its
   widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also,
   apelike.


word: Simile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or
   more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or
   imaginative comparison.


word: Similiter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The technical name of the form by which either party, in
   pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called
   sometimes a joinder in issue.


word: Similitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being similar or like;
   resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.


word: Similitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to
   another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.


word: Simonian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of
   certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.


word: Simony
wordtype: n.
definition:
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment;
   the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for
   money or reward.


word: Simoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows
   occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by
   the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.


word: Oblongum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution
   of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of
   revolution, under Ellipsoid.


word: Obloquy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
   casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.


word: Oboe
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra,
   yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone,
   somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by
   means of a double reed; a hautboy.


word: Obrogate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary
   law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.


word: Obscene
wordtype: a/
definition:
Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting
   to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency
   forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.


word: Obscenity
wordtype: n.
definition:
That quality in words or things which presents what is
   offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or
   acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a
   speech, or a picture.


word: Obscurant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or
   hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.


word: Obscuration
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act or operation of obscuring; the state of
   being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.


word: Obscure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous
   to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from
   observation; unnoticed.


word: Obscure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse
   or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.


word: Obscure
wordtype: a.
definition:
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the
   dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious,
   beautiful, or illustrious.


word: Obscurity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being obscure; darkness;
   privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.


word: Obsecration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the
   obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By."


word: Obsequious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of
   another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.


word: Obsequious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
   cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.


word: Obsequy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his
   death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only
   in the plural.


word: Observance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of observing or noticing with
   attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with
   a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath
   is general; the strict observance of duties.


word: Observance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect;
   especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a
   practice; a rite; a custom.


word: Observant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively;
   watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.


word: Observant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful;
   mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules.


word: Observantine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who
   profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention
   of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.


word: Observation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice;
   the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.


word: Observation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of recognizing and noting some fact or
   occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an
   animal.


word: Observation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable
   instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a
   clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and
   clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star,
   with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.


word: Observatory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A building fitted with instruments for making
   systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural
   phenomena.


word: Observe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform
   one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with;
   as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.


word: Observe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to
   notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to observe an
   eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the
   movements of an army.


word: Observe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a
   remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.


word: Observer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who observes, or pays attention to, anything;
   especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact
   observation; as, an astronomical observer.


word: Observing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to
   what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind.


word: Obsidian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a
   black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.


word: Obsignation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being
   sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.


word: Obsolete
wordtype: a.
definition:
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;
   as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words,
   writings, or observances.


word: Obstacle
wordtype: v.
definition:
That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that
   hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.


word: Obstetrics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in
   parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.


word: Obstinacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not
   be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually
   unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding
   disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.


word: Obstinacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being difficult to remedy,
   relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.


word: Obstinate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or
   course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means;
   stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.


word: Obstriction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged;
   that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.


word: Obstruct
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage;
   to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that
   prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the
   channels of the body.


word: Obstruct
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing;
   to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the
   passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules
   obstruct legislation.


word: Obstruction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed
   in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.


word: Obstruent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that
   which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts
   as an obstruent.


word: Obtain
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be
   recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general;
   to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.


word: Obtrude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or
   solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.


word: Obtrusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force
   or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.


word: Obtrusive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's
   self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward;
   pushing; intrusive.


word: Obtund
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to
   dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the
   gall.


word: Obtundent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation,
   usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as
   demulcent.


word: Obturator
wordtype: a.
definition:
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining
   to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator
   nerve.


word: Obtuse
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles
   greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.


word: Obvention
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of happening incidentally; that which happens
   casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.


word: Obverse
wordtype: a.
definition:
The face of a coin which has the principal image or
   inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.


word: Obverse
wordtype: a.
definition:
Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to,
   another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of
   two corresponding things.


word: Obversion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the
   opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal;
   then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as
   "immediate inference by privative conception."


word: Obviate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove
   from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity
   of going.


word: Obvious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
   by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious
   meaning; an obvious remark.


word: Obvoluted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily,
   in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge
   overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle
   of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.


word: Oca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and
   O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.


word: Occasion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that
   which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.


word: Occasion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with
   it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an
   event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason;
   accidental or incidental cause.


word: Occasional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions;
   occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or
   happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as,
   occasional remarks, or efforts.


word: Occasionalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to
   certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the
   intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent
   reciprocal action of the soul and the body.


word: Occasionally
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as
   convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.


word: Occident
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the
   evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; --
   opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to
   Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.


word: Occidental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or
   west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or
   customs; an occidental planet.


word: Occidental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; --
   used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the
   Orient are generally superior.


word: Occipito-
definition:
A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near,
   the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.


word: Occlude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially
   with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large
   volumes of hydrogen.


word: Occultation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the
   intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied
   especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the
   eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.


word: Occupant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the
   actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.


word: Occupation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of occupying or taking possession;
   actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding
   or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.


word: Occupation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which occupies or engages the time and attention;
   the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling;
   trade.


word: Occupy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
   or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of
   ground.


word: Occur
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
   itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write
   if opportunity occurs.


word: Occurrence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without
   being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary
   occurrences of life.


word: Ocean
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
   fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great
   sea.


word: Ocean
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean
   is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and
   Antarctic oceans.


word: Ocean
wordtype: n.
definition:
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
   apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of
   affairs.


word: Oceanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or
   about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially
   mid-ocean.


word: Ocelot
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges
   from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with
   blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged.
   The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.


word: Ochre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually
   red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making
   paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.


word: Ochlesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general morbid condition induced by the crowding
   together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.


word: Octahedral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or
   formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.


word: Octahedron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron
   is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.


word: Octameter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A verse containing eight feet; as, --//Deep# in|to# the
   | dark#ness | peer#ing, | long# I | stood# there | wond'#ring, |
   fear#ing.


word: Octandria
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have
   eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.


word: Octane
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons (C8H18) of
   the methane series. The most important is a colorless, volatile,
   inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or
   ligroin.


word: Octant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a
   planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and
   quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.


word: Octant
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a
   quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the
   eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant.


word: Octapla
wordtype: sing.
definition:
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in
   the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of
   it, arranged in eight parallel columns.


word: Octavalent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined
   with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said
   of certain atoms or radicals.


word: Octave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
   being included; also, the week following a church festival.


word: Octave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and
   eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of
   five tones and two semitones.


word: Octavo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
   eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book
   so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8¡.


word: Octillion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the French method of numeration (which
   method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a
   unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English
   method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers
   annexed. See Numeration.


word: Octocerata
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus,
   Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; --
   called also Octopoda.


word: Octodecimo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
   eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of
   book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18¡, and
   called eighteenmo.


word: Octodont
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents
   which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.


word: Octoic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used
   specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most
   important of which is called caprylic acid.


word: Octopus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous
   species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,


word: Octostyle
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple
   or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples
   are hexastele. See Hexastyle.


word: Octroi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the
   exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.


word: Octyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential
   residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl
   alcohol.


word: Octylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of
   the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless
   liquids.


word: Ocular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual
   sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.


word: Oculomotor
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied
   especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves)
   which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.


word: Oculonasal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose;
   as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the
   ophthalmic.


word: Ocypodian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand
   along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.


word: Od
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and
   others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by
   various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action,
   etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force.


word: Odd
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not paired with another, or remaining over after a
   pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd
   glove.


word: Odd
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of
   being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc.,
   are odd numbers.


word: Odd
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Left over after a definite round number has been taken or
   mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number;
   extra.


word: Odd
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary;
   hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
   trifles.


word: Odd Fellow
definition:
A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the
   Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social
   enjoyment.


word: Oddity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness;
   peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.


word: Oddness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity;
   uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an
   event.


word: Odds
wordtype: a.
definition:
Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one
   of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage;
   superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.


word: Ode
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or
   sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble
   sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.


word: Odeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the
   dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians
   submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for
   prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or
   dramatic performances.


word: Odious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
   offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious
   smell.


word: Odmyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed
   oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.


word: Odometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to
   measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which
   registers the miles and rods traversed.


word: Odontoblast
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer
   surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be
   connected with the formation of dentine.


word: Odontolcae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds
   having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes
   Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis.


word: Odontolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of
   iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone
   turquoise.


word: Odontophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special structure found in the mouth of most
   mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a
   cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed
   with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.


word: Odontopteryx
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly
   serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near
   London.


word: Odontornithes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed
   with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into
   three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae.


word: Odontotormae
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth
   in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.


word: Odoriferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet
   of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.


word: Odyssey
wordtype: n.
definition:
An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the
   return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.


word: Oe
definition:
a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the
   English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In
   many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists
   prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.


word: Oecoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood
   corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of
   the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.


word: Oedema
wordtype: n.
definition:
A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular
   tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous
   cellular tissue.


word: Oenanthic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the
   bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid
   whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or
   aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic.


word: Oenanthol
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor
   oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called
   also oenanthaldehyde.


word: Oenanthyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in
   oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.


word: Oenanthylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl;
   specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical
   with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with
   heptoic acid.


word: Oenanthylous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly
   supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a
   mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid.


word: Oestrual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to
   brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence.


word: Oestrus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae
   in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from;
   belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of
   applications; as:


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating
   origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he
   is of noble blood.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject
   to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a
   man of courage; the gate of heaven.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that
   which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of
   mist; a cup of water.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a
   number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little
   he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the
   company.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or
   impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of
   their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating
   to; as, to boast of one's achievements.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time;
   from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed
   time.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or
   appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the
   continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.


word: Of
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or
   connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in
   the days of Herod.


word: Off
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;
   as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off,
   to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.


word: Off
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,
   interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off;
   the game is off; all bets are off.


word: Off
wordtype: a.
definition:
On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or
   a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United
   States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in
   distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.


word: Off
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to
   business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time
   when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off
   year in politics.


word: Offend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as,
   strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.


word: Offensive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
   revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.


word: Offensive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
   used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war;
   offensive weapons.


word: Offensive
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;
   aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to
   defensive.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to
   sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for
   acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer
   one's self in marriage.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of;
   to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an
   objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he
   offered to help me.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a
   guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way;
   to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.


word: Offer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to
   be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.


word: Offering
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
   is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a
   sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.


word: Offering
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
   missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable
   according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter,
   or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.


word: Offertory
wordtype: n.
definition:
An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ,
   during the offering and first part of the Mass.


