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word: Pitch-faced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the
   rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared
   stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.


word: Pith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many
   plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous
   classes. It consists of cellular tissue.


word: Pith
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or
   essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as,
   the speech lacked pith.


word: Pith
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a
   frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral
   canal.


word: Pithecoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily
   Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South
   American monkeys.


word: Pithecoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular,
   or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.


word: Pitiable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
   miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable
   condition; pitiable wretchedness.


word: Pitot's tube
definition:
A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running
   water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height
   to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.


word: Pitta
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds
   belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of
   the species are varied with three or more colors, such as blue, green,
   crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground
   thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the
   true thrushes.


word: Pittacal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists
   of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic
   compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.


word: Pittance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of
   victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.


word: Pituitary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane,
   or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.


word: Pity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or
   others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion;
   fellow-feeling; commiseration.


word: Pity
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
   compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any
   one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.


word: Pityriasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by
   irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles.


word: Pivot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
   support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.


word: Pivot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
   which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.


word: Pivot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike
   the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot
   man.


word: Pivotal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging
   to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
   pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.


word: Pixie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata),
   with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and
   southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.


word: Pizzicato
definition:
A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the
   finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)


word: Placable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing
   to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.


word: Placard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a
   declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct
   from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use;
   position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
   short part of a street open only at one end.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a
   mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a
   stronghold; a region or country.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
   dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition;
   also, official station; occupation; calling.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or
   removal of another being or thing being implied).


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually
   defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and
   longitude.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place,
   or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to
   fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place
   balls in tennis.


word: Place
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to
   surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint
   to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is
   placed.


word: Placenta
wordtype: n.
definition:
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the
   parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.


word: Placental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or
   characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.


word: Placentalia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Mammalia including those that have a
   placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.


word: Placentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mode in which the placenta is arranged or
   composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.


word: Placer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable
   mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed
   of a mountain torrent.


word: Placitum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which
   the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of
   state.


word: Placket
wordtype: n.
definition:
The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for
   convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.


word: Placodermi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids.
   The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust.
   under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.


word: Placoganoidei
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of ganoid fishes including those that
   have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.


word: Placoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often
   bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.


word: Placophora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the
   chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also
   Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.


word: Plagal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; --
   said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called
   authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.


word: Plagiarist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings,
   or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief;
   a plagiary.


word: Plagiarize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to
   appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of
   another).


word: Plague
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity;
   any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.


word: Plague
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in
   Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of
   Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great
   London plague.


word: Plaguy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse.
   [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."


word: Plaice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the
   flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.


word: Plaice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called
   also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes
   applied to other allied species.


word: Plaid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the
   checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray
   with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.


word: Plaid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid
   or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.


word: Plaid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid;
   checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one
   another; as, plaid muslin.


word: Plain
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show
   or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.


word: Plain
wordtype: a.
definition:
Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of
   land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities;
   as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.


word: Plain-laid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary
   way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.


word: Plaint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person
   sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.


word: Plaintiff
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a
   remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.


word: Plan
wordtype: a.
definition:
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a
   plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or
   the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything,
   as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.


word: Plan
wordtype: a.
definition:
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed
   or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution;
   the plan of an expedition.


word: Planaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria,
   and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth.
   Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.


word: Planchette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having
   a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper,
   while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are
   sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying
   in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points
   are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that
   surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a
   straight line; a surface without curvature.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or
   containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve;
   as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the
   equator.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a
   standard of flatness; a surface plate.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for
   forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of
   wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel
   cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward,
   with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack
   plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.


word: Plane
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of
   the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a
   plane; as, to plane a plank.


word: Planer tree
definition:
A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica)
   related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.


word: Planet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit
   of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet
   by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See
   Solar system.


word: Planimeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the area of any plane
   figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding
   line; a platometer.


word: Planimetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mensuration of plane surfaces; -- distinguished
   from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.


word: Planipennia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that
   have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also
   Planipennes.


word: Planish
wordtype: v.
definition:
To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to
   condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.


word: Planisphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a
   plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a
   plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the
   position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc.,
   for any given date or hour.


word: Plank
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the
   principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.


word: Planking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a
   series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a
   vessel.


word: Plano-convex
wordtype: a.
definition:
Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other;
   as, a plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens.


word: Planorbis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to
   Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.


word: Plant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without
   feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem,
   and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy
   expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.


word: Plant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a
   trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate,
   and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying
   on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished
   products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.


word: Plant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle;
   to establish; as, to plant a colony.


word: Plant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as,
   to plant Christianity among the heathen.


word: Plant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to
   plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant
   one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.


word: Plantain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical
   regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called
   plantains. See Musa.


word: Plantain
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat
   cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered
   with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple
   article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.


word: Plantain
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P.
   major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender
   spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near
   the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.


word: Plantation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a
   piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the
   United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the
   production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who
   live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.


word: Plant-cane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from
   the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of
   inferior quality, and is called rattoon.


word: Planted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a
   separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.


word: Plantership
wordtype: n.
definition:
The occupation or position of a planter, or the
   management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.


word: Plantigrada
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade
   feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.


word: Planting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or operation of setting in the ground for
   propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations,
   as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.


word: Planula
wordtype: n.
definition:
In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid,
   formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner
   as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange
   themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the
   morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.


word: Planula
wordtype: n.
definition:
The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates.
   It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered
   with cilia.


word: Plaque
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like,
   used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate,
   dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on
   the person, as a brooch.


word: Plasma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and
   leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was
   much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.


word: Plasma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of
   which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation;
   protoplasm.


word: Plasmid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of
   the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and
   replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the
   chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often
   carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in
   genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA
   into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus
   altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in
   the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow
   into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased
   resistance to disease.


word: Plasmin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood
   plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.


word: Plasmodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union
   of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.


word: Plasmodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union
   of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the
   life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.


word: Plasmogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a
   chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm
   are forms of plasmogen.


word: Plaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An external application of a consistency harder than
   ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or
   other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body,
   and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal
   effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking
   plaster.


word: Plaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without
   hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses.
   See Mortar.


word: Plaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when
   ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or
   calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.


word: Plaster
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects
   of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.


word: Plasterwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
Plastering used to finish architectural constructions,
   exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms.
   Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure
   plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.


word: -plastic
definition:
A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing;
   as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.


word: Plastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of
   matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.


word: Plastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or
   plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.


word: Plastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of,
   molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by,
   molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in
   distinction from painting and the graphic arts.


word: plastic
wordtype: n.
definition:
a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic
   high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic
   are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives
   origin of word as 1905]


word: Plastide
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm
   of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colors into three
   classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.


word: Plastin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by
   some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.


word: Plastron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a
   different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.


word: -plasty
definition:
A combining form denoting the act or process of forming,
   development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.


word: Plat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or
   for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.


word: Platband
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which
   much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.


word: Plate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
   which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet
   of metal; as, a steel plate.


word: Plate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
   wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.


word: Plate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
   purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal;
   as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.


word: Plate
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
   mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum,
   silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.


word: Plate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels
   projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also
   used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof
   trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.


word: Plate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals,
   either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process,
   as electrotyping.


word: Platen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a printing press which presses the paper
   against the type and by which the impression is made.


word: Platen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which
   the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also
   called table.


word: Platform
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is
   raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards
   horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion
   of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or
   workmen; a standing place.


word: Platform
wordtype: n.
definition:
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a
   sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as,
   the Saybrook platform; a political platform.


word: Platform
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or
   over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.


word: Plating
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of covering anything with a plate or
   plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal
   with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means
   or by electro-magnetic deposition.


word: Platinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used
   specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a
   higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as,
   platinic chloride (PtCl4).


word: Platinichloric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid
   consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as
   a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or
   chloroplatinic, acid.


word: Platiniridium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in
   grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.


word: Platinochloric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an
   acid consisting of platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called
   platinochloric, / chloroplatinous, acid.


word: Platinocyanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid
   compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. It is obtained as a
   cinnaber-red crystalline substance.


word: Platinoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used
   for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.


word: Platinous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum; -- used
   specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a
   lower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as, platinous
   chloride (PtCl2).


word: Platinum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver
   and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the
   platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is
   ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its
   resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for
   stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and
   wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3.
   Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.


word: Platitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid;
   flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.


word: Platonism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws
   and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic
   philosophical notions.


word: Platoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small
   square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.


word: Plattdeutsch
wordtype: n.
definition:
The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany,
   taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.


word: Platycoelian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior
   end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.


word: Platyelminthes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of helminthes including the cestodes,
   or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also
   flatworms.


word: Platyptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the
   species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or
   white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).


word: Platyrhini
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of monkeys, including the American
   species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually
   a prehensile tail. See Monkey.


word: Plausible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently
   right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a
   plausible delusion.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the
   sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence,
   to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with
   alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain
   plays.


word: Play
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action;
   as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by
   acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the
   woman.


word: Play
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for
   amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or
   a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune
   in play.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in
   which characters are represented by dialogue and action.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a
   wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.


word: Play
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display;
   scope; as, to give full play to mirth.


word: Playa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New
   Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes
   dry by evaporation.


word: Playful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive
   fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.


word: Plea
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in
   a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished
   from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice,
   the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That
   which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled
   or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a
   special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause
   why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In
   criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the
   indictment or information presented against him.


word: Plead
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the
   claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to
   persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of
   persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a
   judge or with a father.


word: Plead
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the
   declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and
   demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the
   suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause;
   to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to
   carry on a suit or plea.


word: Plead
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments
   or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to
   determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or
   jury.


word: Plead
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for
   repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead
   usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.


word: Plead
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to
   offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the
   rights of ambassadors.


word: Pleadable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in
   proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at
   law.


word: Pleader
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas
   or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.


word: Pleadings
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and
   defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their
   claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue
   is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point.


word: Pleasant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses;
   agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.


word: Pleasant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive;
   as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.


word: Pleasantry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;
   cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness
   in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.


word: Please
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
   emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.


word: Please
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of
   affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.


word: Pleasing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable
   emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing
   manners.


word: Pleasurable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction;
   gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.


word: Pleasure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable
   sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced
   by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or
   satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.


word: Pleasure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous
   or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to
   labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.


word: Pleasure
wordtype: n.
definition:
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or
   satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.


word: Plebiscite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in
   France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National
   Constitution of 1791.


word: Plebiscitum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A law enacted by the common people, under the
   superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate,
   without the intervention of the senate.


word: Plectognathi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fishes generally having the maxillary
   bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the
   dentary.


word: Plectospondyli
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive suborder of fresh-water
   physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebrae united and much
   modified; the Eventognathi.


word: Plectrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used
   in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transfer of possession of personal property from a
   debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the
   contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so
   delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which
   is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything given or considered as a security for the
   performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best
   pledge for the performance of treaties.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do,
   or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in
   writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to
   sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in
   possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to
   plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.


word: Pledge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first,
   and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink
   the health of; to toast.


word: Pledget
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound,
   ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the
   matter discharged.


word: Pleiades
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione,
   fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.


word: Pleiophyllous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having several leaves; -- used especially when
   several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only
   one.


word: Pleistocene
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits,
   following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.


word: Plenipotentiary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person invested with full power to transact any
   business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with
   full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.


word: Plenipotentiary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing or conferring full power; invested with
   full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers.


word: Plenitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being full or complete;
   fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.


word: Plenteous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful;
   sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.


word: Plentiful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a
   plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.


word: Plenty
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency;
   specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for
   human wants; abundance; copiousness.


word: Pleochroism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing
   different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.


word: Pleomorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property of crystallizing under two or more
   distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.


word: Pleomorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The theory that the various genera of bacteria are
   phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of
   which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of
   the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.


word: Pleonasm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of
   more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my
   own eyes.


word: Plesimorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property possessed by some substances of
   crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical
   composition.


word: Plesiosauria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles
   including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also
   Sauropterygia.


word: Plesiosaurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a
   very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the
   Mesozoic age.


word: Plethora
wordtype: n.
definition:
Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood
   vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system
   when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; --
   opposed to anaemia.


word: Plethoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora
   or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also
   metaphorically.


word: Saponification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process, or result, of soap making;
   conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats
   and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl
   acetate.


word: Saponify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence
   (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal
   salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.


word: Saponin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root
   of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It
   is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy
   lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called
   also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
   any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the
   type.


word: Saponite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in
   soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities
   in trap rock.


word: Saponul
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with
   an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.


word: Sapotaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of
   (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the
   Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra),
   and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which
   the order is named.


word: Sapper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in
   working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.


word: Sapphic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a
   certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho,
   consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are
   trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.


word: Sapphire
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum;
   esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.


word: Sapphire
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South
   America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.


word: Sappho
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of brilliant South American
   humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and
   deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.


word: Saprophagan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying
   animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.


word: Saprophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable
   matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as
   the Indian pipe.


word: Saprophytic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable
   matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.


word: Sapwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree
   next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap
   flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.


word: Saracen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle
   Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan
   hostile to the crusaders.


word: Sarcasm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered
   with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.


word: Sarcastical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized
   by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly
   satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.


word: Sarcina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids,
   especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain
   diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two
   perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two
   directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively;
   as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.


word: Sarcobasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which
   contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the
   mallows.


word: Sarcocarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the
   skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See
   Illust. of Endocarp.


word: Sarcocolla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa
   (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.


word: Sarcode
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous
   material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.


word: Sarcolemma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous
   sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.


word: Sarcology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It
   includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.


word: Sarcoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many
   varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth
   made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any
   proper intercellular substance.


word: Sarcophagus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for
   making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few
   weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis
   Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a
   city of Lycia.


word: Sarcoptid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of
   mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.


word: Sarcosin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the
   decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue).
   Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.


word: Sarcous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements,
   called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular
   fiber is composed.


word: Sard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish
   red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.


word: Sardine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several small species of herring which are
   commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or
   European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea
   sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are
   mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.


word: Sardonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
   malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or
   some facial semblance of gayety.


word: Saree
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a
   long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a
   portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed
   across the bosom over the left shoulder.


word: Sargo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to
   Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.


word: Sarking
wordtype: n.
definition:
Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under
   the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.


word: Sarmentose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only
   leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.


word: Saros
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which
   has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a
   little short of 10 years.


word: Sarpo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf
   of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).


word: Sarsen
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the
   English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.


word: Sartorius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which
   arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named
   because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the
   legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.


word: Sarum use
definition:
A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund,
   bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.


word: Sash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or
   otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an
   ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers,
   members of societies, etc.


word: Sash
wordtype: n.
definition:
The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed
   window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.


word: Sash
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is
   strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating
   motion; -- also called gate.


word: Sasin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra),
   noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent
   horns.


word: Sassabye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to
   the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.


word: Sassafras
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras
   officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell
   and taste.


word: Sassoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the
   borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence.


word: Sassy bark
definition:
The bark of a West African leguminous tree
   (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and
   also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.


word: Satan
wordtype: n.
definition:
The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of
   darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.


word: Satanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of
   Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish;
   infernal.


word: Satchel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small
   articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag.


word: Satellite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secondary planet which revolves about another planet;
   as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under
   Solar.


word: Satiate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the
   full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to
   satiate appetite or sense.


word: Satiety
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of
   gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire;
   fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites
   wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.


word: Satinwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian
   tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used
   in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of
   prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West
   Indies.


word: Satire
wordtype: a.
definition:
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly
   to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private
   morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.


word: Satisfaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of satisfying, or the state of being
   satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and
   enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or
   demands.


word: Satisfactory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content;
   especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling
   it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or
   explanation.


word: Satisfactory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making amends, indemnification, or recompense;
   causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating;
   atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory
   apology.


word: Satisfy
wordtype: a.
definition:
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person
   or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to
   supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is
   wished for.


word: Satisfy
wordtype: a.
definition:
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or
   the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to
   satisfy a claim or an execution.


word: Satisfy
wordtype: a.
definition:
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give
   assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy
   one's self by inquiry.


word: Saturate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert
   by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate
   phosphorus with chlorine.


word: Saturated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in
   solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated
   solution of salt.


word: Saturated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can
   hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane
   is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.


word: Saturn
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus
   and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The
   corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.


word: Saturn
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude
   to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy
   thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and
   eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round
   the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a
   remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.


word: Saturnalia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December,
   originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period
   of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even
   to the slaves.


word: Saturnalia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in
   which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.


word: Saturnian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the
   mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.


word: Saturnian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths
   belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and
   promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some
   are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.


word: Saturnicentric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet
   Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.


word: Saturnine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or
   resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.


word: Satyr
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part
   goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.


word: Satyr
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the
   family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often
   with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.


word: Sauba ant
definition:
A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for
   having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for
   the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of
   plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often
   does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.


word: Sauce
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten
   with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for
   puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.


word: Sauce
wordtype: n.
definition:
Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish;
   as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.


word: Sauce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To accompany with something intended to give a higher
   relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.


word: Sauce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to
   tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to
   cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.


word: Sauce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to
   set off; to vary and render attractive.


word: Sauciness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being saucy; that which is
   saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.


word: Saucisse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well
   pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate
   fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.


word: Saucy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing
   the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent;
   insolent; as, a saucy fellow.


word: Sauerkraut
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made
   of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.


word: Sauger
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense);
   -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike,
   pickering, and pickerel.


word: Saunders-blue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli;
   ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper.


word: Saurel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T.
   trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of
   California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel.


word: Sauria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Reptilia formerly established to include
   the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some
   writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.


word: Saurognathous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the bones of the palate arranged as in
   saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the
   woodpeckers (Pici).


word: Quartter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply
   with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to;
   as, to quarter soldiers.


word: Quartter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one
   escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the
   right to bear arms.


word: Quarter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from
   going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.


word: Quartering
wordtype: a.
definition:
Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not
   directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.


word: Quartering
wordtype: a.
definition:
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which
   are in planes forming a right angle with each other.


word: Quartering
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an
   escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.


word: Quarterly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as,
   quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.


word: Quarterly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms
   quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by
   lines drawn through it at right angles.


word: Quartermaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer whose duty is to provide quarters,
   provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for
   a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.


word: Quartermaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle,
   signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.


word: Quartern
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a
   gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).


word: Quarterstaff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of
   defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was
   placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.


word: Quarto
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of
   printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or
   nearly square form, and usually of large size.


word: Quartz
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in
   hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but
   sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also
   in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of
   transparency, being sometimes opaque.


word: Quash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily
   and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.


word: Quasi
definition:
As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree;
   having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a
   prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied
   contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a
   contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of
   the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which
   resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently
   historical, seeming to be historical.


word: Quass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or
   barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians.


word: Quassia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wood of several tropical American trees of the order
   Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It
   is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a
   substitute for hops in making beer.


word: Quassin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white
   crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite.


word: Quaternary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary;
   Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.


word: Quaternion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A set of four parts, things, or person; four things
   taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances,
   facts, or the like.


word: Quaternion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right
   lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements,
   and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.


word: Quatorze
wordtype: n.
definition:
The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the
   game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen
   points.


word: Quaver
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound
   with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a
   musical instrument


word: Quay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side
   of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in
   loading and unloading vessels.


word: Quebec group
definition:
The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of
   the Canadian period have been divided in the American Lower Silurian
   system. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Quebracho
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho);
   also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/a of the
   lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to
   distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree
   (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar
   properties.


word: Queen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch;
   as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.


word: Queen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her
   kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities,
   countries, etc.


word: Queen
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's
   discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.


word: Queenfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A California sciaenoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The
   back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also
   kingfish.


word: Queening
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening,
   scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was
   cultivated in England two hundred years ago.


word: Queenliness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a
   queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.


word: Oueen-post
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other
   framed truss of similar form. See King-post.


word: Queensland nut
definition:
The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia).
   It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible
   seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland
   in Australia.


word: Queer
wordtype: a.
definition:
At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some
   odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a
   queer story or act.


word: Quell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or
   cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.


word: Quench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said
   of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations
   and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench
   thirst, love, hate, etc.


word: Quenouille training
definition:
A method of training trees or shrubs in the
   shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.


word: Quercitannic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in
   oak bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.


word: Quercite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in
   acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is
   regarded as a pentacid alcohol.


word: Quercitin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely
   distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark,
   horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the
   decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.


word: Quercitrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak
   (Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a
   pigment and called quercitron.


word: Quercitron
wordtype: n.
definition:
The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria, the
   American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large
   forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas.


word: Quern
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was
   turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and
   watermills.


word: Query
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to
   inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive
   or the fact.


word: Query
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful
   spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.


word: Quesal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The long-tailed, or resplendent, trogon (Pharomachus
   mocinno, formerly Trogon resplendens), native of Southern Mexico and
   Central America. Called also quetzal, and golden trogon.


word: Quest
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to
   find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a
   lost child, of property, etc.


word: Question
wordtype: n.
definition:
Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,
   the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.


word: Question
wordtype: n.
definition:
Examination with reference to a decisive result;
   investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation;
   also, examination under torture.


word: Question
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or
   debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or
   doubtful question.


word: Questionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called
   in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.


word: Questor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who had the management of the public treasure;
   a receiver of taxes, tribute, etc.; treasurer of state.


word: Quibble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
   evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.


word: Quibble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon
   words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent
   question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate.


word: Quica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of
   Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.


word: Quick
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste;
   speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick.


word: Quick
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant;
   especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living
   hedge.


word: Quick
wordtype: n.
definition:
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible
   of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part
   of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions;
   as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick,
   to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively.


word: Quicken
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as
   from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to
   incite.


word: Quicken
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional
   energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to
   accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's
   departure or speed.


word: Quicken
wordtype: a.
definition:
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve)
   sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more
   pronounced.


word: Quicken
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or
   enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in
   the womb.


word: Quickening
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the
   mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It
   has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed
   of independent life.


word: Quicklime
wordtype: a.
definition:
Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when
   wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.


word: Quicksand
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure;
   especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water,
   sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very
   dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins
   sinking into it.


word: Quiddity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a
   thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?


word: Quiddle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to
   useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.


word: Quidnunc
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is curious to know everything that passes; one
   who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on.


word: Quiet
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or
   agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.


word: Quiet
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not
   turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.


word: Quiet
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not showy; not such as to attract attention;
   undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.


word: Quiet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to
   tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders;
   to quiet pain or grief.


word: Quietism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference;
   apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.


word: Quietism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion
   consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and
   anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of
   God and his attributes.


word: Quietist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth
   century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.


word: Quietly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance;
   peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.


word: Quietly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently;
   as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.


word: Quietly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent
   movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he
   quietly left the room.


word: Quietness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise,
   agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity;
   calmness.


word: Quietus
wordtype: a.
definition:
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or
   obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.


word: Quill
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the
   rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.


word: Quill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point
   or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of
   his quill.


word: Quill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the
   thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.


word: Quillaia bark
definition:
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria),
   native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
   alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of
   soap. Also called soap bark.


word: Quillback
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes,
   cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and
   skimback.


word: Quilling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or
   plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills.


word: Quillwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous
   plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising
   from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated
   bases. There are about seventeen American species, usually growing in
   the mud under still, shallow water. So called from the shape of the
   shape of the leaves.


word: Quilt
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a
   skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton,
   etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer
   bed cover.


word: Quilt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order
   to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a
   garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat.


word: Quinaldine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor,
   C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and
   aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also
   methyl quinoline.


word: Quiname
wordtype: a.
definition:
Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves
   composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.


word: Quince
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the
   same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in
   having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but
   very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.


word: Quincuncial
definition:
Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so
   imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has
   one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation.


word: Quincunx
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a
   rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle;
   especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as
   to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.


word: Quindecemvir
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose
   chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.


word: Quindecone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene
   series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.


word: Quindecylic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the fatty
   acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also
   pentadecylic acid.


word: Quinhydrone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A green crystalline substance formed by the union of
   quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the
   oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.


word: Quinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and
   related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid
   obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white
   crystalline substance.


word: Quinicine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of
   heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.


word: Quinidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine,
   found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a
   bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as
   a febrifuge.


word: Quinine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
   cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline
   substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of
   this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a
   febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.


word: Quininic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid
   obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.


word: Quinnat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called
   also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It
   is of great commercial importance.


word: Quinoa
wordtype: n.
definition:
The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used
   in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.


word: Quinoidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product
   in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several
   alkaloids.


word: Quinoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent
   colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar,
   etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain
   alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the
   series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.


word: Quinone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone),
   first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double
   ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone
   proper is the type.


word: Quinovin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and
   other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova.


word: Quinoxaline
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases
   obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or
   with certain ketones.


word: Quinquarticular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to the five articles or points; as, the
   quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists.


word: Quinque-
definition:
A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as,
   quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.


word: Quinquefid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into
   five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.


word: Quinquelobared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cut less than halfway into portions, usually
   somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.


word: Quinquenerved
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five
   nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.


word: Quinquennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every
   five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.


word: Quinsy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent,
   especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling,
   painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever.
   It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy,
   and squinzey.


word: Quintal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
   kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.


word: Quintan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring
   every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.


word: Quintan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day,
   reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.


word: Quintessence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a
   natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.


word: Quintessence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: An extract from anything, containing its
   rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small
   quantity; pure or concentrated essence.


word: Quintette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the
   set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.


word: Quintilllion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the French notation, which is used on
   the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with
   eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number
   produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with
   thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.


word: Quintine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an
   innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.


word: Quipu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans,
   etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main
   cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various
   colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers.
   etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords,
   representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical
   purposes, and to register important facts and events.


word: Quirboilly
wordtype: n.
definition:
Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required
   shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly
   used for armor.


word: Quire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size
   and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.


word: Quirk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an
   artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a
   pettifogger.


word: Quirk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or
   floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.


word: Quirk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width,
   used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.


word: Quit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native
   of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.


word: Quit
wordtype: a.
definition:
To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
   oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.


word: Quit
wordtype: a.
definition:
To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy,
   as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.


word: Quit
wordtype: a.
definition:
To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to
   conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.


word: Quit
wordtype: a.
definition:
To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart
   from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to
   quit jesting.


word: Quitch grass
definition:
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long
   running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and
   so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass,
   quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Quitclaim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of
   release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim,
   which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held
   by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor
   generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.


word: Quitclaim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a
   claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and
   paramount titles.


word: Quite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the
   work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite
   mistaken.


word: Quitrent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of
   which the tenant is quit from other service.


word: Quittor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's
   foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin
   bone.


word: Qui vive
definition:
The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like
   the English challenge: "Who comes there?"


word: Quixotism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and
   absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic
   ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote
   in knight-errantry.


word: Quiz
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
   seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.


word: Quoddies
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head,
   Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.


word: Quoin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now,
   commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is
   marked.


word: Quoit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a
   fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same
   purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.


word: Quorum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is
   competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of
   the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.


word: Quotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or
   writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.


word: Quotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks,
   bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.


word: Quotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and
   measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank
   spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.


word: Quote
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat,
   or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority
   or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.


word: Quote
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
   statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.


word: Quoth
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third
   persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the
   word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he.


word: Quotidian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an
   intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.


word: Quotient
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number resulting from the division of one number by
   another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater;
   thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.


word: Quo warranto
definition:
A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by
   what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain
   powers.


word: Quran
wordtype: n.
definition:
See Koran.
   R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal
   consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide
   to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.


word: Ra-
definition:
A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us
   through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.


word: Rabbet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the
   edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another
   member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the
   members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of
   glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.


word: Rabbinical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or
   pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.


word: Rabbinist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the
   traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected
   the traditions.


word: Rabbit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially
   the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a
   pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably
   prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New
   Zealand.


word: Rabble
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or
   skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.


word: Rabdology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The method or art of performing arithmetical operations
   by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.


word: Racahout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a
   substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.


word: Raccoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor)
   allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail,
   banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and
   white. Called also coon, and mapach.


word: Race
wordtype: n.
definition:
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe,
   people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a
   lineage; a breed.


word: Race
wordtype: n.
definition:
Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that
   quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as
   in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.


word: Race
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a
   contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating,
   rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the
   running of horses; as, he attended the races.


word: Race
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage
   for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced
   by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of
   Alderney.


word: Race
wordtype: n.
definition:
A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and
   forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.


word: Race
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals
   raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.


word: Race
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw,
   when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.


word: Raceme
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many
   one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.


word: Racemic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds
   of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is
   isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white
   crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory
   and levorotatory tartaric acids.


word: Racemose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as,
   (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in
   which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme.


word: Rack
wordtype: a.
definition:
An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which
   the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were
   dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from
   criminals or suspected persons.


word: Rack
wordtype: a.
definition:
A frame or device of various construction for holding, and
   preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts.