word: Offertory
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the Mass which the priest reads before
   uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which a person does, either voluntarily or by
   appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a
   duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices,
   pious offices.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
   authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority;
   as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
   himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and
   that of the apostles in the new.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
   by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a
   function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place where a particular kind of business or service
   for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers
   and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's
   office.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
   place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.


word: Office
wordtype: n.
definition:
The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
   discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens,
   pantries, stables, etc.


word: Officer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with
   an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church
   officer; a police officer; a staff officer.


word: Official
wordtype: n.
definition:
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the
   proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an
   official statement or report.


word: Official
wordtype: n.
definition:
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia;
   appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation.
   Cf. Officinal.


word: Official
wordtype: a.
definition:
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
   archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.


word: Officialism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being official; a system of official
   government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.


word: Officially
wordtype: adv.
definition:
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper
   authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or
   office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered;
   letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.


word: Officiate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as an officer in performing a duty; to
   transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public
   service.


word: Officinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and
   medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or
   compounding; not magistral.


word: Officious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in
   affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.


word: Offing
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or
   where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from
   the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the
   offing.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a
   tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or
   account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange
   or retaliation; a set-off.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a
   diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a
   part built out from it; -- called also set-off.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short distance measured at right angles from a line
   actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is
   turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part
   thus bent aside.


word: Offset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or
   picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together
   before the ink is dry or when it is poor.


word: Offset
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to
   offset one account or charge against another.


word: Offshoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which shoots off or separates from a main stem,
   channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.


word: Offspring
wordtype: n.sing. & pl.
definition:
That which is produced; a child or children;
   a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.


word: Ogee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S,
   with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.


word: Ogeechee lime
definition:
The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species
   of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and
   Florida.


word: Ogham
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish,
   and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.


word: Ogre
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who
   lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.


word: Ogygian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient
   Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of
   obscure antiquity.


word: Oh
wordtype: interj.
definition:
An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to
   the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a
   wish. See the Note under O.


word: Ohm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance,
   being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of
   one volt produces a current of one ampere. As defined by the
   International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States
   Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of
   resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is
   represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current
   by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams
   in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3
   centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.


word: -oid
definition:
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the
   form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.


word: Oidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of
   filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this
   genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other
   genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused
   much injury to grapes.


word: Oil
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances,
   not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They
   are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition,
   and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing,
   lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
   consistency; as, oil of vitriol.


word: Oillet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding
   it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.


word: Oilseed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean;
   also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.


word: Oily
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or
   qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.


word: Ointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance
   used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.


word: Okra
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose
   green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups,
   stews, or pickles; gumbo.


word: -ol
definition:
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it
   appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as
   carbinol, glycerol, etc.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
   till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an
   old age; an old horse; an old tree.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
   existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
   original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
   having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a
   person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries
   old.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
   new land, that is, to land lately cleared.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
   other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of
   reproach.


word: Old
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
   old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.


word: Old-fashioned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or
   pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress,
   girl.


word: Oleaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of
   plants (Oleaceae), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the
   type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe
   tree.


word: Oleander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having
   clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East
   Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe.
   Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.


word: Oleaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The
   small silvery berries of the common species (Elaeagnus hortensis) are
   called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.


word: Oleate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of
   mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.


word: Olecranon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which
   projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony
   prominence of the elbow.


word: Olefiant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a
   colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene.


word: Olefine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of
   the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See
   Ethylene.


word: Oleic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic
   acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl
   in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils,
   such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is
   crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.


word: Olein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at
   temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and
   vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially
   at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as
   three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to
   form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called
   elain.


word: Oleograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed
   upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.


word: Oleomargarine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat)
   by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by
   crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some
   little stearin.


word: Oleone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate,
   and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.


word: Oleoresin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from
   capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed
   or volatile oil holding resin in solution.


word: Olfaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory
   organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.


word: Olfactory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of
   smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.


word: Olibene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor
   obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded
   as a terpene; -- called also conimene.


word: Oligarchy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of government in which the supreme power is
   placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling
   few.


word: Oligist
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in
   allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.


word: Oligocene
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which
   occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.


word: Olitory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden;
   used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.


word: Olive
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical
   leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The
   tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its
   branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and
   beautifully variegated.


word: Olive
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by
   cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from
   its flesh.


word: Olivewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian name given to the hard white wood of
   certain trees of the genus Elaeodendron, and also to the trees
   themselves.


word: Olivil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation
   from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.


word: Olivine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite,
   esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.


word: Olla-podrida
wordtype: n.
definition:
A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of
   several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.


word: Olpe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids;
   afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.


word: Olympiad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks
   reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic
   games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot
   race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the
   olympiads.


word: Olympic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly,
   fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.


word: -oma
definition:
A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of
   some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.


word: Omahas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the
   Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation
   in Nebraska.


word: Simpai
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of
   Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn
   color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called
   also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.


word: Simple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined;
   not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a
   simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a
   simple problem; simple tasks.


word: Simple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical;
   as, a simple statement; simple language.


word: Simple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate
   understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.


word: Simple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple
   or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are
   regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.


word: Simple
wordtype: a.
definition:
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was
   supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute
   a simple remedy.


word: Simplicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or
   uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.


word: Simplicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being not complex, or of
   consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.


word: Simplicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or
   luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language;
   simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.


word: Simplicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as,
   the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a
   demonstration.


word: Simplify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by
   giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for
   doing or making.


word: Simply
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;
   without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.


word: Simular
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that
   which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.


word: Simulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality;
   to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to
   feign.


word: Simulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which
   is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which
   disguises or conceals what is true.


word: Sin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine
   command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct;
   moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and
   sins of commission.


word: Sin
wordtype: n.
definition:
To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God
   to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual
   transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to
   violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against.


word: Sinalbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica
   alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline
   substance.


word: Sinamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance,
   obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also
   allyl melamine.


word: Sinapic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an
   acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the
   decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Sinapine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is
   extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white
   crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is
   isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.


word: Sinapism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered
   mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a
   powerful irritant.


word: Sinapoleic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically,
   designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard
   oil.


word: Sinapoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea,
   extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white
   crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.


word: Since
wordtype: prep.
definition:
From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to;
   subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the
   object.


word: Sincere
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Being in reality what it appears to be; having a
   character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed;
   genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere
   contempt for meanness.


word: Sincerely
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to
   speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.


word: Sincerity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind
   or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false
   pretense; sincereness.


word: Sine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an
   arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.


word: Sinecure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any office or position which requires or involves little
   or no responsibility, labor, or active service.


word: Sinewy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous;
   strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.


word: Sinful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous;
   criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.


word: Sing
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious
   modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes
   of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a
   chorus or concerted piece.


word: Sing
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to
   relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.


word: Singe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface
   of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.


word: Singe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over
   a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.


word: Single
wordtype: a.
definition:
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
   of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.


word: Single
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as,
   a single thread; a single strand of a rope.


word: Single
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among
   a number; to choose out from others; to separate.


word: Single-acting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.),
   acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said
   of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.


word: Single-breasted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit
   of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a
   single-breasted coast.


word: Singleness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being single, or separate from
   all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.


word: Singleness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends;
   purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of
   purpose; singleness of heart.


word: Singlestick
wordtype: n.
definition:
The game played with singlesticks, in which he who
   first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor;
   backsword; cudgeling.


word: Singleton
wordtype: n.
definition:
In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of
   any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.


word: Singular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
   uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.


word: Singular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
   equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular
   gravity or attainments.


word: Singular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
   whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure.


word: Singularity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being singular; some character
   or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from
   most, others; peculiarity.


word: Singularly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree,
   not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in
   one's statements; singularly considerate of others.


word: Sinigrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica
   nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a
   potassium salt of myronic acid.


word: Sinister
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; --
   the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister
   influences.


word: Sinister
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity;
   perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.


word: Sinistral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to
   the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.


word: Sinistrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin,
   extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called
   because it is levorotatory.


word: Sinistrorse
wordtype: a.
definition:
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the
   ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.


word: Sink
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
   lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in
   water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.


word: Sink
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
   ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to
   decline; to decay; to decrease.


word: Sink
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
   diminished in volume or in apparent height.


word: Sink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade;
   hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink
   one's reputation.


word: Sink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
   etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.


word: Sink
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
   material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water,
   etc., as in a kitchen.


word: Sinker
wordtype: n.
definition:
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or
   other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.


word: Sinner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without
   repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one
   condemned by the law of God.


word: Sinology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the
   Chinese, their language, literature, etc.


word: Sinter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when
   hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.


word: Siniate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward;
   having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.


word: Sinuosity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a
   series of windings; a wave line; a curve.


word: Sinus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an
   elongated abscess with only a small orifice.


word: Sinusoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines
   of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is
   also called the curve of sines.


word: Petal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a
   flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.


word: Petaled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to
   apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three-petaled,
   etc.


word: Petalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which
   they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous
   influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but
   olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.


word: Petalite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable
   masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of
   aluminia and lithia.


word: Petard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or
   cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank,
   to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges,
   etc. It has been superseded.


word: Petaurist
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus,
   Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under
   Flying, and Phalangister.


word: Petechiae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like
   flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in
   malignant fevers, etc.


word: Peter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used
   generally with out; as, that mine has petered out.


word: Petiolary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as,
   a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar
   gland; a petiolar bud.


word: Petition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty;
   especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the
   Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority;
   also, a single clause in such a prayer.


word: Petition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formal written request addressed to an official person,
   or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law),
   a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the
   granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a
   memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written
   document.


word: Petition
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to
   solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication,
   or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition
   the court; to petition the governor.


word: Petrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds
   belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother
   Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and
   several allied genera.


word: Petrifaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of petrifying, or changing into stone;
   conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a
   substance of stony hardness.


word: Petrify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze;
   to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.


word: Petrography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The scientific description of rocks; that department
   of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.


word: Petrohyoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the
   skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.


word: Petrolatum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without
   taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter
   portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass,
   transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a
   bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in
   ointments.


word: Petroleum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or
   greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the
   upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by
   pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of
   various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much
   in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by
   distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline,
   paraffin, etc.


word: Petroline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in
   India, and practically identical with ordinary paraffin.


word: Petrology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The department of science which is concerned with the
   mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their
   classification: lithology.