word: Rack
wordtype: a.
definition:
A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
   arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.


word: Rack
wordtype: a.
definition:
A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through
   which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a
   frame to hold shot.


word: Rack
wordtype: a.
definition:
A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of
   a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.


word: Rack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To extend by the application of force; to stretch or
   strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an
   engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints.


word: Racket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,
   forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or
   cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for
   catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.


word: Racket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar
   long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.


word: Racket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable
   him to step on marshy or soft ground.


word: Racket-tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of humming birds of the
   genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and
   racket-shaped.


word: Rack-rent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near
   it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.


word: Racktail
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let
   off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.


word: Racy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct
   characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.


word: Racy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or
   distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant;
   fresh and lively.


word: Raddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven
   with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge
   or fence.


word: Raddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of
   upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a
   proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of
   the loom.


word: Radial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or
   like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.)
   radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.


word: Radiale
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with
   the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.


word: Radiancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence;
   vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.


word: Radiant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat;
   issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid
   light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.


word: Radiant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers
   of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has
   such marginal flowers.


word: Radiant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed
   pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.


word: Radiant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of
   shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to
   radiate.


word: Radiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having
   all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body,
   and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or
   spheromere.


word: Radiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike
   the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.


word: Radiated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts
   or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a
   radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals.


word: Radiate-veined
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging,
   from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the
   grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.


word: Radiatiform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but
   not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower.


word: Radiation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated;
   emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.


word: Radiation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface,
   like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.


word: Radiator
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or
   heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat
   is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator.


word: Radical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to
   the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the
   principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going;
   unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.


word: Radical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not
   rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the
   sidesaddle flower.


word: Radical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of
   derivation; as, a radical verbal form.


word: Radical
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who advocates radical changes in government or social
   institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class
   inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.


word: Radical
wordtype: n.
definition:
A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent
   of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.


word: Radical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely
   saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain
   properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a
   single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.


word: Radicalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being radical; specifically,
   the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.


word: Radically
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root;
   fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.


word: Radicle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the
   cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward;
   the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.


word: Radio-
definition:
A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,
   a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm;
   as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal.


word: Radiograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive
   surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque
   objects traversed by the rays.


word: Radiolaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous
   skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia
   project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See
   Polycystina.


word: Radiomicrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very sensitive modification or application of
   the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or
   temperature.


word: Radiophone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action
   of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the
   photophone.


word: Radish
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
   (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.


word: Radius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle
   to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.


word: Radius
wordtype: n.
definition:
The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium,
   corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of
   Artiodactyla.


word: Radius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as
   the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2.


word: Radius vector
definition:
A straight line (or the length of such line)
   connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round
   which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the
   successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See
   Coordinate, n.


word: Radius vector
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ideal straight line joining the center of an
   attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a
   line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its
   satellite.


word: Radix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the
   fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or
   base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal
   system of numeration.


word: Radula
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; --
   called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.


word: Raff
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly
   used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.


word: Raffia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from
   the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.


word: Raffle
wordtype: v.
definition:
A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares,
   the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance
   (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.


word: Rafflesia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living
   parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The
   flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species
   (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.


word: Raft
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like,
   fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the
   water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.


word: Raft
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed
   in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs
   navigation.


word: Scheelite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale
   yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.


word: Schema
wordtype: n.
definition:
An outline or image universally applicable to a general
   conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as,
   five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and
   succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.


word: Schematism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Particular form or disposition of a thing; an
   exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.


word: Scherzo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure,
   which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a
   symphony.


word: Schesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of
   one thing with regard to other things; habitude.


word: Schesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an
   adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against
   him.


word: Schiller
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain
   minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence
   of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of
   secondary origin.


word: Schilling
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth
   from about one and a half cents to about five cents.


word: Schism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent
   division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among
   people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce
   division in a church without justifiable cause.


word: Schismatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking
   of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or
   proposals.


word: Schismatic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who creates or takes part in schism; one who
   separates from an established church or religious communion on account
   of a difference of opinion.


word: Schist
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see
   Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates.
   The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting
   chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.


word: Schizo-
definition:
A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as,
   schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.


word: Schizognathous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from
   each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the
   gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.


word: Schizomycetes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called
   fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.


word: Schizonemertea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of nemerteans comprising those having a
   deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Schizopelmous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely
   separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.


word: Schizophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the
   classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that
   multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.


word: Schizopoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which
   each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite)
   for swimming.


word: Schlich
wordtype: n.
definition:
The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or
   tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.


word: Schoharie grit
definition:
The formation belonging to the middle of the three
   subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system;
   -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the
   Chart of Geology.


word: Scholar
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one
   under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a
   student.


word: Scholar
wordtype: n.
definition:
One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person;
   one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person
   of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.


word: Scholar
wordtype: n.
definition:
In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to
   the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its
   revenues.


word: Scholarly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities
   of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.


word: Scholarship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments
   in science or literature; erudition; learning.


word: Scholastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or
   schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic
   learning.


word: Scholastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the
   Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology;
   scholastic philosophy.


word: Scholasticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The method or subtilties of the schools of
   philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.


word: Scholium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment;
   specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by
   an early grammarian.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an
   institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for
   acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the
   prophets.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the
   instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a
   grammar school.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and
   theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were
   characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon
   instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a
   common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination
   in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.


word: School
wordtype: n.
definition:
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice,
   sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a
   gentleman of the old school.


word: Schoolship
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in
   which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the
   state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a
   reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be
   disciplined, and instructed as mariners.


word: Schooner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts
   and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or
   both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer
   vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since
   that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged,
   are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated
   three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in
   Appendix.


word: Schottische
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the
   polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be
   confounded with the Ecossaise.


word: Schreibersite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It
   contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric
   iron.


word: Schwenkfeldian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von
   Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially
   on the deification of the body of Christ.


word: Sciaenoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine
   fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.


word: Sciagraph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old term for a vertical section of a building; --
   called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.


word: Sciatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or
   affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic
   pains.


word: Sciatica
wordtype: n.
definition:
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection
   characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the
   thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of
   the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various
   painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic
   passion, under Ischiadic.


word: Science
wordtype: n.
definition:
Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been
   systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general
   truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made
   available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive,
   profound, or philosophical knowledge.


word: Science
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical
   world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of
   matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called
   also natural science, and physical science.


word: Science
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any branch or department of systematized knowledge
   considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as,
   the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.


word: Scientific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as,
   scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.


word: Scientific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles
   of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement
   of fossils.


word: Scientific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a knowledge of science, or of a science;
   evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a
   scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.


word: Scillitin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the
   squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of
   several substances.


word: Scimitar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
   convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.


word: Scincoidian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family
   Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body
   and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are
   margined. See Illust. under Skink.


word: Scioptic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming
   images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.


word: Scioptics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of exhibiting luminous images,
   especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by
   arrangements of lenses or mirrors.


word: Scire facias
definition:
A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and
   requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party
   bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the
   case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should
   not be annulled or vacated.


word: Scirrhous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus;
   indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease.


word: Scirrhus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray
   or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.


word: Scissel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks
   have been cut for the purpose of coinage.


word: Scissors
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller,
   consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the
   center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of
   scissors.


word: Scissorstail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the
   Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It
   is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red
   at the base of the crown feathers.


word: Scitamineous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
   (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian
   shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.


word: Sciuroid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of
   branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.


word: Sciuromorpha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and
   allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.


word: Sclerenchyma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with
   thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a
   pear. See Sclerotic.


word: Sclerobase
wordtype: n.
definition:
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central
   stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot
   secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.


word: Scleroderm
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi)
   having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and
   the trunkfish.


word: Sclerosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
   induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial
   connective tissue.


word: Sclerotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy
   to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and
   sometimes bony.


word: Sclerotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
   ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.


word: Scoff
wordtype: n.
definition:
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt
   by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.


word: Rudiment
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle
   which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.


word: Rudiment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, an element or first principle of any art or
   science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.


word: Rudimentary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first
   principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.


word: Rudistes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks
   characteristic of the Cretaceous period; -- called also Rudista. See
   Illust. under Hippurite.


word: Rudolphine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical
   tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho
   Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.


word: Rue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a
   strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in
   medicine.


word: Ruff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn
   formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.


word: Ruff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, /
   Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the
   breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in
   their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face.
   They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding
   season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.


word: Ruffe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); --
   called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch.


word: Ruffian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow
   ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.


word: Ruffle
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of
   lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or
   in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.


word: Ruffle
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
   agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.


word: Ruffle
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
The connected series of large egg capsules, or
   oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods
   of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.


word: Rufigallic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is
   obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and
   is related to rufiopin and anthracene.


word: Rufol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white
   crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff
   related to anthraquinone.


word: Rug
wordtype: a.
definition:
A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used
   for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare
   floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion
   of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.


word: Rugged
wordtype: n.
definition:
Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or
   irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged
   mountain; a rugged road.


word: Rugosa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous
   species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the
   Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in
   multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.


word: Rugose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the
   veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of
   the sage and horehound.


word: Ruin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats
   its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin
   of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the
   ruin of health or hopes.


word: Ruin
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or
   decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains
   of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the
   like.


word: Ruin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
   worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.


word: Ruin
wordtype: n.
definition:
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
   make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or
   bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct
   or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an
   authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as,
   the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of
   etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or
   condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many
   exeptions.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order
   made between parties to an action or a suit.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation
   and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube
   root.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
A general principle concerning the formation or use of words,
   or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s
   or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of
   that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the
   rule.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as
   a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood,
   ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches
   and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded
   compactly.


word: Rule
wordtype: a.
definition:
A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as
   the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same
   page, or in tabular work.


word: Rule
wordtype: n.
definition:
To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or
   dominion over; to govern; to manage.


word: Rule
wordtype: n.
definition:
To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to
   guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.


word: Rule
wordtype: n.
definition:
To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by
   universal or general consent, or by common practice.


word: Rule
wordtype: n.
definition:
To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a
   rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other
   contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of
   a blank book.


word: Rule
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in
   general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day
   before.


word: Ruler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a
   smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf.
   Rule, n., 7 (a).


word: Rum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or
   from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or
   from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used
   colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.


word: Rumble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy
   wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the
   rumble of a railroad train.


word: Rumble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed
   or polished by friction against each other.


word: Rumicin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow
   dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.


word: Ruminant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has
   been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.


word: Ruminantia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs.
   This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat
   cattle, and allies.


word: Ruminated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels
   filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North
   American papaw.


word: Rumination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has
   been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.


word: Rummage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also,
   the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages
   incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.


word: Rummage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move
   about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow
   closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.


word: Rummage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every
   corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine,
   as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.


word: Rummager
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge
   of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager.


word: Rumor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A current story passing from one person to another, without
   any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.


word: Rump
wordtype: n.
definition:
Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the
   aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.


word: Rumple
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To make uneven; to form into irregular
   inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a
   cravat.


word: Rumseller
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating
   liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly,
   smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate.
   Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon,
   etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse,
   a dog.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to
   become a candidate; as, to run for Congress.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a
   certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil
   practices; to run in debt.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as,
   rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means;
   to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to
   Chicago.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To extend; to reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to
   New York; the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the
   stage runs between the hotel and the station.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as,
   this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force,
   effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain
   covenants run with the land.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To be played on the stage a number of successive days or
   nights; as, the piece ran for six months.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or
   sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which
   each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for
   an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.


word: Run
wordtype: a.
definition:
To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant
   in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished
   from walking in athletic competition.


word: Run
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as,
   to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through
   a block.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or
   through the body; to run a nail into the foot.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to
   smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for
   office; as, to run some one for Congress.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the
   risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be
   bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water.


word: Run
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material
   in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the
   needle at the same time.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation,
   or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first
   run of sap in a maple orchard.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course
   or series; as, a run of good or bad luck.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to
   have a run of a hundred successive nights.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank
   or treasury for payment of its notes.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried,
   either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the
   formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance
   takes.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed
   upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said
   of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or
   ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.


word: Run
wordtype: n.
definition:
In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player,
   which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket
   to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three
   runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.


word: Rundlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain
   from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.


word: Rune
wordtype: n.
definition:
A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of
   the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to
   the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.


word: Rung
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a
   steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.


word: Runic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen;
   as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.


word: Runner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or
   end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common
   cinquefoil.


word: Runner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also
   the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.


word: Runner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal
   flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left
   in such a channel.


word: Runner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West
   Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name
   alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.


word: Running
wordtype: a.
definition:
Successive; one following the other without break or
   intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days
   running; to sow land two years running.


word: Running
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which
   flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first
   running of a still.


word: Runt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others
   of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.


word: Rupert's drop
definition:
A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by
   dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into
   fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so
   called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were
   first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.


word: Rupia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with
   inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which
   dries up, forming a blackish crust.


word: Rupture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of
   being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a
   vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.


word: Rupture
wordtype: n.
definition:
Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
   hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations;
   as, the parties came to a rupture.


word: Rural
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
   city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the
   country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.


word: Rurales
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small
   butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.


word: Rush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous
   plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.


word: Rush
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous
   rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a
   precipice.


word: Rush
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or
   without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or
   speculation.


word: Rush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a
   violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush
   of water.


word: Rush-bearing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a
   church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.


word: Rusine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which
   includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India.


word: Rusk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often
   toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.


word: Rusk
wordtype: n.
definition:
Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and
   afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.


word: Russet
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray;
   of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but
   unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and
   yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.


word: Rust
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to
   moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by
   extension, any metallic film of corrosion.


word: Rust
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the
   leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera),
   now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew
   (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn
   mildew, the spores are double and blackish.


word: Rust
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;
   also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.


word: Rustic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or
   manners; an artless, unaffected person.


word: Rusticate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To require or compel to reside in the country; to
   banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.


word: Rustication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of rusticating, or the state of being
   rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense,
   by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.


word: Rustle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the
   rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.


word: Rustle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those
   made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a
   rustling.


word: Rustler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bovine animal that can care for itself in any
   circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.


word: Rut
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other
   mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.


word: Rut
wordtype: n.
definition:
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a
   groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.


word: Rut
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past
   participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.


word: Ruta-baga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid
   yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.


word: Rutaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae)
   of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange,
   lemon, dittany, and buchu.


word: Ruthenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically,
   designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as
   contrasted with ruthenious compounds.


word: Ruthenious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically,
   designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as
   contrasted with ruthenic compounds.


word: Ruthenium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element of the light platinum group, found
   associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle
   steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight
   103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.


word: Rutile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant
   metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In
   composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.


word: Rutilian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila
   and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota
   punctata).


word: Rutin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin
   is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants,
   and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields
   quercitin on decomposition.


word: Rye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale),
   closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a
   large portion of the breadstuff used by man.


word: Rynd
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by
   which the stone is supported on the spindle.


word: Rytina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong
   and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also
   Steller's sea cow.
   S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and
   is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has
   two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a
   vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it
   sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It
   generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the
   middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a
   few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms
   the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.


word: -s
definition:
The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of
   English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.


word: -s
definition:
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally
   the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.


word: Sabadilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale);
   also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly
   used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.


word: Sabbat
wordtype: n.
definition:
In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which
   demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.


word: Sabbatarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week
   as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the
   Decalogue.


word: Sabbath
wordtype: n.
definition:
A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for
   rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in
   the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a
   transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the
   week, which is called also Lord's Day.


word: Sabbatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the
   Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.


word: Sabbaton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a
   part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.


word: Sabellian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the
   third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the
   Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers,
   operations, or offices of the one God the Father.


word: Sabre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and
   usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.


word: Sabianism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that
   species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and
   stars; heliolatry.


word: Sable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela
   zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and
   America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.


word: Sabot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France,
   Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.


word: Sabot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag
   and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a
   piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the
   rifling.


word: Sac
wordtype: n.
definition:
The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of
   holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.


word: Sac
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and
   either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.


word: Saccade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching
   the reins on a sudden and with one pull.


word: Saccate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores
   having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.


word: Saccharate
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any
   similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium,
   or lead; a sucrate.


word: Saccharic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine
   substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white
   amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose,
   etc.


word: Saccharimeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of
   saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers'
   and distillers' worts.


word: Meteorology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the atmosphere and its
   phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its
   winds, storms, etc.


word: Meteoromancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by
   thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.


word: Meteorometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus which transmits automatically to a
   central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer,
   barometer, thermometer, etc.


word: Meteoroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the position, length, and
   direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.


word: Metre
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses,
   stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number,
   quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any
   specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic
   meter.


word: Metre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the
   standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and
   measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth
   part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained
   by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under
   Metric.


word: Metergram
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in
   raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.


word: Methaemoglobin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stable crystalline compound obtained by the
   decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains.


word: Methal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in
   spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as
   an alcohol of the methane series.


word: Methenyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an
   essential residue of certain organic compounds.


word: Methionic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic)
   acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline
   substance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts.


word: Method
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
   anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages;
   a method of improving the mind.


word: Method
wordtype: n.
definition:
Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
   classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement
   peculiar to an individual.


word: Method
wordtype: n.
definition:
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural
   objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of
   Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.


word: Methodical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
   manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate
   practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a
   methodical treatise.


word: Methodist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected
   observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.


word: Methodist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small
   association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D.
   1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his
   brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness
   of members of the club in all religious duties.


word: Methodist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact
   observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or
   ridicule.


word: Methodize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to
   arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or
   thoughts.


word: Methol
wordtype: n.
definition:
The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also,
   by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the
   methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol,
   under Methyl.


word: Methyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded
   as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part
   of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine,
   etc.


word: Methylal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a
   complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by
   the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.


word: Methylate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl
   hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as,
   sodium methylate, CH3ONa.


word: Methylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state,
   but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain
   derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly
   called also methene.


word: Methylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl;
   specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl.


word: Methysticin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from
   the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the
   South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.


word: Metonymy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trope in which one word is put for another that
   suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good
   provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart,
   that is, warm affections.


word: Metope
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which,
   among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of
   Entablature.


word: Metoposcopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the
   character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.


word: Metosteon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of
   birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.


word: Metric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement;
   of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter
   is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.


word: Metrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter;
   consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.


word: Metrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot,
   yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric
   system.


word: Metrograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording
   its speed and the number and duration of its stops.


word: Metronome
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a
   sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure
   time in music.


word: Metronymic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female
   ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic
   appellation.


word: Metropolitan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or
   the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his
   dignity; as, metropolitan authority.


word: Metropolitan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is
   intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.


word: Metropolitical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a
   metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair.


word: Metrosideros
wordtype: n.
definition:
A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in
   Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood.
   Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.


word: -metry
definition:
A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring;
   as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.


word: Mettle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as
   regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually
   in a good sense.


word: Mew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called
   also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.


word: Mew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls;
   hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the
   latter sense usually in the plural.


word: Mew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in
   the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on
   the site of the king's mews for hawks.


word: Mexicanize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country,
   esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.


word: Mezuzoth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached
   to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.


word: Mezzanine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A partial story which is not on the same level with the
   story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the
   floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.


word: Mezzo-soprano
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a medium compass between the soprano and
   contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.


word: Mezzotint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon
   a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in
   places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite
   light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.


word: Mi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e.,
   to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in
   the American system.


word: Miargyrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile,
   consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.


word: Miasma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made
   noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia;
   malaria.


word: Mica
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
   perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves,
   more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in
   color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent
   forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly
   called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.


word: Micaceo-calcareous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of,
   mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of
   lime.


word: Micella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a
   structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution
   without change in chemical nature.


word: Michaelmas
wordtype: n.
definition:
The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival,
   celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.


word: Mico
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the
   marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.


word: Micraster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding
   in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral
   furrows.


word: Microbion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to
   bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl
   cholera.


word: Micro-chemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The application of chemical tests to minute
   objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy;
   -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.


word: Microcline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or
   common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.


word: Micrococcus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small
   globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or
   chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like
   dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust.
   of Ascoccus.


word: Microcosm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called
   by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe
   or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.


word: Microcrith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the
   hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of
   the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See
   Crith.


word: Microcrystalline
wordtype: a.
definition:
Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale;
   consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics
   is microcrystalline.


word: Microcyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are
   much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly
   noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.


word: Micro-geology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of geology relating to structure and
   organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.


word: Microlepidoptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast
   number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.


word: Microlite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific
   gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral
   crystals usually very minute.


word: Microlite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals
   or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.


word: Micromere
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from
   the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.


word: Micrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for
   measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which
   subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the
   image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.


word: Micronesian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective
   designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean,
   embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines,
   etc.


word: Micronesians
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands.
   They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and
   Papuans.


word: Microorganism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly
   applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to
   cause infectious diseases.


word: Microphone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for intensifying and making audible very
   feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in
   an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact
   resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors,
   under the action of acoustic vibrations.


word: Microphonics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the means of increasing
   the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.


word: Microphotograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An enlarged representation of a microscopic
   object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image
   of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of
   lenses.


word: Microphthalmy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the
   result of disease or of imperfect development.


word: Microphyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae,
   such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.


word: Micropyle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by
   which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa
   permitted.


word: Microscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or
   combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which
   is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.


word: Microscopical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy;
   made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.


word: Microseme
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the orbital index relatively small; having the
   orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.


word: Microspectroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a
   microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute
   portions of any substance.


word: Microspore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain
   flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of
   spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.


word: Microsthene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of mammals having a small size as a
   typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the
   Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.


word: Microzyme
wordtype: n.
definition:
A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment
   in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a
   pathogenic bacterial organism.


word: Micturition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent
   passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.


word: Mid
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain
   part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high
   and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), /
   (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.


word: Midas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including
   numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.


word: Midas's ear
definition:
A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, / Ellobium, aurismidae);
   -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.


word: Midden
wordtype: n.
definition:
An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place;
   especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other
   refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric
   tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places.
   See Kitchen middens.


word: Middle
wordtype: a.
definition:
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of
   things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a
   middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle
   age.


word: Middle
wordtype: a.
definition:
The point or part equally distant from the extremities or
   exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening
   point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central
   portion


word: Middleman
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between;
   any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who
   takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in
   small portions to the peasantry.


word: Middling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally
   distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.


word: Middlings
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat
   the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in
   bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after
   separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour.
   Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.


word: Middlings
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
In the southern and western parts of the United
   States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon;
   -- called also middles.


word: Midge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the
   Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvae are
   usually aquatic.


word: Midge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United
   States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.


word: Midgut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach,
   or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.


word: Midland
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or
   seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants.


word: Midshipman
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war,
   whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between
   the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and
   render other services as required.


word: Midshipman
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the English naval service, the second rank attained
   by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having
   served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination,
   he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.


word: Midshipman
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers
   in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting
   promotion to the rank of ensign.


word: Midst
wordtype: n.
definition:
The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used
   chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.


word: Midst
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or
   beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in
   the midst of secular affairs.


word: Might
wordtype: v.
definition:
Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy
   or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to
   effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.


word: Mightiness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a
   title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.


word: Mighty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of
   size, character, importance, consequences, etc.


word: Mignonette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with
   orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa
   it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.


word: Migrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To remove from one country or region to another, with a
   view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as,
   the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.


word: Migrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass periodically from one region or climate to
   another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and
   quadrupeds.


word: Mild
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence,
   moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe,
   irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and
   things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild
   medicine; a mild insanity.


word: Mildew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of
   different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


word: Mile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
   and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.


word: Mileage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of
   lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company,
   etc.


word: Milepost
wordtype: n.
definition:
A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate
   spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.


word: Milesian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are
   said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the
   descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.


word: Milfoil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white
   flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.


word: Miliaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated,
   red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.


word: Militarism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military state or condition; reliance on military
   force in administering government; a military system.


word: Military
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war;
   belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a
   military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military
   conduct; military renown.


word: Militia
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation,
   including both those engaged in military service as a business, and
   those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body
   of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not
   subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.


word: Milk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female
   mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute
   globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar,
   and inorganic salts.


word: Milk
wordtype: n.
definition:
An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds,
   produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.


word: Milk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the
   hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.


word: Milk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk;
   as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.


word: Milk vetch
definition:
A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and
   Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.


word: Milkweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding
   in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down;
   silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky
   juice, as to several kinds of spurge.


word: Milkwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common
   European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow
   of milk in nurses.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A money of account of the United States, having the value of
   the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as
   grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented
   surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from
   vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a
   grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common name for various machines which produce a
   manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the
   continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping
   mill, etc.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which
   the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a
   powder mill; a rolling mill.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for
   imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine;
   specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.


word: Mill
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine
   grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw
   head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin.


word: Mill-cake
wordtype: n.
definition:
The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of
   a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of
   granulation.


word: Milldam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the
   water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.


word: Millefiore glass
definition:
Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused
   together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and
   other small articles.


word: Millennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand
   years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness.


word: Millennialist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes that Christ will reign personally
   on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the
   universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period.


word: Millennium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thousand years; especially, the thousand years
   mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of
   Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the
   world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on
   earth in person with his saints.


word: Millepore
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface
   nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.
   The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.


word: Miller
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the
   wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's
   clothes. Called also moth miller.


word: Millerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849),
   who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ
   were at hand.


word: Millerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
   capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; --
   sometimes called hair pyrites.


word: Millet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an
   abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and
   Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.


word: Milligramme
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the
   thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of
   water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.


word: Millilitre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing
   the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal
   to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid
   ounce.


word: Millimetre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the
   thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.


word: Milliner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles
   of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.


word: Milliner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in
   hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.


word: Millinery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses,
   hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.


word: Milling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or employment of grinding or passing through a
   mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or
   intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of
   various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill.


word: Million
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand
   thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred.


word: Millionaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs,
   dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or
   more.


word: Millionary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions;
   as, the millionary chronology of the pundits.


word: Millionth
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being the last one of a million of units or objects
   counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession;
   being one of a million.


word: Milreis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury
   department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a
   Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.


word: Mime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of drama in which real persons and events were
   generally represented in a ridiculous manner.


word: Mimetical
definition:
Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and
   plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.


word: Mimical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; --
   applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher
   grade of symmetry.


word: Mimic
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a
   totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of
   protection or advantage.


word: Mimicry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain
   animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the
   natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves
   as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis;
   mimetism.


word: Mimosa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and
   including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).


word: Mina
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value.
   The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.


word: Minaret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded
   by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is
   cried by the muezzin.


word: Mince
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to
   palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip,
   as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.


word: Mince-meat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of
   boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and
   raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.


word: Mind
wordtype: v.
definition:
The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the
   understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or
   reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in
   distinction from the body.


word: Mind
wordtype: v.
definition:
The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking,
   willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a)
   Opinion; judgment; belief.


word: Mind
wordtype: v.
definition:
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in
   mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.


word: Mind
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to
   treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.


word: Minder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a
   machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.


word: Mine
wordtype: pron. & a.
definition:
Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my.
   Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is
   mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used
   attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals,
   coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for
   minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to
   overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or
   lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or
   foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to
   ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
   ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by
   digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for
   architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other
   work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some
   explosive agent.


word: Mine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
   digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.


word: Miner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the
   business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth;
   one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.


word: Miner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate
   galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and
   dipterous flies.


word: Mineral
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature,
   having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct
   crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are
   either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.


word: Mineral
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in
   the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal,
   vegetable, and mineral).


word: Mineralization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral
   by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of
   converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.


word: Mineralizer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An element which is combined with a metal, thus
   forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer;
   in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.


word: Mineralogy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how
   to describe, distinguish, and classify them.


word: Minerva
wordtype: n.
definition:
The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences,
   of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian
   Pallas Athene.


word: Mingle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual
   or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in
   the product; to confuse; to confound.


word: Mingle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To associate or unite in society or by ties of
   relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.


word: Miniate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to
   decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a
   manuscript.


word: Miniature
wordtype: v.
definition:
Originally, a painting in colors such as those in
   mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting,
   especially a portrait.


word: Minie ball
definition:
A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged
   with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven
   farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the
   barrel.


word: Minim
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars
   founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.


word: Minim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note,
   equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.


word: Minimum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in
   a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to
   maximum.


word: Minister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of
   inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.


word: Minister
wordtype: n.
definition:
One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a
   government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some
   department of such affairs.


word: Minister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representative of a government, sent to the court, or
   seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic
   business.


word: Minister
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal
   duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach
   the gospel and administer the sacraments.


word: Minister
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend
   and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.


word: Ministerial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the
   ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.


word: Ministry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant,
   or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or
   profession.


word: Minium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of
   lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and
   continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in
   the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.


word: Miniver
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It
   is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different
   animals.


word: Mink
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the
   weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American
   mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly
   valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.


word: Minnesinger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German
   poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth
   to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble
   birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.


word: Minnow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus
   laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the
   young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also
   applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus,
   Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.