word: Petrosal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or
   petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.


word: Pettifogger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose
   methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.


word: Petty
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior;
   subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.


word: Pettychaps
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small European singing
   birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the
   chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).


word: Petulancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being petulant; temporary
   peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.


word: Petunia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or
   salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia
   violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with
   white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated
   corollas.


word: Petworth marble
definition:
A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay
   at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.


word: Peucedanin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tasteless white crystalline substance, extracted from
   the roots of the sulphurwort (Peucedanum), masterwort (Imperatoria),
   and other related plants; -- called also imperatorin.


word: Pew
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low
   partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; --
   sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now
   usually long and narrow.


word: Pew
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly
   used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.


word: Pewee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S.
   fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.


word: Pewter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally
   consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the
   addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.


word: Peyer's glands
definition:
Patches of lymphoid nodules, in the walls of the
   small intestiness; agminated glands; -- called also Peyer's patches. In
   typhoid fever they become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the
   characteristic organic lesion of that disease.


word: Peziza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some
   of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.


word: Pfennig
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part
   of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.


word: Phacops
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian
   formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.


word: Phaeacian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring
   people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.


word: Phaenogamia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The class of flowering plants including all which
   have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.


word: Phaeospore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order
   (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.


word: Phaethon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light,
   or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the
   chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the
   world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter,
   and hurled headlong into the river Po.


word: Phaeton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or
   having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two
   horses.


word: Phaeton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea,
   Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots
   and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; --
   called also Baltimore.


word: PhagedenicAL
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the
   treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.


word: Phagocyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive
   processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the
   parts to be removed.


word: Phainopepla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens),
   native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a
   uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black
   flycatcher.


word: Phalanger
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus,
   Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are
   arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral
   parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.


word: Phalangist
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The
   vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown
   male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.


word: Phalangoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy
   longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have
   long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen;
   and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides,
   Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.


word: Phalanx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files
   close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx
   varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.


word: Phalanx
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any
   combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a
   union.


word: Phalarope
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small
   wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far
   from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.


word: Phallus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in
   procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.


word: Phanerocodonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with
   a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.


word: Phanerogamia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
That one of the two primary divisions of the
   vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering,
   plants.


word: Phantascope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical instrument or toy, resembling the
   phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also
   phantasmascope.


word: Phantasm
wordtype: n.
definition:
An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or
   material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion;
   a phantom; a dream.


word: Phantasmagoria
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The
   figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the
   glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the
   instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or
   to merge into one another.


word: Phantom
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition;
   a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.


word: Pharisaical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a
   show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal;
   hypocritical; self-righteous.


word: Pharisaism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without
   genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous
   spirit in matters of morals or manners.


word: Pharisee
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict
   and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of
   the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to
   separate themselves from the other Jews.


word: Pharmaceutical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of
   pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules
   or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.


word: Pharmacognosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of pharmacology which treats of
   unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and
   pharmacomathy.


word: Pharmacopoeia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book or treatise describing the drugs,
   preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by
   official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.


word: Pharmacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs,
   and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions
   of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical
   chemist.


word: Pharyngeal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the
   lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch
   in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials,
   which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.


word: Pharyngobranchial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the
   branchiae; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the
   branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal.


word: Pharyngognathi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of fishes in which the lower
   pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and
   embioticoid fishes.


word: Pharyngotomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx,
   to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.


word: Pharynx
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the
   mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through
   the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in
   fishes and some amphibias.


word: Phase
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which
   anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying
   appearances of the same object.


word: Phase
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension
   or view; as, the problem has many phases.


word: Phase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring
   cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of
   enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust.
   under Moon.


word: Phase
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes,
   as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave
   or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction
   from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of
   equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.


word: Phaseolus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean,
   the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.


word: Pheasant
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds
   of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family
   Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia.


word: Phenacite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral
   crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and
   receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.


word: Phenakistoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A revolving disk on which figures drawn in
   different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce
   the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping,
   etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual
   impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may
   be projected upon a screen.


word: Phenanthrene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and
   obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.


word: Phenanthroline
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon
   bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly
   nitrogenized.


word: Phenicine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of
   strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.


word: Phenix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by
   its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of
   immortality.


word: Phenol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced
   by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal,
   etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.


word: Phenomenal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence,
   extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.


word: Phenomenalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That theory which limits positive or scientific
   knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.


word: Phenomenon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or
   spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the
   phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or
   memory.


word: Phenomenon
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or
   unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or
   occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.


word: Phenose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained
   indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.


word: Phenyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential
   residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic
   derivatives.


word: Phenylamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as
   formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.


word: Pheon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with
   long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.


word: Philadelphian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one
   of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.


word: Philanthropical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by
   philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic
   enterprise.


word: Philanthropinism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system of education on so-called natural
   principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of
   Dessau.


word: Philanthropy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human
   family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all
   men; -- opposed to misanthropy.


word: Philhellenist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of
   the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for
   independence against the Turks; a philhellene.


word: Philippic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes,
   the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.


word: Philistine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement;
   one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of
   humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.


word: Phillipsite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a
   zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often
   cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.


word: Phillyrea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of
   the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.


word: Phillyrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white
   crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.


word: Philogynist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as
   the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.


word: Philology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The study of language, especially in a philosophical
   manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech,
   the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical
   development of languages; linguistic science.


word: Philopena
wordtype: n.
definition:
A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social
   game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.


word: Philosopher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who reduces the principles of philosophy to
   practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules
   of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with
   calmness.


word: Philosophical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued
   with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a
   philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.


word: Philosophize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To reason like a philosopher; to search into the
   reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign
   rational causes for their existence.


word: Philosophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, the love of, including the search after,
   wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by,
   and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.


word: Philosophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular philosophical system or theory; the
   hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.


word: Philosophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment;
   equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with
   philosophy.


word: Phimosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be
   drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.


word: Phlebotomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting
   blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.


word: Phleum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum
   pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.


word: Phloem
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to
   the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.


word: Phlogisticate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the
   form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated
   substances.


word: Phlogopite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red
   or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia,
   with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of
   crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.


word: Phloretic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an
   organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.


word: Phloretin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the
   decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a
   substitute for quinine.


word: Phlorizin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the
   root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.


word: Phloroglucin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with
   pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from
   certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of
   phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]


word: Phlorol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of
   phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.


word: Phlorone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar
   unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood
   tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also
   xyloquinone.


word: Phlyctenular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or
   whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.


word: Phocenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said
   of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be
   identical with valeric acid.


word: Phocodontia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth
   had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied
   genera.


word: Pholas
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of
   the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves
   in clay, peat, and soft rocks.


word: Phonation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process by which articulate sounds are
   uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.


word: Phonautograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument by means of which a sound can be made
   to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially
   of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end
   by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane
   records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving
   cylinder or plate.


word: Phoneidoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for studying the motions of sounding
   bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which
   is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands,
   the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.


word: Phonetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed
   to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.


word: Phonograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for the mechanical registration and
   reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists
   of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily
   indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate
   carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a
   sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft
   material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the
   plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound.


word: Phonography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of sounds by distinctive characters;
   commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a
   modification of his system, much used by reporters.


word: Phonolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing
   nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck;
   -- called also clinkstone.


word: Phonology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered
   by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions,
   modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise
   on sounds.


word: Phonoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions
   or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by
   Konig for testing the quality of musical strings.


word: Phonotypy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of phonetic printing of the English language,
   as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and
   many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound
   by a separate character.


word: Phorone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike
   odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from
   certain camphor compounds.


word: Phoronis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles
   around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva
   (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.


word: Phosgene
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing, or produced by, the action of light; --
   formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl
   chloride. See Carbonyl.


word: Phosgenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a
   white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is a
   chlorocarbonate of lead.


word: Phosphatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus, phosphoric
   acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules.


word: Phosphene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A luminous impression produced through excitation of the
   retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of
   light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf.
   After-image.


word: Phosphine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a
   disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen
   phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.


word: Phosphinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous
   to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and
   derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.


word: Phosphonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, certain derivatives of
   phosphorous acid containing a hydrocarbon radical, and analogous to the
   sulphonic acid.


word: Phosphonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium,
   and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.


word: Phosphor-bronze
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of bronze possessing great hardness,
   elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin
   phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five
   to fifteen per cent of tin.


word: Phosphoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or
   containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which
   phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous
   compounds.


word: Phosphoroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence
   produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring
   its duration.


word: Phosphorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or
   containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in
   which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric
   compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.


word: Phosphorus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group,
   obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a
   characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must
   be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary
   temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs
   compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones,
   etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and
   for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P.
   Atomic weight 31.0.


word: Photics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed
   when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision.


word: Photochemical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or
   produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of
   the retina.


word: Photochemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect
   of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography.


word: Photodrome
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes,
   which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of
   light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the
   succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or
   to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.


word: Photo-electric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting by the operation of both light and
   electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric
   light.


word: Photo-engraving
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of obtaining an etched or engraved
   plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a
   picture produced by such a process.


word: Photo-epinasty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper
   surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of
   exposure to light.


word: Photogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is
   obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a
   lubricant, illuminant, etc.


word: Photograph
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take a picture or likeness of by means of
   photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group.


word: Photographical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by
   photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a
   photographic camera.


word: Photographometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining the sensibility of
   the plates employed in photographic processes to luminous rays.


word: Photography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which relates to the action of light on
   sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images,
   and the like.


word: Photomechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic
   process in which a printing surface is obtained without the
   intervention of hand engraving.


word: Photometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or,
   more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different
   lights, or their relative illuminating power.


word: Photopsia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives
   luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene.


word: Photosculpture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process in which, by means of a number of
   photographs simultaneously taken from different points of view on the
   same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal
   may be made with great expedition.


word: Phototype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in
   relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods
   of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained.


word: Photoxylography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of producing a representation of an
   object on wood, by photography, for the use of the wood engraver.


word: Photozincography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process, analogous to photolithography, for
   reproducing photographed impressions transferred to zinc plate.


word: Phrase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually
   two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a
   portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.


word: Phrase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often
   employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.


word: Phrase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any
   one expreses himself; diction; expression.