word: Minnow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the
   genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt
   water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.


word: Mino bird
definition:
An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings.
   It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow
   wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.


word: Minor
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;
   of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.


word: Minor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which
   full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United
   States, one under twenty-one years of age.


word: Minor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion;
   also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor
   term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the
   second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every
   act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by
   gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from
   another by gaming partakes of meanness.


word: Minos
wordtype: n.
definition:
A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of
   Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower
   Regions.


word: Minotaur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the
   labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.


word: Minster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and
   applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as
   Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used
   for any large church.


word: Minstrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted
   by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment
   of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a
   singer and harper; a musician.


word: Mint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
   genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See
   Mentha.


word: Minuet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so
   called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the
   dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.


word: Minute
wordtype: n.
definition:
The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of
   anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a
   conversation or debate.


word: Minute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attentive to small things; paying attention to details;
   critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute
   observation.


word: Minute-jack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some
   fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.


word: Minuteman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's
   notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.


word: Miohippus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely
   related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on
   each foot.


word: Miracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the
   established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the
   known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the
   ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.


word: Miraculous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural
   power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by
   natural causes.


word: Mirage
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more
   frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface
   common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is
   seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or
   may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye,
   the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen
   reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is
   seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are
   species of mirage.


word: Mirror
wordtype: n.
definition:
A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished
   substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.


word: Mirror
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which gives a true representation, or in which a true
   image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.


word: Mirza
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname
   of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.


word: Mis-
definition:
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
   amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief,
   miscreant.


word: Misalliance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social
   station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.


word: Saccharimetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process or method of determining the amount
   and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially
   by the employment of polarizing apparatus.


word: Saccharin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the
   saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so
   called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar
   (saccharose).


word: Saccharine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of
   sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine
   matter.


word: Saccharinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin;
   specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state
   but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and
   levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.


word: Saccharoidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance,
   consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.


word: Saccharomyces
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of budding fungi, the various species of
   which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up
   sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in
   producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is
   the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.


word: Saccharone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the
   oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic
   acid.


word: Saccharonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone;
   specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from
   saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.


word: Saccharose
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the
   group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.


word: Sacchulmic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as
   a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose
   with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.


word: Sacerdotal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of
   priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity;
   sacerdotal functions.


word: Sacerdotalism
wordtype: m.
definition:
The system, style, spirit, or character, of a
   priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the
   sacerdotal order.


word: Sachet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among
   handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.


word: Sack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a
   receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather,
   and the like; a large pouch.


word: Sack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and
   the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of
   wheat, two bushels.


word: Sack
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a
   cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the
   gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing
   sack.


word: Sack
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and
   plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.


word: Sackbut
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived
   that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required;
   -- said to be the same as the trombone.


word: Sackcloth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse
   cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress,
   mortification, or penitence.


word: Sack-winged
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge
   of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.


word: Sacrament
wordtype: n.
definition:
The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a
   sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an
   oath.


word: Sacrament
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by
   Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his
   followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.


word: Sacramental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of
   the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as,
   sacramental rites or elements.


word: Sacramentalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who holds the doctrine of the real objective
   presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist.


word: Sacramentarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given in the sixteenth century to those
   German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine
   of the holy eucharist.


word: Sacramentary
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written
   by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory,
   in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the
   dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient
   books of the same kind in France and Germany.


word: Sacred
wordtype: a.
definition:
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a
   good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not
   profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.


word: Sacred
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not
   secular; religious; as, sacred history.


word: Sacred
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the
   highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled
   to extreme reverence; venerable.


word: Sacrifice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a
   divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an
   altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving,
   atonement, or conciliation.


word: Sacrifice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
   something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher
   object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so
   devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of
   pleasure to interest.


word: Sacrifice
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a
   divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token
   acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in
   order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness;
   as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.


word: Sacrifice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for
   the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or
   more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.


word: Sacrilege
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred
   things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been
   appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.


word: Sacrist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to
   copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.


word: Sacristan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer of the church who has the care of the
   utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.


word: Sacro-
definition:
A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to,
   the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.


word: Sacrosciatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as,
   the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which
   connect the sacrum and the hip bone.


word: Sacrovertebral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the
   vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral
   angle.


word: Sacrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the vertebral column which is directly
   connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.


word: Sacs
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes,
   formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin.


word: Saddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to
   span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the
   rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a
   seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.


word: Saddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back,
   being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to
   keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.


word: Saddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an
   animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison,
   etc.


word: Saddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a
   convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.


word: Saddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the
   floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint
   between two floors.


word: Saddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to
   encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and
   highways.


word: Saddleback
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which
   has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.


word: Saddlebags
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a
   band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles,
   one bag hanging on each side.


word: Saddlery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the
   articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.


word: Sadducee
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the
   resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.


word: Sadr
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the
   Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).


word: Safe
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or
   unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as,
   safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.


word: Safe
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
   danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a
   safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.


word: Safe
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure
   care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.


word: Safe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of
   steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money,
   valuable papers, or the like.


word: Safe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing
   provisions from noxious animals or insects.


word: Safeness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard,
   danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an
   experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.


word: Safety
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
   or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.


word: Safety
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
   liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of
   making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust,
   insuring against harm or loss, etc.


word: Safflower
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the
   flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard,
   or false, saffron.


word: Saffron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue
   flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.


word: Saffron
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of
   the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in
   coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much
   used in medicine.


word: Saffron
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep
   orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.


word: Safranin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly
   used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also
   Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.


word: Safranin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro
   compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.


word: Safranine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially
   by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and
   wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the
   type.


word: Sag
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied
   pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable
   supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room
   sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as,
   a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.


word: Sag
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to
   flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of
   care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.


word: Saga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among
   the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical
   or religious tale of olden time.


word: Sagacious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
   penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing;
   far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious
   remark.


word: Sagacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of
   sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with
   soundness of judgment; shrewdness.


word: Sagamore
wordtype: n.
definition:
The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief;
   -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters
   distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first
   rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.


word: Sagapenum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It
   has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with.


word: Sage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
   grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is
   often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated
   for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.


word: Sage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man
   venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave
   philosopher.


word: Sagebrush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the
   order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of
   the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.


word: Sagenitic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when
   containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile,
   also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.


word: Sagger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is
   inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.


word: Sagging
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in
   consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in
   the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.


word: Sagitta
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also,
   the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an
   arrow resting on the bow and string.


word: Sagitta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having
   lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the
   type of the class Chaetognatha.


word: Sagittal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of
   the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on
   the inner surface of the roof of the skull.


word: Sagittarius
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the
   sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.


word: Sagittocyst
wordtype: n.
definition:
A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure
   which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.


word: Sago
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
   used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also,
   as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the
   stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from
   the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas
   revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).


word: Saiga
wordtype: n.
definition:
An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of
   Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and
   tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.


word: Sail
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
   wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the
   water.


word: Sail
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon
   sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the
   action of steam or other power.


word: Omen
wordtype: n.
definition:
An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,
   some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing;
   a foreboding; a presage; an augury.


word: Omen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have
   omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill
   of an enterprise.


word: Omentum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect
   viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.


word: Ominous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or
   exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
   favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding
   or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.


word: Ommatidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of
   crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.


word: Omnibus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many
   people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in
   conveying passengers short distances.


word: Omnipotent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in
   ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds
   must be omnipotent.


word: Omniscient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having universal knowledge; knowing all things;
   infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.


word: Omnivora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the
   hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to
   certain passerine birds.


word: Omnivorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as,
   omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food.


word: Omo-
definition:
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
   or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.


word: Omosternum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The anterior element of the sternum which projects
   forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually
   tipped with cartilage.


word: Omphalode
wordtype: n.
definition:
The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which
   the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called
   also omphalodium.


word: Omphalomesenteric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery;
   omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a
   fetus.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
The general signification of on is situation, motion, or
   condition with respect to contact or support beneath


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a
   thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the
   surface; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a
   house on an island.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion
   of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; as, rain
   falls on the earth.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface,
   upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to
   play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's
   feelings; to make an impression on the mind.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or
   position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the
   American coast.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or
   succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on mischief; loss
   on loss; thought on thought.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as,
   to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the
   ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain
   conditions; to bet on a horse.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive;
   as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform.
   Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on the ratification of the
   treaty, the armies were disbanded.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or
   engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or
   promised on his word, or on his honor.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or
   coming to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all the blame; a
   curse on him.


word: On
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Adhering; not off; as in the phrase, "He is neither on nor
   off," that is, he is not steady, he is irresolute.


word: Onager
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones
   from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.


word: Onagrarieous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of
   plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the
   willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera).


word: Onappo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nocturnal South American monkey (Callithrix discolor),
   noted for its agility; -- called also ventriloquist monkey.


word: Once
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if
   ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched.


word: Oncidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of
   one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly.


word: Oncometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the variations in size of
   the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.


word: -one
definition:
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it
   appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.


word: -one
definition:
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of
   which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or
   the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.


word: One
wordtype: a.
definition:
Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of
   indefinitely; a certain. "I am the sister of one Claudio" [Shak.], that
   is, of a certain man named Claudio.


word: One
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or
   person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative
   adjective, with or without the.


word: One
wordtype: indef. pron.
definition:
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what
   one would have well done, one should do one's self.


word: Oneidas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near
   Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five
   Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and
   Wisconsin.


word: One-sided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence,
   limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or
   statement.


word: Onion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a
   strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root,
   much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other
   species of the genus.


word: Only
wordtype: a.
definition:
Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of
   the same class or kind; as, an only child.


word: Only
wordtype: conj.
definition:
Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically
   with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or
   consideration.


word: Onocerin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the
   root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.


word: Onomasticon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of names and terms; a dictionary;
   specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by
   Julius Pollux about A.D.180.


word: Onomatopoeia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a
   figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound
   of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss
   of a goose; the crackle of fire.


word: Onomatopoetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by
   onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.


word: Onondagas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a
   part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of
   the Five Nations.


word: Onset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a
   storming; especially, the assault of an army.


word: Ontogeny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The history of the individual development of an organism;
   the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an
   individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of
   the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.


word: Ontology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That department of the science of metaphysics which
   investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and
   relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of
   being.


word: Onward
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
   contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress,
   etc.


word: Onychia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration
   at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the
   nail.


word: Onyx
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color.
   It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with
   the next as a ground.


word: Oo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It
   yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal
   robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.


word: Ooecium
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined
   to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa.


word: Oogonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing
   oospheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieae and
   Peronosporeae.


word: Oolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains,
   resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds,
   as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Oophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous
   plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and
   archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the
   sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless
   number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is
   the leafy plant.


word: Oophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division
   (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual
   reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres,
   either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion.


word: Oorial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It
   is reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest.


word: Ootheca
wordtype: n.
definition:
An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks,
   and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.


word: Ootype
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which
   the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.


word: Ooze
wordtype: n.
definition:
To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores
   of a substance or through small openings.


word: Opacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which
   renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency;
   opaqueness.


word: Opah
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the
   Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are
   red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round
   silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings.


word: Opal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to
   quartz in hardness and specific gravity.


word: Opalescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the
   interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of
   being opalescent.


word: Opeidoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end
   open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the
   center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting
   upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the
   vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the
   tube, as by speaking or singing into it.


word: Opelet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, / Anthea,
   sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
   unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not
   locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door,
   window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open
   houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication
   or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private;
   public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or
   other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one;
   unprotected; exposed.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
   accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
   expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open
   prospect.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by
   sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; --
   applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of
   thought and feeling, etc.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to
   view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans;
   open shame or guilt.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
   water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild;
   -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open
   winter.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
   closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open
   question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for
   any purpose; to be open for an engagement.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating
   organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the
   a in say.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
   narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.


word: Open
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string
   of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate
   throughout its whole length.


word: Open
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
   to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to
   open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.


word: Open
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
   fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in
   court, or a meeting.


word: Openbill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so
   called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and
   tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak.
   See Illust. (m), under Beak.


word: Opening
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
   first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.


word: Openwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework,
   carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance;
   work that is perforated or pierced.


word: Opera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an
   essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of
   recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral
   accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate
   costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.


word: Operameter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument or machine for measuring work done,
   especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine
   or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter.


word: Operand
wordtype: n.
definition:
The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical
   operation is performed; -- called also faciend.


word: Operate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in
   the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate
   effect on the human system.


word: Operate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To perform some manual act upon a human body in a
   methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore
   soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.


word: Operation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect
   brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval
   operations.


word: Operation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something to be done; some transformation to be made
   upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or
   symbols.


word: Operation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with
   instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial
   effect, as in amputation, etc.


word: Operative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
   physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an
   operative motive.


word: Operative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing the appropriate or designed effect;
   efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.


word: Operculum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fold of integument, usually supported by bony
   plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians;
   the gill cover; the gill lid.


word: Operculum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lid closing the aperture of various species of
   shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.


word: Opetide
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein
   marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.]


word: Ophelic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called
   ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as
   a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic.


word: Ophicleide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the
   orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a
   compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and
   contrabass tubas.


word: Ophiomorpha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of tailless amphibians having a slender,
   wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales
   imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes
   the caecilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.


word: Ophiophagus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on
   other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most
   deadly of poisonous snakes.


word: Ophite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene
   has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called
   from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.


word: Ophiuchus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated
   as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.


word: Ophiuroidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a
   disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved
   beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and
   Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.


word: Ophthalmic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye;
   ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the
   trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose,
   and forehead.


word: Ophthalmometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring
   the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and
   lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.


word: Ophthalmoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye,
   particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror
   (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the
   aid of a lens.


word: Ophthalmoscopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge
   of a person's temper and character from the appearance of the eyes.


word: Opiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne;
   causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.


word: Opinicus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an
   eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.


word: Opinion
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on
   probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than
   positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of
   knowledge or action.


word: Opinion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge,
   an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to
   consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.


word: Opinionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that
   can be thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine.


word: Opinionated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's
   own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.


word: Opisthobranchiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which
   the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes
   the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.


word: Opisthocoelous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae
   in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior
   concave.


word: Opisthodome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or
   cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of
   its own, and often used as a treasury.


word: Opisthography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the
   back of a leaf or sheet already written upon on one side.


word: Opisthomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch
   attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull.


word: Opobalsamum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the
   Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See
   under Balm.


word: Opodeldoc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap
   in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils; soap
   liniment.


word: Opopanax
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
   Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose
   granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color,
   with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was
   formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.