word: Phrenitis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the
   brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also
   cephalitis.


word: Phrenology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of the special functions of the several
   parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various
   faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.


word: Phrenology
wordtype: n.
definition:
In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall,
   that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the
   surface of the head or skull; craniology.


word: Phryganeides
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes
   the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.


word: Phthalein
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as
   condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well
   represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are
   fluorescent.


word: Phthalic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by
   the oxidation of naphthalene and allied substances.


word: Phthalide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as
   a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the
   series of which phthalide proper is the type.


word: Phthalimide
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a
   white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like
   succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imido
   acid, under Imido.


word: Phthalin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction
   from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence,
   any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.


word: Phthiriasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the
   excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.


word: Phthisis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was
   formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually
   restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.


word: Phthongal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; --
   said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant
   consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.


word: Phylactery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small square box, made either of parchment or of
   black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are
   written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi.
   4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day
   mornings, during the time of prayer.


word: Phylactocarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified
   in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.


word: Phylactolaemata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the
   tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth
   is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.


word: Phyllocladium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flattened stem or branch which more or less
   resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards
   respiration and assimilation.


word: Phyllodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually
   with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias.


word: Phyllome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a
   leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.


word: Phyllopoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Entomostraca including a large number
   of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or
   leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called
   also Branchiopoda.


word: Phyllorhine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related
   genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.


word: Phyllosoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied
   genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs
   are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp.


word: Phyllostome
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma, or allied genera,
   having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.


word: Phylloxera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix)
   allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine,
   doing great damage, especially in Europe.


word: Phylogeny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The history of genealogical development; the race
   history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the
   phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of
   the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development
   generally.


word: Physemaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed
   as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.


word: Physianthropy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the
   constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.


word: Physic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
   sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.


word: Physic
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine
   to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.


word: Physical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created
   existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or
   relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as
   opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material;
   natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the
   body is the physical part of man.


word: Physical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy;
   treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural
   phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.


word: Physical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
   cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to
   chemical, characters of a mineral.


word: Physical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine;
   medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.


word: Physically
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature
   or physics; by physical force; not morally.


word: Physician
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one
   duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a
   doctor of medicine.


word: Physicism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation
   with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.


word: Physicist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena
   of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical
   principles; -- opposed to vitalist.


word: Physico-
definition:
A combining form, denoting relation to, or dependence upon,
   natural causes, or the science of physics.


word: Physicochemical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Involving the principles of both physics and
   chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical
   and chemical agencies.


word: Physics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch
   of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the
   forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science
   which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism,
   electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies;
   natural philosophy.


word: Physiocrat
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the
   18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the
   supremacy of natural order.


word: Physiogeny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The germ history of the functions, or the history of
   the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of
   the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny.


word: Physiognomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art and science of discovering the predominant
   temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward
   appearance, especially by the features of the face.


word: Physiognomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of
   the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance,
   as denoting character.


word: Physiognomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without
   reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a
   plant, or of a meteor.


word: Physiography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the earth's exterior
   physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements
   or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere
   and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.;
   physical geography.


word: Physiological
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the
   science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany
   or chemistry.


word: Physiologist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is versed in the science of physiology; a
   student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs
   and tissues.


word: Physiology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the phenomena of living
   organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic
   of, life.


word: Physiophyly
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tribal history of the functions, or the history of
   the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch
   of phylogeny. See Morphophyly.


word: Physophorae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air
   sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under
   Nectocalyx.


word: Physostigmine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of
   Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance,
   amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was
   regarded as identical.


word: Physostomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fishes in which the air bladder is
   provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are
   abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and
   others.


word: Phytelephas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of
   which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.


word: Stub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out,
   on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually
   recorded.


word: Stubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left
   in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.


word: Stubborn
wordtype: a.
definition:
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding;
   persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not
   yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons
   and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as
   stubborn as a mule.


word: Stucco
wordtype: n.
definition:
Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls,
   especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and
   pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.


word: Stud
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where
   they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.


word: Stud
wordtype: n.
definition:
An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the
   framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which
   the laths are nailed.


word: Stud
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front,
   collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted
   through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.


word: Studding sail
definition:
A light sail set at the side of a principal or square
   sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent
   to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of
   Sail.


word: Student
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning;
   a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or
   who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the
   students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student;
   a hard student.


word: Student
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive
   and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical
   nature.


word: Studied
wordtype: a.
definition:
Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made
   the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.


word: Studied
wordtype: a.
definition:
Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study;
   learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.


word: Studious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive;
   observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as,
   be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.


word: Study
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence,
   application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for
   the purpose of acquiring knowledge.


word: Study
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A representation or rendering of any object or scene
   intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the
   information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of
   heads or of hands for a figure picture.


word: Study
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose
   of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study
   languages.


word: Study
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as
   in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.


word: Study
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to
   devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study
   variety in composition.


word: Stuff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any
   kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted;
   sometimes, worsted fiber.


word: Stuff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the
   masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.


word: Stuff
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something;
   to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.


word: Stuff
wordtype: n.
definition:
To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some
   obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.


word: Stuff
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a
   specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.


word: Stuff
wordtype: n.
definition:
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to
   crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.


word: Stuffing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially,
   a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.


word: Stull
wordtype: n.
definition:
A framework of timber covered with boards to support
   rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling
   stones.


word: Stultify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify
   one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or
   conduct.


word: Stumble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the
   legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to
   stagger because of a false step.


word: Stumble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without
   design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against.


word: Stump
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is
   amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the
   stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.


word: Stump
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or
   any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil
   drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and
   gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.


word: Stump
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to
   throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly
   arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock
   to form a guide for a movable piece.


word: Stump
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering
   purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump,
   under Stump, n.


word: Stump
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or
   knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off
   his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.


word: Stumpage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land
   at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when
   the land is cleared.


word: Stun
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;
   especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.


word: Stunning
wordtype: a.
definition:
Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses;
   especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.


word: Stunning
wordtype: a.
definition:
Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on
   account of excellence; as, stunning poetry.


word: Stunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent
   the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a
   plant.


word: Stunt
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been
   weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.


word: Stupefy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
   perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make
   torpid.


word: Stupendous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially,
   astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile.


word: Stupid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding;
   heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.


word: Stupid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without
   skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.


word: Stupidity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness
   of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.


word: Sturgeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
   fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family
   Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the
   coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and
   Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air
   bladder.


word: Stutter
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak
   with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.


word: Stuttering
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some
   physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper
   sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering.


word: Stycerin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from
   certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; --
   called also phenyl glycerin.


word: Stylagalmaic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and
   Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images.


word: Stylaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink,
   calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets
   covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt,
   and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing
   the wax.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the
   stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or
   written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought
   as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement
   of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the
   fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or
   accomplishing a result.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is
   deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.


word: Style
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated;
   the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of
   address; as, the style of Majesty.


word: Stylet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for
   passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.


word: Stylet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular
   instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.


word: Stylet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the
   caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain
   Infusoria.


word: Stylish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of,
   the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress,
   house, manner.


word: Stylite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived
   on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called
   also pillarist and pillar saint.


word: Stylo-
definition:
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
   or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as,
   stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.


word: Stylobate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or
   pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See
   Sub-base.


word: Stylommatophora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are
   situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land
   snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.


word: Stylops
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval
   state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group
   Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally
   referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.


word: Stylus
wordtype: n.
definition:
That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of
   phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is
   turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert
   them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920
   electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle.
   The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.


word: Stylus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record
   the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.


word: Styphnic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline
   astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric
   acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not
   bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well
   defined salts.


word: Styptic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the
   quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part;
   astringent.


word: Styracin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from
   gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic
   alcohol.


word: Styrax
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic,
   abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis
   yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.


word: Styrolene
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the
   distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by
   the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid;
   -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and
   cinnamene.


word: Styrone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a
   hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; --
   properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol.


word: Styryl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of
   styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.


word: Styx
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal river of the lower world, which had to be
   crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.


word: Suavity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind;
   agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as,
   suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.


word: Sub-
definition:
A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in
   an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in
   subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid,
   subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often
   becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-,
   sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t
   it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral
   form, subs-).


word: Sub-
definition:
A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified
   by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small
   proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide,
   etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as,
   subacetate or basic acetate.


word: Subaerial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.),
   taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.


word: Subagent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a
   part, of the business intrusted to the latter.


word: Subalpine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of
   mountains, but considerably below the snow line.


word: Subaltern
wordtype: a.
definition:
Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior;
   specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank
   of captain; as, a subaltern officer.


word: Subaltern
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a
   commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.


word: Subapennine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; --
   applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older
   Pliocene period.


word: Subaqueous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being under water, or beneath the surface of water;
   adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.


word: Subarration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on
   the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or
   other presents, upon the woman.


word: Subatom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory
   that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also
   atomicule.


word: Subaudition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of understanding, or supplying, something not
   expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied.


word: Subaxillary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch
   of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.


word: Subbrachiales
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of soft-finned fishes in which the
   ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.


word: Subcarboniferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the
   Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a
   marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.


word: Subclass
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the natural groups, more important than an order,
   into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of
   exogens.


word: Subconscious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an
   attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.


word: Subcontrary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a
   section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not
   parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a
   circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have
   a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.


word: Subcontrary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Denoting the relation of opposition between the
   particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be
   true and only one can be false.


word: Subcoracoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula;
   as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.


word: Subcostal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect.
   It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.


word: Subdeacon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church,
   next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order
   in the Greek Church.


word: Subderivative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word derived from a derivative, and not directly
   from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative, being derived
   from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."


word: Subdivide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to
   part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been
   divided.


word: Subdue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of
   superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under
   dominion; to vanquish.


word: Subdue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce
   to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to
   subdue the temper or passions.


word: Subdue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as,
   to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.


word: Subdue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to
   soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.


word: Suberic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an
   acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from
   cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Suberite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera.
   These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute
   siliceous spicules.


word: Suberone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a
   pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium
   suberate.


word: Subgenus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species
   which differ from other species of the genus in some important
   character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of
   Rhododendron.


word: Subglacial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier;
   being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams.


word: Subglottic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of
   the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.


word: Subhepatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver;
   -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.


word: Subhornblendic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or
   relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.


word: Subimago
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stage in the development of certain insects, such as
   the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage,
   the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before
   becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.


word: Subindex
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a
   letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have
   0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.


word: Subinfeudation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The granting of lands by inferior lords to their
   dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
Placed under the power of another; specifically
   (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or
   state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to
   extreme heat; men subject to temptation.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler
   and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or
   a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject;
   a subject of the United States.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical
   operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the
   purpose of dissection.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which is brought under thought or examination; that
   which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said
   or done.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the
   theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the
   nominative case is the subject of the verb.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether
   spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain;
   substance; substratum.


word: Subject
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its
   own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf.
   Object, n., 2.


word: Subject
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on
   which a composition or a movement is based.


word: Subject
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a
   white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.


word: Subjection
wordtype: a.
definition:
The state of being subject, or under the power,
   control, and government of another; a state of obedience or
   submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends
   on our subjection to the laws.


word: Subjective
wordtype: a.
definition:
Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own
   consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to
   the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or
   material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own
   internal states.


word: Subjective
wordtype: a.
definition:
Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of
   a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective
   writer.


word: Subjectivism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge
   to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.


word: Subject-matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The matter or thought presented for consideration
   in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of
   thought or study.


word: Subjoin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To add after something else has been said or written;
   to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.


word: Subjugate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or
   dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government
   or absolute control of another; to vanquish.


word: Subkingdom
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the several primary divisions of either the
   animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata,
   Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the
   Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.


word: Sublieutenant
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British
   service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.


word: Sublimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on
   cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or
   camphor.


word: Sublime
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe,
   adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn;
   stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a
   discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery;
   a sublime deed.


word: Sublime
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat,
   volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and
   condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.


word: Sublime
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation;
   specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without
   apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic
   acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under
   increased pressure.


word: Province
wordtype: n.
definition:
A country or region, more or less remote from the city of
   Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond
   the limits of Italy.


word: Province
wordtype: n.
definition:
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a
   portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.


word: Province
wordtype: n.
definition:
A region under the supervision or direction of any
   special person; the district or division of a country, especially an
   ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the
   province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury
   exercises ecclesiastical authority.


word: Province
wordtype: n.
definition:
The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or
   body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.


word: Province
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of
   Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in
   the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the
   Dominion of Canada.


word: Provincial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province;
   as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.


word: Provincial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province;
   characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan;
   countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.


word: Provincial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to
   the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial
   synod.


word: Provincial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monastic superior, who, under the general of his
   order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same
   fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.


word: Provincialism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a
   province or a district remote from the mother country or from the
   metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness;
   illiberality.


word: Provision
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is provided or prepared; that which is
   brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand;
   preparation.


word: Provision
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a
   previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the
   statute has many provisions.


word: Provision
wordtype: n.
definition:
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice,
   comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.


word: Provision
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became
   vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.


word: Provisional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision
   for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a
   provisional government; a provisional treaty.


word: Proviso
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract,
   grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually
   beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that
   affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the
   contract was impaired by its proviso.


word: Provisory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or
   condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.


word: Provocation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under
   the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made
   in retort or redress.


word: Provoke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to
   incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition;
   hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by
   taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend
   intolerably; to cause to retaliate.


word: Provokement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or
   other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.


word: Provoking
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power or quality of exciting resentment;
   tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or
   treatment.


word: Provost
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over,
   something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the
   provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other
   cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost
   or head of certain collegiate churches.


word: Prowess
wordtype: a.
definition:
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery
   and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.


word: Proxene
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to
   those who came from a friendly city or state.


word: Proximity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being next in time, place,
   causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood,
   or alliance.


word: Proxy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority
   to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate
   capacity.


word: Proxy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in
   his stead, as in a corporation meeting.


word: Prude
wordtype: a.
definition:
A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is
   overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in
   conduct and speech.


word: Prudence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way
   of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also,
   economy; frugality.


word: Prudent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in
   action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise;
   judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a
   prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought;
   evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.


word: Prudential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by,
   prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as
   distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential
   motives.


word: Prudential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory;
   superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.


word: Prudery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or
   affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.


word: Prudish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved;
   affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.


word: Pruinose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or
   the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.


word: Prune
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or
   shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by
   trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.


word: Prunello
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making
   shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.


word: Pruner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the
   branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American
   oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches,
   and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the
   bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.


word: Prunus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a
   single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.


word: Prurigo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is
   the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy
   cuticle in color.


word: Prussic
wordtype: a.
definition:
designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but
   formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it
   or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic.


word: Prutenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Prussian; -- applied to certain astronomical tables
   published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of
   Copernicus, a Prussian.


word: Pry
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt
   to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying
   reproach.


word: Prytaneum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a
   public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which
   official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and
   strangers.


word: Prytanis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of one of the ten sections into which the
   Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which
   belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.


word: Psalm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected
   into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of
   such a hymn for public worship.


word: Psalmist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title
   particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural
   psalms.


word: Psalmody
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred
   songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms.


word: Psalter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of
   Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary
   which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.


word: Psephism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially,
   one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.


word: Pseudaesthesia
wordtype: n.
definition:
False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such
   as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that
   has been removed, as an amputated foot.


word: Pseudo-
definition:
A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit,
   pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle;
   pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy,
   pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.


word: Pseudobacteria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Microscopic organic particles, molecular
   granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and
   grouping resemble bacteria.


word: Pseudocarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not
   derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig.


word: Pseudo-cone
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound
   eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of
   others.


word: Pseudo-cumene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with
   mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless
   liquid.


word: Pseudo-dipteral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with
   the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the
   space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal
   to two intercolumns and one column.


word: Pseudofilaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by
   fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.


word: Pseudohalter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects
   (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of
   Diptera.


word: Pseudo-heart
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not
   of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to
   the excretory system.


word: Pseudo-hyperthophic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic
   paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently
   enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.


word: Pseudomorph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of
   quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal
   having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.


word: Pseudomorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of having, or the property of taking, a
   crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.


word: Pseudoneuroptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
division of insects (Zool.) reticulated
   wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It
   includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some
   zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the
   Neuroptera.


word: Pseuso-peripteral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple
   having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an
   ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end.


word: Pseudopod
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process
   projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant
   call.


word: Pseudorhabdite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the
   integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular
   substance.


word: Pseudoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper
   relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the
   stereoscope.


word: Pseudoscopic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope;
   having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic
   image.


word: Pseudoscorpiones
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi
   terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a
   caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and
   Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book.


word: Pseudosphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
The surface of constant negative curvature generated
   by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in
   non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important
   property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be
   displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its
   elements.


word: Pseudo-symmetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain
   crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms
   of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently
   hexagonal prisms of aragonite.


word: Pseudotetramera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal
   joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints.


word: Pseudovum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some
   insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is
   capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of
   Paedogenesis.


word: Psilomelane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth,
   botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray
   color.


word: Psoas
wordtype: n.
definition:
An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrae and
   inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and
   the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.


word: Psoriasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery
   scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.


word: Psyche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros,
   or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.


word: Psychian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small moth of the genus Psyche and allied genera
   (family Psychidae). The larvae are called basket worms. See Basket
   worm, under Basket.


word: Psychical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
   diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.


word: Psychism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally
   diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in
   their actions being due to the difference of the individual
   organizations.


word: Psychology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of the human soul; specifically, the
   systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the
   human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on
   the human soul.


word: Psychometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of measuring the duration of mental processes,
   or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena.


word: Psychopannychism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that the soul falls asleep at death,
   and does not wake until the resurrection of the body.


word: Psychophysical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the
   action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.


word: Psychophysics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of the connection between nerve action
   and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the
   psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine
   of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.


word: Psychosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental
   disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.


word: Psychrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the tension of the
   aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb
   hygrometer.


word: Ptarmigan
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous
   species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the
   species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in
   winter.


word: Ptenoglossa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth
   of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs
   of a feather.


word: Pteranodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute
   of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of
   wings of twenty feet or more.


word: Pterichthys
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike
   appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony
   plates. See Placodermi.


word: Pteridophyta
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns,
   horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the
   Note under Cryptogamia.


word: Pterobranchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed
   lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type.
   Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.


word: Pteroceras
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer
   border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also scorpion shell.


word: Pterocletes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of birds including the sand grouse.
   They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true
   grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.


word: Pteroglossal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so
   as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans.


word: Pteron
wordtype: n.
definition:
The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the
   orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the
   parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.


word: Pteropoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of
   the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs,
   with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.


word: Pterosauria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of flying reptiles of the
   Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and
   Ornithosauria.


word: Pterotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the
   prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic
   capsule of many fishes.


word: Pterygium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a
   fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.


word: Pterygoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid
   bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.


word: Pterygopodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male
   elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.


word: Pteryla
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which
   feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.


word: Ptilopaedic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having nearly the whole surface of the skin covered
   with down; dasypaedic; -- said of the young of certain birds.


word: Ptomaine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the
   putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related
   to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a
   class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be
   distinguished from the leucomaines.


word: Ptyalin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in
   human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.


word: Puberty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting
   or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be
   about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.


word: Pubescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some
   plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.


word: Pubic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of the pubes;
   as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of the
   hypogastric region. See Pubes.


word: Pubis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones
   composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.


word: Public
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people;
   relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to
   private; as, the public treasury.


word: Public
wordtype: a.
definition:
Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
   notorious; as, public report; public scandal.


word: Public
wordtype: n.
definition:
The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or
   community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a
   particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.


word: Publican
wordtype: n.
definition:
A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a
   collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were
   often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great
   detestation.


word: Publication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of publishing or making known; notification to
   the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing;
   proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law
   at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of
   statutes or edicts.


word: Publication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc.,
   to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.


word: Publication
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is published or made known; especially, any
   book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily
   or monthly publication.


word: Publicist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is
   versed in the science of public right, the principles of government,
   etc.


word: Publicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being public, or open to the
   knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.


word: Publicly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
With exposure to popular view or notice; without
   concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion
   publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.


word: Publicness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being public, or open to the
   view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the
   publicness of a sale.


word: Public-spirited
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance
   the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.


word: Publish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people
   in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or
   proclaim, as a law or an edict.


word: Publish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or
   other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to
   print, and issue from the press.


word: Puccoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is
   used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of
   Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.


word: Puck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" --
   called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.


word: Pucker
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract
   into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker
   up the mouth.