word: Opossum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and
   Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys
   Virginiana.


word: Oppidan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's
   scholar, and who boards in a private family.


word: Oppilation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by
   redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines.


word: Opponency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of opening an academical disputation; the
   proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.


word: Opponent
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other
   verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or
   proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who
   maintains it.


word: Opportunism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of taking advantage of
   opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with
   little regard for ultimate consequences.


word: Opportunity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for
   executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable
   occasion; chance.


word: Oppose
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or
   countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.


word: Oppose
wordtype: n.
definition:
To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments,
   etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to
   oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.


word: Opposite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
   in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the
   Exchange.


word: Opposite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
   different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.


word: Opposite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Set over against each other, but separated by the whole
   diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.


word: Oppositifolious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated
   from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious
   peduncle.


word: Opposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the
   aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and
   parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.


word: Opposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
   another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it;
   especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude
   differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, /
   / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.


word: Opposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relation between two propositions when, having the
   same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or
   in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a
   different form.


word: Oppress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence,
   to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.


word: Oppress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
   body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food
   oppresses the stomach.


word: Oppression
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or
   mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an
   oppression of the lungs.


word: Oppressive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
   harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an
   oppressive game law.


word: Oppressor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on
   others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable
   severity.


word: Opsiometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts
   vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal
   length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight.


word: Optical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves
   (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina.
   See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.


word: Optics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of physical science which treats of the nature
   and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and
   transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.


word: Optigraph
wordtype: a.
definition:
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended
   vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane
   mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at
   the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.


word: Optime
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of those who stand in the second rank of honors,
   immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge,
   England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.


word: Optimism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being
   the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of
   things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.


word: Optimistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming,
   to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.


word: Option
wordtype: n.
definition:
A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any
   one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated
   or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; --
   annulled by Parliament in 1845.


word: Option
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time
   contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified
   limit.


word: Optional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an
   option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as,
   optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.


word: Optogram
wordtype: n.
definition:
An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the
   photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography.


word: Optography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The production of an optogram on the retina by the
   photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an
   image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or
   red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.


word: Optometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct
   vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses.


word: Opulent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich;
   affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen.


word: Oquassa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in
   some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.


word: -or
definition:
A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who
   hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to
   -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of
   English, origin. See -er.


word: Or
wordtype: conj.
definition:
A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or
   may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure,
   but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London
   or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions,
   presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or
   divinity, or he may enter into trade.


word: Ora
wordtype: n.
definition:
A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the
   Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.


word: Orache
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
   family, most of them with a mealy surface.


word: Oracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to
   an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an
   enterprise or battle.


word: Oracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by
   God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in
   the plural.


word: Oracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are
   regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.


word: Oracular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity,
   wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.


word: Oral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written;
   verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.


word: Orange
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It
   is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in
   number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is
   reddish yellow when ripe.


word: Orangeism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Attachment to the principles of the society of
   Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.


word: Orangeman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a secret society, organized in the north of
   Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the
   regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant
   religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so
   called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William III.
   of England.


word: Orangeroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis
   Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot,
   golden seal, etc.


word: Orang-outang
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which
   inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang.


word: Oration
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an
   important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a
   discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an
   anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an
   argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as,
   Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.


word: Orator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially,
   one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who
   is eloquent.


word: Orator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who is the voice of the university upon all
   public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a
   public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on
   whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like
   duties; -- called also public orator.


word: Oratorical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory;
   characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an
   oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay.


word: Oratorio
wordtype: n.
definition:
A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some
   Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music,
   in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an
   orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume,
   although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and
   Passion plays, which were acted.


word: Oratory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or
   small room set apart for private devotions.


word: Oratory
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an
   eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral
   discourse; eloquence.


word: Orb
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients
   to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in
   their revolutions.


word: Orb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described
   by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.


word: Orbation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or
   children; privation, in general; bereavement.


word: Orbiculate
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the
   vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.


word: Orbiculated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a
   circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.


word: Orbit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical
   revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth,
   of the moon.


word: Orbitelae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of spiders, including those that make
   geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.


word: Orbitolites
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin,
   circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.


word: Orbitosphenoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the
   orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of
   the sphenoid in the adult.


word: Orcein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, /, obtained from orcin,
   and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is
   closely related to litmus.


word: Orchard
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit
   trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears,
   cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and
   of sugar maple trees.


word: Orchestian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus
   Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach.


word: Orchestra
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space in a theater between the stage and the
   audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and
   its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and
   by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.


word: Orchestra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in
   a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.


word: Orchestra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of
   symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of
   operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and
   instrumental solos.


word: Orchestra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the
   various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper
   complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished
   from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from
   an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces,
   such as septets, octets, and the like.


word: Orchestra
wordtype: n.
definition:
The instruments employed by a full band, collectively;
   as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement
   of wind instruments.


word: Orchestration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arrangement of music for an orchestra;
   orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.


word: Orchidaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order
   (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the
   type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils
   united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals,
   all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often
   resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being
   unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected
   appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but
   several thousand in the tropics.


word: Orchis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate
   zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs
   growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's
   tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.


word: Orcin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is
   obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from
   extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene.
   It changes readily into orcein.


word: Ordain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or
   law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.


word: Ordain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to
   introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on
   of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.


word: Ordeal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by
   appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and
   still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
   succession or harmonious relation; method; system


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as,
   the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
   the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom;
   fashion.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
   general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a
   community or an assembly.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
   regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the
   senate.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
   direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a
   building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for
   blankets are large.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
   suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade;
   especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in
   the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or
   sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high
   order.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or
   rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of
   convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the
   Franciscan order.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
   bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the
   plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter
   some grade of the ministry.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of
   the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as
   the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical
   architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of genera having certain important characters
   in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a
   manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.


word: Order
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
   arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate;
   to dispose; to direct; to rule.


word: Orderly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
   quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly
   community.


word: Orderly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
   superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.


word: Ordinance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of
   action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an
   edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government;
   as, a municipal ordinance.


word: Ordinarily
wordtype: adv.
definition:
According to established rules or settled method; as
   a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than
   ordinarily severe.


word: Ordinary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by
   superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way;
   commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment;
   an ordinary book.


word: Ordinary
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters
   ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop,
   or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned
   criminals and assist in preparing them for death.


word: Ordinary
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is so common, or continued, as to be
   considered a settled establishment or institution.


word: Ordinary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared
   for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one
   where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hote; hence, also, the
   meal furnished at such a dining room.


word: Ordinary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten
   which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse,
   pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some
   authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See
   Subordinary.


word: Ordinate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line,
   measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel
   to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the
   corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.


word: Ordnance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars,
   and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and
   appliances used in war.


word: Ordovician
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian
   formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most
   authors, exclusive of the Cambrian.


word: Ore
wordtype: n.
definition:
The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as
   gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores
   contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called
   mineralizers).


word: Ore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it
   occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.


word: Oregon grape
definition:
An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium),
   of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.


word: Oreodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the
   Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related
   to the camel, hog, and deer.


word: Oreoselin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance which is obtained
   indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria
   Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition.


word: Oreosoma
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the
   large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.


word: Organ
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument or medium by which some important action is
   performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts,
   armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.


word: Organ
wordtype: n.
definition:
A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable
   of performing some special action (termed its function), which is
   essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs,
   etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
   of plants.


word: Organ
wordtype: n.
definition:
A component part performing an essential office in the
   working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc.,
   are organs of the steam engine.


word: Organ
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medium of communication between one person or body and
   another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication
   between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of
   its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.


word: Organ
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various
   dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and
   played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes
   by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being
   considired an organ.


word: Organic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to
   objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them;
   as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters
   peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic
   remains. Cf. Inorganic.


word: Organic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or
   pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a
   certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was
   not inculcated, but organic.


word: Organic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of
   substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital
   processes, and include many substances of artificial production which
   may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with
   inorganic.


word: Organically
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an organic manner; by means of organs or with
   reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally.


word: Organicism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which
   refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.


word: Organific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making an organic or organized structure; producing an
   organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs.


word: Organism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or
   animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are
   separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the
   individual.


word: Organizable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of
   being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.


word: Sleigh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting
   persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a
   sledge.


word: Sleight
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
   the manner of performance escapes observation.


word: Slender
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the
   height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.


word: Slepez
wordtype: n.
definition:
A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and
   Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute
   of eyes. Called also mole rat.


word: Sley
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a
   reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.


word: Slice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving
   fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.


word: Slice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel,
   or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various
   purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for
   cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice
   bar; a peel; a fire shovel.


word: Slice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are
   lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.


word: Slickensides
wordtype: n.
definition:
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces
   of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of
   one surface on another.


word: Slide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
   without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the
   mountain's side.


word: Slide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
   uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or
   on the feet.


word: Slide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
   onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through
   the water.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force
   of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs
   by sliding them down.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or
   delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon,
   or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a
   microscope.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or
   mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of
   bare rock left by a land slide.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by
   conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or
   below.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the
   sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones
   between the fundamental and its harmonics.


word: Slide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the
   vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.


word: Slight
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable;
   unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a
   great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a
   slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep)
   impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e.,
   not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the
   like.


word: Slight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice;
   to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.


word: Slight
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate
   degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.


word: Slightness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness;
   feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference;
   disregard.


word: Slim
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the
   height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.


word: Slimy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the
   nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with
   slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.


word: Sling
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles,
   consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or
   with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The
   missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are
   taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by
   loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.


word: Sling
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for
   suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or
   lowering.


word: Sling
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory
   to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread
   firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should
   slip.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out,
   off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if
   by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors
   slipped into the work.


word: Slip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or
   slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.


word: Slip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a
   horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion;
   hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from
   its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by
   relaxation of the hand.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck
   off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the
   galley.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration
   of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied
   parts.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a
   paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally,
   or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which
   she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also,
   the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of
   water produced by the propeller.


word: Slip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the
   batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip,
   and long slip.


word: Slipper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to
   receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and
   gib.


word: Slippery
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or
   causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the
   surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.


word: Slipshod
wordtype: a.
definition:
Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.;
   slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of
   writing.


word: Slit
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to
   slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.


word: Slit-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful,
   pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip.
   Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep
   water in tropical seas.


word: Sliver
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very
   small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.


word: Sliver
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a
   loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the
   roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.


word: Sloe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the
   blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.


word: Sloop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of
   a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical
   sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those
   of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually
   carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam
   rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated
   since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a
   centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.


word: Slop
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as
   upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.


word: Slop
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of
   the vessel containing it; -- often with over.


word: Slope
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from
   a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of
   one line or surface to another.


word: Slope
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting
   direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope
   the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.


word: Slope
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the
   plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.


word: Sloping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or
   from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.


word: Sloppy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something
   slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.


word: Slopwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing;
   also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.


word: Slot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for
   the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.


word: Sloth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of arboreal edentates
   constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They
   have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are
   furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail
   are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.


word: Slouch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp
   appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or
   hanging down, as of a hat brim.


word: Slouching
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without
   firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.


word: Slough
wordtype: n.
definition:
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part
   which separates from the living tissue in mortification.


word: Slough
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter
   from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a
   sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.


word: Sloven
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; --
   the correlative term to slattern, or slut.


word: Slow
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not
   swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow
   stream; a slow motion.


word: Slue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis,
   as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.


word: Slue
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide
   and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by
   round.


word: Slug
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks
   belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is
   either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They
   are closely allied to the land snails.


word: Slug
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like
   a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.


word: Slug
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as
   the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to
   separate display lines, etc.


word: Slug
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
   passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; --
   said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.


word: Slugworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a
   slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied
   genera, and those of certain sawflies.


word: Sluice
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or
   gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a
   water gate or flood gate.


word: Sluice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a
   sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.


word: Sluiceway
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial channel into which water is let by a
   sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so
   that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient
   place of delivery.


word: Slum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a
   poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low
   neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster
   slums are haunts for theives.


word: Slump
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
   surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc.,
   not strong enough to bear the person.


word: Slur
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect
   smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.


word: Slur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a
   stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.


word: Slur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung
   to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind
   instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.


word: Slur
wordtype: n.
definition:
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the
   sinkers successively by passing over them.


word: Slush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright
   parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are
   painted to be preserved from oxidation.


word: Slushy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or
   half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.


word: Sly
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice;
   nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.


word: Slype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the
   transept and chapter house of a monastery.


word: Smack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used
   chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.


word: Smack
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor;
   tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used
   figuratively.


word: Smack
wordtype: n.
definition:
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make
   a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.


word: Smack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by
   a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a
   noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or
   after tasting.


word: Small
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having little size, compared with other things of the
   same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or
   extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small
   man; a small river.


word: Small
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or
   importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a
   small business.


word: Smallage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native
   of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even
   poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.


word: Smallpox
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease
   characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption
   is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat,
   subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts
   which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.


word: Smallsword
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the
   sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.


word: Smalt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various
   arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined
   quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.


word: Smaltite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an
   arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.


word: Smart
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some
   part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these
   wounds smart.


word: Smart
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or
   grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.


word: Smart
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or
   reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.


word: Smartweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper),
   which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.


word: Smear
wordtype: n.
definition:
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive;
   to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.


word: Smear
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive
   substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.


word: Smeared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as,
   the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).


word: Smectite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color,
   which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost
   gelatinous.


word: Smell
wordtype: n.
definition:
To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to
   have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by
   the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to
   smell a rose; to smell perfumes.


word: Smell
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent;
   -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.


word: Smell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies
   are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See
   Sense.


word: Smell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation
   therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance;
   perfume; as, the smell of mint.


word: Smelt
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid
   fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to
   spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as
   food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.


word: Smelt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating
   and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
   scorify; as, to smelt tin.


word: Smew
wordtype: n.
definition:
small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white
   crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.


word: Smilax
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a
   prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of
   certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla.


word: Smilax
wordtype: n.
definition:
A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much
   used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.


word: Smile
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and
   kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.


word: Smile
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to
   excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.


word: Smile
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance;
   -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.


word: Smile
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of
   the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation,
   or kindness; -- opposed to frown.


word: Smile
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative
   of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn,
   etc; as, a scornful smile.


word: Sminthurid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of
   the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under
   Collembola.


word: Smite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with
   any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand;
   as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.


word: Smite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any
   kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or
   with an arrow or other instrument.


word: Smith
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as,
   a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.


word: Smithsonian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson,
   or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at
   Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian
   Reports.