word: Pudding
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
   consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal,
   with milk and eggs, etc.


word: Puddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked,
   when wet, to render it impervious to water.


word: Puddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when
   wet, so as to render impervious to water.


word: Puddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to
   convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.


word: Puddling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc.,
   with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the
   process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled
   material.


word: Puddling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought
   iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in
   a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by
   which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.


word: Pudu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian
   Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.


word: Pueblo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of
   Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories
   high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also
   applied to any Indian village in the same region.


word: Puff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence,
   any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.


word: Puff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with
   puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.


word: Puff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public
   attention to by praises; to praise unduly.


word: Puffball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
   other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; --
   called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.


word: Puffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at
   suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.


word: Puffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
   species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish,
   swellfish, and globefish.


word: Puffin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks,
   and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called
   also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea
   parrot.


word: Puff-leg
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of
   the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.


word: Puffy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft
   substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.


word: Pug
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread
   with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening
   sound. See Pugging, 2.


word: Pugging
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act or process of working and tempering clay to
   make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery,
   etc.


word: Pugging
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the
   boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the
   United States usually called deafening.


word: Puisne
wordtype: a.
definition:
Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief
   justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the
   puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.


word: Pull
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
   pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.


word: Pull
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an
   advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the
   pull.


word: Pulley
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for
   transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of
   machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt,
   cord, rope, or chain.


word: Pulmograde
wordtype: a.
definition:
Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike
   movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae.


word: Pulmonarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the
   spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.


word: Pulmonata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division, or sub-class, of
   hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into
   an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden
   slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.


word: Pulp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft,
   highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity,
   called the pulp cavity, of teeth.


word: Pulpit
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which
   the clergyman stands while preaching.


word: Pulpy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as,
   the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a
   cherry.


word: Pulsatile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or
   by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.


word: Pulsatilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque
   flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone
   Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used
   medicinally.


word: Pulsation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an
   artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.


word: Pulse
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion,
   regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound,
   etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.


word: Pulsometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device, with valves, for raising water by steam,
   partly by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action of the
   steam on the water, without the intervention of a piston; -- also
   called vacuum pump.


word: Pulu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish
   brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of
   free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for
   stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.


word: Pulverize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating,
   grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by
   grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods
   must be pursued.


word: Pulvinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the
   decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Puma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from
   Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is
   tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also
   catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or
   painter.


word: Pumice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray
   color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a
   fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement
   of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp.
   in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice
   stone.


word: Pumiced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there
   is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof
   wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot.


word: Pump
wordtype: n.
definition:
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or
   transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston
   working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly
   placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven
   through them by the action of the piston.


word: Pump
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means
   of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.


word: Pump
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money,
   by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in
   order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.


word: Pumpernickel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms
   the chief food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.


word: Pumpkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its
   fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.


word: Pun
wordtype: n.
definition:
A play on words which have the same sound but different
   meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word
   present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.


word: Pun
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense,
   especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words;
   to quibble.


word: Punch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or
   milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; --
   specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret
   punch, champagne punch, etc.


word: Punch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for
   different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes
   in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for
   cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like;
   a die.


word: Punch
wordtype: n.
definition:
To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a
   blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.


word: Punchinello
wordtype: n.
definition:
A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a
   character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.


word: Punctator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes
   Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.


word: Punctilio
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or
   proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of
   a public ceremony.


word: Punctilious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the
   forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in
   the smallest particulars.


word: Punctual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular
   or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual
   payment.


word: Punctuality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being punctual; especially,
   adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.


word: Punctuate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark with points; to separate into sentences,
   clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in
   expressing the meaning.


word: Punctuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or
   discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into
   sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to
   elucidate the author's meaning.


word: Puncture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or
   sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.


word: Puncture
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the
   like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.


word: Pundit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the
   Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the
   Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.


word: Pungency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing;
   keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.


word: Pungent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
   feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.


word: Pungled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which
   has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat
   midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).


word: Punish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or
   suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the
   offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten;
   as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for
   willful disobedience.


word: Punish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender;
   to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish
   murder or treason with death.


word: Punishable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of
   being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.


word: Punishment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a
   convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the
   purposes of reformation and prevention.


word: Punitive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or
   inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.


word: Punka
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike
   frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept
   in motion by pulling a cord.


word: Punt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a
   pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.


word: Pupa
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually
   immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.


word: Pupigerous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous
   larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.


word: Pupil
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the
   eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.


word: Pupil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under
   fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.


word: Pupipara
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Diptera in which the young are born in
   a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and
   other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.


word: Pupiparous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured
   larvae, or larval skins, of certain Diptera.


word: Pupivora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the
   ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.


word: Puppet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock
   drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.


word: Puppetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or
   puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.


word: Purana
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the
   Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and
   renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and
   heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their
   descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there
   are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.


word: Purbeck beds
definition:
The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone,
   belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy
   for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or
   sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a
   mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to;
   as, to purchase a cannon.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything
   for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any
   manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the
   raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan,
   and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the
   advantage is gained.


word: Purchase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than
   descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.


word: Purchaser
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who purchases; one who acquires property for a
   consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.


word: Purchaser
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or
   agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by
   descent or inheritance.


word: Pure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter;
   free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as,
   pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.


word: Pure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
   pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.


word: Puree
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and
   rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes;
   especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.


word: Stop-over
wordtype: a.
definition:
Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or
   ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.


word: Stoppage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or
   action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the
   circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.


word: Stopped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; --
   said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.).


word: Stopper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops
   or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.


word: Stopper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends,
   with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.


word: Stopper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in
   Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.


word: Stopping-out
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from
   those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying
   varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to
   act on the other parts.


word: Stopple
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a
   stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.


word: Storage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe
   keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.


word: Storax
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from
   the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most
   common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance
   of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in
   perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.


word: Store
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source
   from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great
   quantity, or a great number.


word: Store
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some
   specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the
   like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.


word: Store
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for
   preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.


word: Storehouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially
   provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.


word: Storied
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a history; interesting from the stories which
   pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.


word: Stork
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
   family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are
   found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and
   several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the
   best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a
   chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is
   native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.


word: Storm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
   rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall
   of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.


word: Storm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or
   domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak;
   clamor; tumult.


word: Storm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of
   troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls,
   forcing the gates, or the like.


word: Storm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling
   walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified
   town.


word: Storm
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the
   like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used
   impersonally; as, it storms.


word: Stormglass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a
   solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a
   clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.


word: Stormy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject
   to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a
   stormy season; a stormy day or week.


word: Storthing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election
   once in three years, but holding annual sessions.


word: Story
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or
   the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a
   building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not
   correspond exactly with the stories within.


word: Story
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a
   description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.


word: Story
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short
   narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate
   than a novel; a short romance.


word: Story-teller
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who tells stories; a narrator of
   anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.


word: Stoup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for
   containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their
   fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.


word: Stove
wordtype: n.
definition:
A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
   house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an
   artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now
   restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for
   horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.


word: Stove
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
   fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed,
   in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for
   culinary or other purposes.


word: Stovepipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved
   pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a
   chimney flue.


word: Stow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its
   proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales,
   or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.


word: Stow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing
   closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.


word: Stowaway
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave
   port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.


word: Strabismus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic
   axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to
   undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles
   which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.


word: Strabotomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation for the removal of squinting by the
   division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.


word: Straddle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the
   spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.


word: Straddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place one leg on one side and the other on the
   other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a
   horse.


word: Straddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of
   a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the
   right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a
   certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same
   price, and within the same time, the same securities.


word: Straddling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in
   two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.


word: Straggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to
   stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle;
   as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.


word: Straggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the
   branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely
   in growth.


word: Straggler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper
   course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind
   the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.


word: Straight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one
   point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or
   crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.


word: Straight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Approximately straight; not much curved; as,
   straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex,
   with a small curve.


word: Straight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Composed of cards which constitute a regular
   sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight
   hand; a straight flush.


word: Straight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating
   from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.


word: Straight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support
   of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight
   Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the
   regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight
   ballot.


word: Straight
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith;
   immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.


word: Straight
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a
   sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.


word: Straightedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge
   perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or
   a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.


word: Straighten
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
   straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.


word: Straight-joint
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid
   that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the
   boards themselves.


word: Straight-joint
wordtype: a.
definition:
In the United States, applied to planking or
   flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being
   laid edge to edge.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to
   stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to
   strain the cords of a musical instrument.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or
   volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in
   the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to
   convict an accused person.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force;
   as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too
   strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a
   horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.


word: Strain
wordtype: a.
definition:
To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through
   a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate
   from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to
   strain milk through cloth.


word: Strain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or
   tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the
   strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury
   resulting; a sprain.


word: Strain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete
   musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a
   movement.


word: Strain
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion
   of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a
   song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a
   course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was
   a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his
   career.


word: Strained
wordtype: a.
definition:
Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched;
   weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.


word: Strainer
wordtype: n.
definition:
That through which any liquid is passed for purification
   or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth,
   used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a
   filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end
   of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
   entering with a liquid.


word: Strait
wordtype: a.
definition:
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large
   bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of
   Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of
   Mackinaw.


word: Strait
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt;
   distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural;
   as, reduced to great straits.


word: Straiten
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of
   means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; --
   as, a man straitened in his circumstances.


word: Strait-jacket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs
   or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are
   closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the
   back.


word: Straitness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a
   pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof
   their circumstances.


word: Strake
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to
   each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of
   separate pieces.


word: Strake
wordtype: n.
definition:
One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range
   on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the
   stern; a streak.


word: Strand
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large
   lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.


word: Strange
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual;
   irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.


word: Stranger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is
   a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship,
   or acquaintance.


word: Stranger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere
   intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual
   possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no
   title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a
   mere stranger to the levy.


word: Strangle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
   death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by
   compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.


word: Strangles
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part
   of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.


word: Strangulated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the circulation stopped by compression;
   attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by
   constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.


word: Strangulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or
   part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of
   breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in
   cases of hernia.


word: Strap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the
   like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.


word: Strap
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a
   combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap,
   shawl strap, stirrup strap.


word: Strap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable
   material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.


word: Strappado
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military punishment formerly practiced, which
   consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him
   fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often
   dislocated.


word: Strass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial
   paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of
   lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.


word: Stratagem
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy;
   hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil
   machination.


word: Stratarithmetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of drawing up an army, or any given number
   of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the
   number of men in such a figure.


word: Strategy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of military command, or the science of
   projecting campaigns and directing great military movements;
   generalship.


word: Strath
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs;
   a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the
   river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.


word: Stratification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of laying in strata, or the
   state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.


word: Stratification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The deposition of material in successive layers in
   the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.


word: Stratigraphical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or
   arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence.


word: Stratum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural
   causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock
   as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.


word: Straw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc.,
   especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat,
   beans, and pease.


word: Straw
wordtype: n.
definition:
The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of
   grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.


word: Strawberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and
   commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of
   which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The
   common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F.
   vesca. There are also other less common species.


word: Stray
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper
   place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used
   also figuratively.


word: Streak
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched
   or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a
   distinguishing character.


word: Streak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to
   variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.


word: Stream
wordtype: n.
definition:
A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing
   continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river,
   brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically,
   any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the
   Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of
   molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.


word: Stream
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of
   parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.


word: Stream
wordtype: n.
definition:
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving
   causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.


word: Stream
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a
   current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears
   streamed from her eyes.


word: Stream
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float
   in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.


word: Streamer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind;
   specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.


word: Streamer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stream or column of light shooting upward from the
   horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.


word: Streaming
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or operation of that which streams; the act of
   that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.


word: Street
wordtype: a.
definition:
Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now
   commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or
   business houses.


word: Strelitzia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the
   Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and
   peculiar richly colored flowers.