word: Smithsonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in
   stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green,
   or brown color. See Note under Calamine.


word: Smoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or
   expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable
   matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.


word: Smoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a
   pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use
   tobacco in this manner.


word: Smoke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to
   cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to
   smoke beef or hams for preservation.


word: Phytolacca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having
   berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.


word: Phytolithology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The branch of science which treats of fossil
   plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.


word: Phyton
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the parts which by their repetition make up a
   flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or
   leaves; a phytomer.


word: Pi
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put into a mixed and disordered condition, as type; to
   mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form.


word: Piano
wordtype: a. & adv.
definition:
Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a
   certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev.
   p.)


word: Pianoforte
wordtype: a.
definition:
A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
   harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length,
   thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.


word: Piarist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the
   Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education,
   founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.


word: Piassava
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea
   funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for
   other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.


word: Piaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See
   Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of
   about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo,
   was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are
   now worth about four and a half cents.


word: Piazza
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open square in a European town, especially an Italian
   town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the
   United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.


word: Pibroch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the
   musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those
   airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go
   out to battle.


word: Pica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as
   chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.


word: Picador
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives
   the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without
   attempting to kill him.


word: Picamar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of
   beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of
   pyrogallol.


word: Picard
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so
   called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite.


word: Picaresque
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to that class of literature in which the
   principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a
   rogue, an adventurer.


word: Picariae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of birds which includes the
   woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots,
   rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also
   the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.


word: Piccadilly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band
   about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.


word: Piccolo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave
   higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.


word: Picea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere,
   including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces.
   These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily fall to pieces, in
   this and other respects differing from the firs.


word: Picene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon (C/H/) extracted from the pitchy residue of
   coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.


word: Pichiciago
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, burrowing, South American edentate
   (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is
   attached only along the back.


word: Pichurim bean
definition:
The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra
   Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras,
   -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut.


word: Piciformes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of birds including the woodpeckers,
   toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related
   groups.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with
   anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
   prick, as with a pin.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as,
   to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck;
   to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from
   a fowl, etc.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the
   fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to
   pick a goose; to pick a pocket.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to
   cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.


word: Pick
wordtype: v.
definition:
To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect;
   to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a
   ball or stones; to pick up information.


word: Pick
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to
   small things; to select something with care.


word: Pick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends,
   wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by
   quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing
   millstones.


word: Pick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a
   letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.


word: Pick
wordtype: n.
definition:
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a
   loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing
   the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.


word: Pickaxe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade
   at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a
   flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it
   strikes.


word: Picker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who
   uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton
   picker.


word: Picket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in
   fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used
   for tethering horses.


word: Picket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from
   surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called
   also outlying picket.


word: Picket
wordtype: n.
definition:
By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other
   labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from
   working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.


word: Picket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the
   offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.


word: Pickle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to
   remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or
   other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.


word: Pickle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind
   of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.


word: Pickle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or
   imitations of paintings by the old masters.


word: Pickthank
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who strives to put another under obligation; an
   officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.


word: Picnic
wordtype: v.
definition:
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed
   some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in
   which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open
   air, and from food carried by themselves).


word: Picoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to
   pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar
   naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also
   methyl pyridine.


word: Picrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of
   chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.


word: Picrotoxin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter white crystalline substance found in the
   cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant,
   and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.


word: Pictorial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures;
   forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a
   pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.


word: Picture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a
   building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of
   painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in
   colors. By extension, a figure; a model.


word: Picture
wordtype: n.
definition:
An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the
   eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind
   some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is
   the picture of grief.


word: Picture
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to
   represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the
   mind.


word: Picturesque
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing
   picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to
   a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable
   in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque
   scene or attitude; picturesque language.


word: Picul
wordtype: n.
definition:
A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
   different commodities. In Borneo it is 135/ lbs.; in China and Sumatra,
   133/ lbs.; in Japan, 133/ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called
   also, by the Chinese, tan.


word: Piculet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus
   Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp
   at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.


word: Piddle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial
   matters rather than with those that are important.


word: Pie
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in
   it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie;
   pumpkin pie.


word: Piece
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in
   any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a
   portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.


word: Piece
wordtype: n.
definition:
A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a
   piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.


word: Piece
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the
   same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series;
   a definite performance


word: Piece
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied
   specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.


word: Piece
wordtype: n.
definition:
An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain
   nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in
   contempt.


word: Piece
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece
   or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.


word: Piecework
wordtype: n.
definition:
Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate
   based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.


word: Pieplant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are
   acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.


word: Piepowder
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident
   to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had
   the toll was the judge.


word: Pier
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting
   one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall
   between two openings.


word: Pierce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through;
   to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced
   the ship.


word: Pierce
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through
   something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and
   figuratively.


word: Piercing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
   perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a
   piercing instrument, or thrust.


word: Pietist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the
   17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant
   churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a
   display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.


word: Pietra dura
definition:
Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for
   inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in
   building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in
   pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.


word: Piety
wordtype: n.
definition:
Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of
   his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest
   devotion to his service.


word: Piety
wordtype: n.
definition:
Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion;
   affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives,
   benefactors, country, etc.


word: Pigeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species
   occur in nearly all parts of the world.


word: Pigeon-breasted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum
   being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.


word: Pigeonhole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping
   of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row
   of them to the compartments in a dovecote.


word: Pigeonhole
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet;
   hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a
   letter or a report.


word: Pigfoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is
   reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.


word: Pig-jawed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with
   the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.


word: Pigment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may
   be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter
   ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.


word: Pigment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the colored substances found in animal and
   vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.


word: Pigmented
wordtype: a.
definition:
Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with
   pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.


word: Pignut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya
   glabra, / porcina); also, the tree itself.


word: Pigskin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles;
   hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.


word: Pika
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys,
   resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of
   Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief
   hare.


word: Pike
wordtype: n. & v.
definition:
A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden
   shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the
   bayonet.


word: Pike
wordtype: sing. & pl.
definition:
A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in
   Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also
   pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.


word: Pilaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An upright architectural member right-angled in plan,
   constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally
   corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree
   with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the
   projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.


word: Pilchard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling
   the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great
   numbers on the coast of England.


word: Pile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also,
   the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.


word: Pile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into
   the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground
   is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other
   superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.


word: Pile
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a
   wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.


word: Pile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar
   metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper
   moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of
   electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic
   pile.


word: Pile
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to
   collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to
   pile up wood.


word: Pilentum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in
   which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.


word: Piles
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the
   anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called
   hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]


word: Pilewort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous
   roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.


word: Pilgrim
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some
   holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury
   pilgrims. See Palmer.


word: Pilgrimage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a
   journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human
   life.


word: Pilidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean
   worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops
   in its interior.


word: Pillage
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is taken from another or others by open force,
   particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.


word: Pillage
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to
   plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.


word: Pillar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated
   support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column
   or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument
   or an ornament.


word: Pillar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in
   appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the
   Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.


word: Pillar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a
   cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.


word: Pillion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of
   saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a
   woman may ride.


word: Pillory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having
   holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as
   to be exposed in front of it.


word: Pillow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything used to support the head of a person when
   reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair,
   or other soft material.


word: Pillworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which
   rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.


word: Pillwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic
   cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called
   peppergrass.


word: Pilocarpine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus
   pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has
   a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.


word: Pilot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by
   authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain
   waters, for a fixed rate of fees.


word: Pimelic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from
   certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of
   suberic and adipic acids.


word: Pimelite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a
   hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.


word: Pimpernel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A.
   arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple,
   blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.


word: Pin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for
   fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one
   article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.


word: Pin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
   other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes,
   attaching papers, etc.


word: Pin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to
   mark how much each man should drink.


word: Pia cloth
definition:
A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs,
   etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other
   fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a
   slight tinge of pale yellow.


word: Pinacolin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and
   obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one
   of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.


word: Pinacone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and
   made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of
   substances of which pinacone proper is the type.


word: Pinch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
   between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to
   squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.


word: Pinch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
   starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.


word: Pinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any
   very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.


word: Pinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum,
   -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.


word: Pinchbeck
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow
   metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It
   is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap
   jewelry.


word: Pinchers
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An instrument having two handles and two grasping
   jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast,
   drawing nails, etc.


word: Pindaric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after
   the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.


word: Pine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any
   distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.


word: Pineapple
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; --
   so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external
   appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though
   conjectured to be American.


word: Pinedrops
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United
   States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.


word: Pinefinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small American bird (Spinus, / Chrysomitris, spinus);
   -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.


word: Pinenchyma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which
   the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.


word: Pinesap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M.
   hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine
   trees, but more probably saprophytic.


word: Pinetum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living
   pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.


word: Pineweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra),
   common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.


word: Piney
wordtype: a.
definition:
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria
   Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in
   Malabar, etc.) or its products.


word: Pin-eyed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous
   corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of
   dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed.


word: Pinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine;
   formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common
   resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid.


word: Pinion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose
   larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.


word: Pinion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted
   to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel
   having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which
   is its axis.


word: Pinite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull
   grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and
   is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.


word: Pinite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum
   of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and
   resembles, quercite.


word: Pink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous
   genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant
   and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly
   perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled
   flowers with a tubular calyx.


word: Pink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
   with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the
   flower.


word: Pink
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
   (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.


word: Pinking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a
   pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a
   pinking iron.


word: Pinkroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful
   vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).


word: Pinkroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica),
   sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina
   pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.


word: Pinna
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks
   found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long,
   silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a
   curiosity.


word: Pinnace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
   employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally,
   spynace or spyne.


word: Pinnacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in
   a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a
   proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like.
   Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is
   necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.


word: Pinnated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions,
   arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush,
   a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under
   Abruptly.


word: Pinnipedia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including
   the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.


word: Pinnule
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf.
   See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.


word: Pinnule
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts,
   when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a
   pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.


word: Pinnywinkles
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An instrument of torture, consisting of a board
   with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.


word: Pinole
wordtype: n.
definition:
Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed
   with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.


word: Pion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree
   producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P.
   Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western
   North America.


word: Pint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills,
   -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.


word: Pintado
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in
   Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the
   crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.


word: Pintail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents.
   The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck,
   piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant,
   and gray widgeon.


word: Pintail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky
   Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse,
   pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.


word: Pintos
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near
   Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face
   irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.


word: Pinus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in
   the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces,
   larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the
   primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the
   secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two
   to seven. See Pine.


word: Pinweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs
   with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.


word: Pinworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is
   parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children
   and aged persons.


word: Pinxit
definition:
A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a
   painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens
   painted (this).


word: Pioneer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig
   trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.


word: Pioneer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the
   way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of
   reform.


word: Pious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by
   mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.


word: Pip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness,
   discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in
   the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is
   restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.


word: Pipage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe
   conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.


word: Pipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of
   straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds;
   as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.


word: Pipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or
   the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas,
   etc.


word: Pipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise
   called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts
   to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.


word: Pipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons;
   also, the quantity which it contains.


word: Pipe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife,
   etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.


word: Pipe clay
definition:
A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used
   in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring
   cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.


word: Pipefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or
   Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular
   body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a
   long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the
   incubation of the eggs takes place.


word: Pipe laying
definition:
The act or method of making combinations for personal
   advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one
   word.


word: Piper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large
   head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular
   spines.


word: Piper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines,
   native of both the American and European coasts.


word: Piperaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae)
   of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen
   genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and
   aromatic qualities.


word: Piperic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex
   organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper
   family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance.


word: Piperidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery,
   ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the
   decomposition of piperine.


word: Piperine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic
   acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other
   species.


word: Piperonal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of
   piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.


word: Pipette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in
   the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or
   delivering measured quantities.


word: Piping
wordtype: v.
definition:
Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of
   the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.


word: Pipit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging
   to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly
   resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the
   hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.


word: Pippin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to apples of several different kinds, as
   Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.


word: Pipra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds
   belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male
   is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They
   chiefly inhabit South America.


word: Pipsissewa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with
   narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding
   fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also
   prince's pine.


word: Pique
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress
   goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.


word: Pique
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a
   social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded
   pride; stinging vexation.


word: Pique
wordtype: n.
definition:
In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in
   hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.


word: Pique
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to
   stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.


word: Piquet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two
   cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set
   aside.


word: Piracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from
   others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and
   with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.


word: Pirate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes
   the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it
   his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the
   seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.


word: Pirate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal
   commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high
   seas.


word: Piraya
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of
   South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.


word: Pirn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin;
   also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing
   rod.


word: Pisces
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of
   Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.


word: Pisces
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The
   principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.


word: Pise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in
   between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also
   pise work.


word: Pisiform
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and
   many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.


word: Sip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take
   in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.


word: Siphon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form
   two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be
   transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an
   intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere
   in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it,
   while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch
   (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only
   when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher
   liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the
   surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that
   is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea
   level.


word: Siphon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve
   or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity.
   See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.


word: Siphon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod
   shell for the protection of the soft siphon.


word: Siphon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the
   gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding
   and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust.
   under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.


word: Siphon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the
   intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.


word: Siphon
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a
   liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.


word: Siphonarid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate
   gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high
   and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.


word: Siphonata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior
   mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also
   Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.


word: Siphonet
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part
   of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust.
   under Aphis.


word: Siphonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South
   American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.


word: Siphonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium
   with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.


word: Siphonobranchiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of gastropods having the mantle
   border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through
   which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always
   siphonostomatous in this group.


word: Siphonobranchiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to
   the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.


word: Siphonophora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species
   which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous
   zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming
   organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as
   reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.


word: Siphonostomata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea
   including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as
   the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.


word: Siphonostomatous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the front edge of the aperture of the
   shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the
   siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.


word: Sippet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in
   milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut
   into some special shape and used for garnishing.


word: Sipunculacea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which
   have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.


word: Si quis
definition:
A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to
   inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.


word: Sir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a
   gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.


word: Sir
wordtype: n.
definition:
An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical
   title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes
   contemptuously, applied to the clergy.


word: Sir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being
   prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or
   superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.


word: Sire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and
   superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.


word: Siredon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larval form of any salamander while it still has
   external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl
   (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state,
   but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become
   normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.


word: Siren
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers,
   of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to
   sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.


word: Siren
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family
   Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent
   external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and
   ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren
   lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.


word: Siren
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
   ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which
   produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a
   perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by
   steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in
   fog.


word: Sirenia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals,
   including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.


word: Sirkeer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus
   Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).


word: Sirocco
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts,
   chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.