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
   bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical,
   intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of
   the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
   of bodies by which they endure the application of force without
   breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the
   strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
That quality which tends to secure results; effective
   power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or
   moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or
   legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion;
   strength of evidence; strength of argument.


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
   affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or
   reliance is based; support; security.


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
   as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the
   enemy by land, or by sea?


word: Strength
wordtype: n.
definition:
Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
   element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions,
   etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.


word: Strengthen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as,
   to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation;
   to strengthen authority.


word: Strenuous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest;
   bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights;
   a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.


word: Strepitores
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of birds, including the clamatorial and
   picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.


word: Strepsiptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of small insects having the anterior
   wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted
   appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are
   parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called
   also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.


word: Streptobacteria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting
   in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.


word: Streptoneura
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in
   which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate.
   It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.


word: Streptothrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long,
   smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.


word: Stress
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;
   except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.


word: Stress
wordtype: n.
definition:
The force, or combination of forces, which produces a
   strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous
   bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its
   direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension,
   shear or tangential stress.


word: Stress
wordtype: n.
definition:
Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress
   is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most
   important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.


word: Stretch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
   straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.


word: Stretch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in
   breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches
   across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.


word: Stretch
wordtype: n.
definition:
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
   effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the
   imagination.


word: Stretcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to
   one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.


word: Strew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw
   loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or
   particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor;
   to strew flowers over a grave.


word: Strew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover more or less thickly by scattering something
   over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they
   strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.


word: Stria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color;
   a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or
   groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae
   on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.


word: Striated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color;
   showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal;
   striated muscular fiber.


word: Strict
wordtype: a.
definition:
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact
   rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.


word: Strict
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;
   restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.


word: Stricture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the
   body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic,
   and Spasmodic.


word: Strid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which
   looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.


word: Stridulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by
   rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many
   insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and
   locusts.


word: Strife
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of
   emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
   with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand
   or with any instrument or missile.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a
   bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck
   a reef.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to
   strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
   the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
   notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums
   strike up a march.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
   sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to
   strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the
   centering of an arch.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to
   affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with
   surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
   impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to
   strike one dead or blind.


word: Rib
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch
   outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and
   give shape and strength to the vessel.


word: Rib
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault.
   These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the
   whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted
   construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these
   in wood, plaster, or the like.


word: Rib
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a
   pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.


word: Ribaldry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency;
   obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but
   formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.


word: Ribaudequin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting
   of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with
   pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.


word: Ribband
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted
   longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and
   give rigidity to the framework.


word: Ribbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork
   for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of
   some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.


word: Ribbon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for
   trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other
   decorative purposes.


word: Ribwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long,
   narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort
   plantain.


word: -ric
definition:
A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the
   district over which a bishop exercises authority.


word: Rice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
   plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a
   large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows
   chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.


word: Rich
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed
   of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or
   money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor.


word: Rich
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant;
   copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich
   crop.


word: Rich
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients;
   procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly;
   as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.


word: Rich
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; --
   especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned
   or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and
   high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich
   wine or fruit.


word: Rich
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining;
   as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.


word: Riches
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods,
   money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.


word: Richweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a
   smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.


word: Ricinelaidic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric
   modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.


word: Ricinelaidin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a
   white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous
   acid.


word: Ricinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly,
   designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.


word: Ricinoleic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous
   to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/
   with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.


word: Ricinolein
wordtype: n.
definition:
The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a
   characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.


word: Ricinus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one
   species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled,
   and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See
   Palma Christi.


word: Rick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,
   usually protected from wet with thatching.


word: Rickets
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A disease which affects children, and which is
   characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs,
   enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short
   stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The
   essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of
   earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this
   malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.


word: Ricochet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when
   a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown
   along the surface of water.


word: Ricochet
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on
   the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.


word: Riddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating
   coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes,
   or gravel from sand.


word: Riddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
   pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.


word: Riddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture;
   a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence,
   anything ambiguous or puzzling.


word: Ride
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle;
   as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.


word: Rider
wordtype: n.
definition:
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document,
   which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative
   practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of
   passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.


word: Rider
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold,
   reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen
   her frame.


word: Rider
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance,
   along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.


word: Ridge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a
   range; any extended elevation between valleys.


word: Ridge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or
   left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth,
   or bone, etc.


word: Ridge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle,
   especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of
   a roof or a vault.


word: Ridgeband
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and
   supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.


word: Ridicule
wordtype: n.
definition:
Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to
   excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which
   provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an
   object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.


word: Ridiculous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable;
   unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.


word: Riding
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of
   York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a
   reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.


word: Riding
wordtype: a.
definition:
Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a
   riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.


word: Ridotto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of
   music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves.


word: Rietboc
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra
   arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with
   high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also
   inghalla, and rietbok.


word: Riffle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across
   the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when
   auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps
   in such a trough. Also called ripple.


word: Rifle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral
   channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater
   accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.


word: Rifle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally
   with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.


word: Riflebird
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of beautiful birds of
   Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora,
   allied to the paradise birds.


word: Rig
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or
   fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.


word: Rig
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of
   sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished;
   as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Riga fir
definition:
A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which
   affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow
   deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.


word: Rigging
wordtype: n.
definition:
DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains,
   etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as
   purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not
   oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or
   to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according
   with truth and duty; just; true.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man
   in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to
   fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this
   is the right faith.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which
   the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; --
   opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the
   right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the
   lower animals.


word: Right
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;
   immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the
   mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.


word: Right
wordtype: adv.
definition:
According to the law or will of God; conforming to the
   standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge
   right.


word: Right
wordtype: adv.
definition:
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
   correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.


word: Right
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
   highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful
   authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of
   moral wrong.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to
   exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a
   criminal.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim
   to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of
   property; title; claim; interest; ownership.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those
   members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center,
   5.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
   set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or
   crooked); to correct.


word: Right
wordtype: a.
definition:
To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
   to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to
   right one's self; also, to vindicate.


word: Right-about
wordtype: n.
definition:
A turning directly about by the right, so as to face
   in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to
   turn to the right-about.


word: Righteous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding
   to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt,
   or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.


word: Righteousness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being right with God; justification;
   the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.


word: Rightful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the right or just claim according to established
   laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or
   an estate; a rightful king.


word: Rightful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim;
   as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority.


word: Right-hand
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand
   than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.


word: Right-handed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the same direction or course as the movement
   of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a
   revolving object looked at from a given direction.


word: Right-handed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral;
   -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.


word: Rightly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
According to justice; according to the divine will or
   moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.


word: Right whale
definition:
The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena
   mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained.


word: Right whale
definition:
Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
   Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific
   right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.


word: Rigid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as,
   a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid
   sentence.


word: Rigidity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability;
   the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with
   which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility,
   ductility, malleability, and softness.


word: Rigoll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several
   sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick
   with a ball at its end.


word: Rigor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a
   convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.


word: Rigor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness;
   relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.


word: Rigor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence;
   strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to
   enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.


word: Rigorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no
   abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe;
   relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of
   law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.


word: Rille
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the
   telescope, on the surface of the moon.


word: Rim
wordtype: n.
definition:
The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something
   circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.


word: Rimmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim
   of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.


word: Rinderpest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting
   neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle
   plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.


word: Rinforzando
wordtype: a.
definition:
Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a
   sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and
   Sforzando.


word: Ring
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious
   material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some
   other part of the person; as, a wedding ring.


word: Ring
wordtype: n.
definition:
The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other
   figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same
   plane as the circle or other figure.


word: Ring
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude,
   consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one
   side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
   graduated inner surface opposite.


word: Ring
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish
   purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain
   contracts, etc.


word: Ringbone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on
   the small pastern and the great pastern bones.


word: Ringdove
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white
   crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood
   pigeon, and cushat.


word: Ringleader
wordtype: n.
definition:
The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of
   a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.


word: Ringleader
wordtype: n.
definition:
Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the
   violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or
   the like.


word: Ringneck
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus
   Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer,
   but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae.
   semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North
   American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover.


word: Ringworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of
   a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches
   covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body,
   the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea
   circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same
   parasite (a species of Trichophyton).


word: Rink
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for
   skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a
   building with such a floor.


word: Rinse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied
   especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.


word: Riot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful
   assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private
   object.


word: Riot
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton
   manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to
   revel; to run riot; to go to excess.


word: Rip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
   to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip
   a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to
   rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.


word: Rip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
   search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.


word: Rip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a
   scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.


word: Ripe
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
   perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.


word: Ripen
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers,
   and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.


word: Ripeness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;;
   completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of
   manhood; ripeness of judgment.


word: Ripidolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous
   structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of
   alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore.


word: Ripieno
wordtype: a.
definition:
Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term
   applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an
   orchestra, but are not obbligato.


word: Ripple
wordtype: v.
definition:
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing
   the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.


word: Ripple
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water
   when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small
   waves or undulations, as a field of grain.


word: Ripple
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
   bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.


word: Ripple
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to
   cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.


word: Ripple
wordtype: n.
definition:
a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for
   which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.


word: Ripple
wordtype: n.
definition:
the residual AC component in the DC current output from a
   rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the
   current.


word: Ripply
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the
   sound of rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove.


word: Riprap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together
   without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom.


word: Ripsaw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set,
   used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also
   ripping saw.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to
   mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing,
   flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a
   fish rises to the bait.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to
   swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the
   thermometer.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to
   appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to
   one sailing toward the shore.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise
   rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in
   interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise
   in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in
   interest.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the
   committee rose after agreeing to the report.


word: Rise
wordtype: v.
definition:
To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing
   stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.


word: Rise
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of
   the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet;
   the rise of an arch or of a step.


word: Rising
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward
   direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.


word: Risk
wordtype: n.
definition:
To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk
   goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's
   fame by a publication.


word: Rissoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of very numerous species of small spiral
   gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in
   fresh and salt water.


word: Rite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of performing divine or solemn service, as
   established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or
   other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of
   freemasonry.


word: Ritornello
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to
   an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.


word: Ritornello
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage,
   in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.


word: Ritual
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prescribed form of performing divine service in a
   particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.


word: Ritualism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of
   religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.


word: Ritualism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those
   in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford
   movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church
   services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic
   vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of
   Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt
   authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also,
   the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal
   Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.


word: Rival
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one
   striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to
   obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in
   love; rivals for a crown.


word: Rival
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in
   competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or
   pretensions.


word: Rival
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some
   object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.


word: River
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and
   emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream
   larger than a rivulet or brook.


word: Rivet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or
   pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then
   beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form
   a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.


word: Rivet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin,
   rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.


word: Rivet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or
   immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.


word: Riveting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out
   and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.


word: Rix-dollar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several different silver coins of
   Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30
   cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in
   Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and
   Rixdaler.


word: Roach
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus
   rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.


word: Roach-backed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse
   whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.


word: Road
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for
   vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of
   communication between one city, town, or place, and another.


word: Road
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from
   the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.


word: Roadbed
wordtype: n.
definition:
In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the
   superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole
   material laid in place and ready for travel.


word: Roadside
wordtype: n.
definition:
Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or
   highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.


word: Roadster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road,
   or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.


word: Roan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or
   white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.


word: Roan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made
   from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained
   morocco.


word: Roar
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
   vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.


word: Roar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a
   cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.


word: Roaring
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of
   a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.


word: Roaring
wordtype: n.
definition:
An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud,
   peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so
   caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.


word: Roast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to
   roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having
   reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.


word: Rob
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation
   of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup.
   It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.


word: Rob
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take (something) away from by force; to strip by
   stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.


word: Rob
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in
   his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by
   putting him in fear.


word: Rob
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously;
   to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree
   robs the plants near it of sunlight.


word: Robber
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or
   money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.


word: Robbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities
   are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in
   Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.


word: Robe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant
   style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.


word: Robe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison,
   dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.


word: Robin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a
   reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.


word: Robin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the
   breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head
   and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.


word: Robin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the
   genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the
   scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).


word: Robust
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong;
   sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth;
   robust health.


word: Rocambole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two
   kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.


word: Roccellic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the
   oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other
   lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.


word: Roccellin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal,
   archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative
   of naphtol.


word: Roche alum
definition:
A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called
   from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; --
   also called rock alum.


word: Rochet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower
   sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other
   ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.


word: Rock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which
   flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.


word: Rock
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust,
   whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in
   natural beds.


word: Rock
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
   on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to
   vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.


word: Rockaway
definition:
Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with
   standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which
   could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but
   heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each
   side.


word: Rocker
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as
   a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc.,
   by agitation in water.


word: Rocket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of
   paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as
   niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The
   rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the
   expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition.
   Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and
   also for pyrotechnic display.


word: Rockfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of
   the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among
   the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod,
   and garrupa.


word: Rocking-stone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stone, often of great size and weight, resting
   upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or
   slightly moved, with but little force.


word: Rockling
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and
   Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or
   four barbels.


word: Rockrose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum,
   low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H.
   vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.


word: Rock shaft
definition:
A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of
   revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and
   communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam
   engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.


word: Rocoa
wordtype: n.
definition:
The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical
   plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.


word: Rococo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe
   in the latter part of the eighteenth century.


word: Rod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar,
   as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).


word: Rod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively,
   power; authority; tyranny; oppression.


word: Rod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended
   weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting
   reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.


word: Rodentia
wordtype: a.
definition:
An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large
   incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats,
   squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.


word: Roe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when
   still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to
   the sperm and the testes of the male.


word: Roebuck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea)
   having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit.
   This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It
   always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.


word: Rogation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be
   passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.


word: Rogatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or
   ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission.


word: Rogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about
   alone, in which state it is very savage.


word: Roil
wordtype: v.
definition:
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as,
   to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.


word: Roil
wordtype: v.
definition:
To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse
   the passion of resentment in; to perplex.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
   scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the
   top.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck
   a strange word; they soon struck the trail.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as,
   to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.


word: Strike
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to
   signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.


word: Strike
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure
   of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of
   the top; a strickle.


word: Strike
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a
   body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands
   made on their employer.


word: Strike
wordtype: n.
definition:
The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted
   rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on
   the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.


word: Striking
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible;
   impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a
   striking resemblance.


word: String
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of
   leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or
   tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as,
   a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.


word: String
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are
   strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or
   series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a
   succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads;
   a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.


word: String
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or
   violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra,
   in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the
   theme.


word: String
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the
   sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.


word: String
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the
   pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the
   strings of beans.


word: Stringcourse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of
   the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way
   distinguished from the rest of the work.


word: Stringhalt
wordtype: n.
definition:
An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a
   horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that
   raise the hock.


word: Strip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;
   especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a
   man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to
   strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree
   of its bark.


word: Strip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last
   milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the
   teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.


word: Strip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest
   away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a
   tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all
   disguisses.


word: Strip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the
   teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.


word: Strip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and
   tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).


word: Stripe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different
   color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of
   color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground;
   a raised stripe.


word: Stripe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of
   alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of
   appearance.


word: Stripe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a
   different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.


word: Stripe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing
   characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political
   stripe.


word: Stripe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different
   colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.


word: Strisores
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of passerine birds including the humming
   birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an
   artificial group.


word: Strive
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or
   dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before
   the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for
   the truth.


word: Strobila
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of
   development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila
   becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate
   segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.


word: Strobilation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing
   transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths;
   transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.


word: Strobile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an
   ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.


word: Strobile
wordtype: n.
definition:
An individual asexually producing sexual individuals
   differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one
   of the forms that occur in metagenesis.


word: Stroboscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for studying or observing the successive
   phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is
   periodically interrupted.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a
   violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an
   instrument or weapon.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch
   of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a
   written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an
   essay.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack;
   a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one;
   as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
One of a series of beats or movements against a
   resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is
   accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in
   rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other
   oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
   produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such
   an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master
   stroke of policy.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The movement, in either direction, of the piston
   plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump,
   in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward
   stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a
   piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.


word: Stroke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
   hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to
   caress; to soothe.


word: Stroma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of
   the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.


word: Strombus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the
   outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and
   handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having active physical power, or great physical power
   to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having passive physical power; having ability to bear
   or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong
   health.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to
   withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or
   taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a
   strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to
   strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible;
   impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong
   from the northeast; a strong tide.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the
   mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful;
   forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong
   evidence; a strong example; strong language.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a
   particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture;
   a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light,
   colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the
   mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory,
   judgment, or imagination.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
   preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past
   participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change
   of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break,
   broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See
   Weak.


word: Strong
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain
   the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems
   have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the
   stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are
   irregular.


word: Strongly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in
   resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully;
   firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected
   strongly.


word: Strongyloid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of
   parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals.
   Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and
   bronchial tubes, are often very injurious.


word: Strontia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance,
   and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal
   strontium.


word: Strontianite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish,
   or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but
   sometimes in prismatic crystals.


word: Strontium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic element of the calcium group, always
   naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite,
   celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable
   but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to
   color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.


word: Strontium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain
   nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful
   components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called
   radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years.


word: Strophanthus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having
   singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used
   medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.


word: Strophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus
   while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the
   strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also
   sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under
   Antistrophe.


word: Structural
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural
   element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.


word: Structure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
   particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a
   mineral; the structure of a sentence.


word: Structure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different
   tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic
   structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.


word: Structureless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of
   parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a
   structureless membrane.


word: Struggle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to
   contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with
   the waves; to struggle with adversity.


word: Strum
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To play on an instrument of music, or as on an
   instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a
   piano.


word: Strut
wordtype: n.
definition:
In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or
   pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of
   Frame, and Roof.


word: Strut
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal
   function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive
   stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.


word: Struthiones
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds
   including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds
   incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or
   Dromaeognathae.


word: Strychnic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine;
   as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning


word: Strychnine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained
   from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae,
   as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from
   nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a
   very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the
   form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also
   strychnia, and formerly strychnina.


word: Stryphnic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous
   acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on
   uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent
   taste.


word: Stub
wordtype: n.
definition:
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which
   remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied
   especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.


word: Stub
wordtype: n.
definition:
The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been
   broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of
   a pencil, candle, or cigar.


word: Shed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The passageway between the threads of the warp through which
   the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising
   and lowering the alternate threads.


word: Shedder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately
   afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs,
   which are most prized while in this state.


word: Sheeling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place
   (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds,
   fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.


word: Sheep
wordtype: n. sing. & pl.
definition:
Any one of several species of ruminants of the
   genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but
   most numerous in Asia.


word: Sheep
wordtype: n. sing. & pl.
definition:
Fig.: The people of God, as being under the
   government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.


word: Sheepback
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep.
   -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually
   in the plural.


word: Sheepberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the
   genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also,
   the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.


word: Sheephook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on
   the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.


word: Sheep's-foot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed
   into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a
   lever and hammer.


word: Sheepshead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, /
   Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United
   States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.