word: Sirrah
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger,
   contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or
   boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not
   used in the plural.


word: Syrup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality
   (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in
   pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water
   (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.


word: Sirvente
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted
   to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by
   the troubadours of the Middle Ages.


word: Sisal hemp
definition:
The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American
   aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See
   Sisal hemp, under Hemp.


word: Siskin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or
   Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.


word: Sissoo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts
   of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from
   it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties,
   etc.


word: Sist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence,
   to cite; to summon; to bring into court.


word: Sister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A female who has the same parents with another person, or
   who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely
   called a half sister. The correlative of brother.


word: Sister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with,
   another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.


word: Sister
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the same kind, or of the same condition; --
   generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.


word: Sister-in-law
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife
   of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's
   brother.


word: Sistrum
definition:
An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through
   which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by
   which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and
   used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.


word: Sisyphus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning.
   He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto
   to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back
   again, making his task incessant.


word: Sit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the
   trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other
   animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.


word: Sit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a
   weight or burden sits lightly upon him.


word: Sit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold a session; to be in session for official business;
   -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in
   January; the aldermen sit to-night.


word: Sit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic
   representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit
   to a painter.


word: Site
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position;
   as, the site of a city or of a house.


word: Sitting
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
   in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.


word: Sitting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
   seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a
   sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.


word: Situated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a site, situation, or location; being in a
   relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town
   situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.


word: Situation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as
   related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a
   pleasant situation.


word: Situation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or
   relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in
   a dramatic scene.


word: Situation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a
   situation in a store; a situation under government.


word: Siva
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or
   destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of
   nature.


word: Sivan
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; --
   supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.


word: Sivatherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the
   Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a
   proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and
   branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any
   exsisting species.


word: Six-shooter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times
   without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.


word: Sizar
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge
   (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are
   exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to
   a servitor at Oxford.


word: Size
wordtype: n.
definition:
An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from
   the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.


word: Size
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude;
   as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.


word: Size
wordtype: n.
definition:
Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character,
   etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.


word: Size
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes,
   gloves, and other articles made up for sale.


word: Size
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges
   fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the
   size of pearls.


word: Sized
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in
   compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.


word: Sizer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to
   determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them
   according to size.


word: Skate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a
   shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving
   rapidly on ice.


word: Skate
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch
   fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a
   small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and
   united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form
   to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.


word: Skater
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects
   belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They
   have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if
   skating.


word: Skatol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constituent of human faeces formed in the small
   intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is
   also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.


word: Skeet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a
   vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.


word: Skein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together,
   after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.


word: Skeleton
wordtype: n.
definition:
The framework of anything; the principal parts that
   support the rest, but without the appendages.


word: Skeleton
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting
   merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading
   features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.


word: Skeletonizer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of
   leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.


word: Skelp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made
   by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube
   thus formed.


word: Skeptic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is
   looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or
   reasons.


word: Skeptic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly
   known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage,
   occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be
   established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer,
   in opposition to a dogmatist.


word: Skeptic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God,
   or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of
   the Christian religion.


word: Skeptical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism;
   characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of
   doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.


word: Skepticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly
   known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism;
   universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of
   confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical
   investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or
   assertion of certain principles.


word: Skepticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of
   the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being,
   perfections, or truth of God.


word: Sketch
wordtype: n.
definition:
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first
   rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the
   fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the
   artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary
   study for an original work.


word: Skew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a
   buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to
   receive the coping stones and retain them in place.


word: Skewbald
wordtype: a.
definition:
Marked with spots and patches of white and some color
   other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the
   colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.


word: Skid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed
   under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a
   steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a
   chain, and used for the same purpose.


word: Skid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to
   form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything
   is moved by sliding or rolling.


word: Skill
wordtype: n.
definition:
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with
   readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the
   application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to
   discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness;
   aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon,
   mechanic, etc.


word: Skilled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and
   dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert;
   skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or
   geometry.


word: Skillet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a
   handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.


word: Skillful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready;
   expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; --
   often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in
   drawing.


word: Skilligalee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served
   out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal,
   sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.


word: Skilling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North
   Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of
   a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck.


word: Skim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
   lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the
   surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.


word: Skim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
   order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a
   newspaper.


word: Skimmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus
   Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible
   compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly
   along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus
   skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on
   the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and
   shearbill.


word: Skimmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used
   for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.


word: Skimming
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
   chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.


word: Skimmington
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington;
   that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing
   backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of
   jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a
   henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.


word: Skin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether
   green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf,
   sheep, or goat.


word: Skin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the
   framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a
   lining inside the framing.


word: Skin
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of
   another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda,
   etc., which are prohibited.


word: Skink
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
   lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the
   continents.


word: Skip
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking,
   or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often
   followed by over.


word: Skip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as,
   to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.


word: Skipjack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common
   bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish,
   the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the
   threadfish, etc.


word: Skipper
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the
   family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking
   flight.


word: Skirmish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a
   skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.


word: Skirmish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat
   between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies
   of troops.


word: Skirmisher
wordtype: n.
definition:
Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or
   flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.


word: Skirret
wordtype: n.
definition:
An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It
   is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its
   edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.


word: Skirt
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like
   garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or
   a mantle.


word: Skirt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along
   the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.


word: Skittles
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by
   throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.


word: Skitty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
   skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.


word: Skiver
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin,
   tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings,
   pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.


word: Skiving
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically,
   the part from the inner, or flesh, side.


word: Skulk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to
   lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.


word: Skull
wordtype: n.
definition:
The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including
   the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face
   and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial,
   and of Skeleton, in Appendix.


word: Skullcap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a
   headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.


word: Skullcap
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of
   whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor
   raised.


word: Skunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores
   of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the
   anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at
   pleasure as a means of defense.


word: Skunk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as
   in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a
   king.


word: Skunkhead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly
   inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be
   extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.


word: Skutterudite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white
   to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.


word: Sky
wordtype: n.
definition:
The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day
   is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the
   plural.


word: Skylark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the
   common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of
   Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky
   laverock. See under Lark.


word: Skylarking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in
   sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.


word: Skylight
wordtype: n.
definition:
A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling
   of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from
   above.


word: Slabber
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth
   carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.


word: Slabber
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as
   liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.


word: Slack
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not
   earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.


word: Slack
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon
   it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.


word: Slacken
wordtype: a.
definition:
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to
   decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.


word: Slacken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow
   or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.


word: Slacken
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters
   mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.


word: Slake
wordtype: a.
definition:
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall
   take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.


word: Purfle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to
   embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue
   and white.


word: Purfling
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the
   inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.


word: Purgation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or
   putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is
   superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.


word: Purgation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was
   publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was
   prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual
   court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of
   the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with
   him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which
   was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal.


word: Purgatory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state or place of purification after death; according
   to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist
   after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating
   such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation,
   or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have
   been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the
   souls are believed to be received into heaven.


word: Purge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying
   off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.


word: Purge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam
   pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.


word: Purification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of purifying; the act or operation of
   separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious,
   or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or
   of metals.


word: Purification
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the
   extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.


word: Purify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make pure or clear from material defilement,
   admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter;
   as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the
   air.


word: Purim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted
   to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of
   Haman.


word: Purism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice,
   especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.


word: Puritan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two
   Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler
   forms of faith and worship than those established by law; --
   originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the
   early population of New England.


word: Puritan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; --
   often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict
   notions.


word: Puritanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Precise in observance of legal or religious
   requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
   reproach or contempt.


word: Purity
wordtype: n.
definition:
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
   the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.


word: Purity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
   chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.


word: Purity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper
   words or phrases; as, purity of style.


word: Purl
wordtype: n.
definition:
An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of
   gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.


word: Purl
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among
   stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound,
   as water does in running over or through obstructions.


word: Purl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid
   among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.


word: Purl
wordtype: n.
definition:
Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in
   which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was
   regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and
   spices.


word: Purlieu
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having
   been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it,
   and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.


word: Purline
wordtype: n.
definition:
In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the
   principals and supporting the common rafters.


word: Purple
wordtype: n.
definition:
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a
   combination of the primary colors red and blue.


word: Purple
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color;
   especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority;
   specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the
   emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.


word: Purple
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor;
   loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.


word: Purple
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with
   purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the
   banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.


word: Purple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much
   esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue
   color; as, a purple robe.


word: Purpleheart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish
   color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the
   genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for
   decorative veneering. See Copaiba.


word: Purport
wordtype: n.
definition:
To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to
   import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.


word: Purpose
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be
   reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed
   in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.


word: Purpose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine
   upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design;
   to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.


word: Purpresture
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp.,
   any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or
   public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc.


word: Purpura
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from
   extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs,
   and mental dejection; the purples.


word: Purpura
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and
   thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.


word: Purpure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines
   declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or
   from sinister chief to dexter base).


word: Purpureo-
definition:
A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red
   color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant
   purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the
   roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.


word: Purpuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid
   contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms
   well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.


word: Purpurin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and
   extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.


word: Purpuriparous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored
   secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.


word: Purpurogenous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the
   purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual
   purple, under Visual.


word: Purse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw
   together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle
   for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a
   portemonnaie.


word: Purse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a
   present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.


word: Purser
wordtype: n.
definition:
A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the
   provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called
   paymaster.


word: Purser
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep
   the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets,
   etc.


word: Purslane
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy,
   succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads,
   garnishing, and pickling.


word: Pursuant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything);
   hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.


word: Pursue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or
   with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.


word: Pursue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to
   follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the
   administration pursued a wise course.


word: Pursuit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of following or going after; esp., a following
   with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as,
   the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.


word: Pursuit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or
   obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge;
   the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.


word: Pursuit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Course of business or occupation; continued employment
   with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.


word: Pursuivant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but
   discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an
   attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively.


word: Purulent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of
   pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.


word: Purveyance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying
   them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven
   without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but
   has long been abolished.


word: Purveyor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make
   provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.


word: Purview
wordtype: n.
definition:
The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be
   it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.


word: Pus
wordtype: a.
definition:
The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the
   process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated
   cells floating in a clear liquid.


word: Pusane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or
   reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.


word: Puseyism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford,
   England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which
   appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;"
   tractarianism. See Tractarianism.


word: Push
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press against with force; to drive or impel by
   pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; --
   opposed to draw.


word: Push
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a
   shove; as, to give the ball the first push.


word: Pushing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;
   energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.


word: Pusillanimous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and
   firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly;
   -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.


word: Pusillanimous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and
   want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.


word: Pustulated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular;
   pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.


word: Put
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --
   nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust
   aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).


word: Put
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
   figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation,
   condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition;
   as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to
   fight.


word: Put
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;
   to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;
   figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by
   that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.


word: Put
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand
   being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the
   shot or weight.


word: Put
wordtype: n.
definition:
A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver)
   to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and
   date.


word: Putlog
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks
   forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the
   ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall
   temporarily for the purpose.


word: Putredinous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the
   putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.


word: Putrescible
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to
   undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary
   temperatures.


word: Putrescin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction
   of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.


word: Putrid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; --
   said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.


word: Putting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand
   raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.


word: Putty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or
   soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded
   to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes,
   stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.


word: Puttyroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which
   flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year
   a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up
   later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also
   Adam-and-Eve.


word: Puzzle
wordtype: v.
definition:
Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy
   or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something
   exhibiting marvelous skill in making.


word: Pyaemia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into
   the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local
   inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple
   abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly
   recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.


word: Pycnaspidean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with
   small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.


word: Pycnidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface
   of the inner walls of which spores are produced.


word: Pycnodont
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have
   numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.


word: Pycnodontini
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a
   compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with
   enameled rhomboidal scales.


word: Pycnogonida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of marine arthropods in which the body is
   small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also
   Pantopoda.


word: Pycnometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for
   measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.


word: Pygal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the
   backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the
   carapace of chelonians.


word: Pygidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain
   insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.


word: Pygobranchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having
   the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the
   genus Doris.


word: Pygopod
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family
   Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but
   lack fore legs.


word: Pygropodes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of swimming birds which includes the
   grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.


word: Pygostyle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the
   vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is
   formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebrae, and
   supports the uropigium.


word: Pyin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An albuminoid constituent of pus, related to mucin, possibly
   a mixture of substances rather than a single body.


word: Pyjama
wordtype: n.
definition:
In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in
   Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress with
   legs.


word: Pyocyanin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores,
   supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium
   (Bacillus pyocyaneus).


word: Pyralid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous
   and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth,
   meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.


word: Pyramid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or
   polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a
   structure or edifice of this shape.


word: Pyramid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as
   base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases
   are sides of the base.


word: Pyrargyrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of
   antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and
   is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.


word: Pyrene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained
   as a white crystalline substance, C16H10.


word: Pyrethrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary
   camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called
   also Pyrethrum camphor.


word: Pyridine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation
   of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids,
   as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus
   of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable
   alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned.
   See Lutidine.


word: Pyridyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essential
   residue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl.


word: Pyrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant
   metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites;
   iron disulphide.


word: Pyrites
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides
   of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish
   color.


word: Pyr-
definition:
Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.),
   used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of
   heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic,
   etc.


word: Pyroacetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone)
   obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also
   pyroacetic ether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit.


word: Pyroboric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid,
   H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of
   ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.


word: Pyrocatechin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the
   phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first
   obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol,
   oxyphenol. etc.


word: Pyrochlore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases,
   occurring usually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and
   resinous luster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being
   subjected to heat under the blowpipe.


word: Pyrocitric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids
   obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively
   citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid.


word: Pyroelectric
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which becomes electrically polar when
   heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two
   separate parts, especially the two extremities.


word: Pyrogallol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the
   distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance
   having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a
   strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the
   production of certain dyes.


word: Pyrogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and
   supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of
   bacteria.


word: Pyrogenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic
   poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever.


word: Pyrognostic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of
   heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the
   blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.


word: Pyrognostics
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The characters of a mineral observed by the use
   of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.


word: Pyrolignic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained
   in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic
   acid.


word: Pyrology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of physical science which treats of the
   properties, phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat.


word: Pyrolusite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an iron-black or dark
   steel-gray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts
   with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging
   the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).


word: Pyromagnetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a
   pyromagnetic machine for producing electric currents.


word: Pyrometrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as,
   pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements.


word: Pyromorphite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring
   in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so
   called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.


word: Pyromucic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid
   obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic
   acid, or by the oxidation of furfurol.


word: Pyrope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color,
   frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note
   under Garnet.


