# entries

word: Bovine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish
   and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.


word: Bow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
   respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.


word: Bow
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token
   of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow
   of deep humility.


word: Bow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic
   material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an
   arrow is propelled.


word: Bow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of
   horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a
   stringed instrument.


word: Bow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends
   connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a
   drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by
   hatters.


word: Bow-compass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a
   pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by
   a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.


word: Bow-compass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate
   riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.


word: Bowel
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially
   of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.


word: Bowenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode
   Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.


word: Bower
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of
   trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.


word: Bower bird
definition:
An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus /
   holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers
   or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with bright-colored objects;
   the satin bird.


word: Bowfin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh
   waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny
   Grindle, and dogfish.


word: Bowgrace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides
   or bows of a vessel to secure it from injury by floating ice.


word: Bowie knife
definition:
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches
   long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and
   formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It
   was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension,
   any large sheath knife.


word: Bowing
wordtype: n.
definition:
In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and
   distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for
   felting.


word: Bowknot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through
   in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.


word: Bowl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level
   surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the
   other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.


word: Bowl
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased
   balls on a level plat of greensward.


word: Boulder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been
   transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift.


word: Bowline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or
   perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called
   bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward,
   when the ship is closehauled.


word: Bowling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the
   ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.


word: Bowsprit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a
   ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.


word: Box
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.
   The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which,
   the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens.
   The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is
   extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical
   instrument makers, etc.


word: Boxhaul
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her
   short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing
   the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).


word: Boy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of
   boys acting women's parts on the stage.


word: Boyard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter
   the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.


word: Boyau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication
   from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.


word: Boycott
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or
   other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and
   to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.


word: Boycott
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining
   to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman,
   employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of
   coercion.


word: Boza
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians,
   made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an
   intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.


word: Brace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the
   direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or
   truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as
   a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the
   structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a
   diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.


word: Brace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or
   lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music,
   used to connect staves.


word: Brace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which
   the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.


word: Brace
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied
   to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.


word: Brace
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension;
   to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.


word: Brace
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold
   firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.


word: Bracelet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in
   modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.


word: Brachiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly
   horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the
   maple and lilac.


word: Brachiolaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A peculiar early larval stage of certain
   starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of
   bands of vibrating cilia.


word: Brachycephalous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the skull short in proportion to its
   breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.


word: Brachypinacoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is
   parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral
   (brachydiagonal) axis.


word: Brachystochrone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve, in which a body, starting from a given
   point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach
   another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path.
   This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a
   vacuum, the same as the cycloid.


word: Brachyura
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common
   crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up
   beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab,
   and Illustration in Appendix.


word: Bracing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a
   brace or braces; the state of being braced.


word: Bracket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting
   from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same;
   also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.


word: Bracket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in
   general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other
   surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.


word: Bracket
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference,
   explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to
   indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an
   omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.


word: Bract
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant,
   from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.


word: Bractlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself
   on a main stalk that support several flowers.


word: Brad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the
   top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat
   circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing
   nail, with a countersunk head.


word: Brag
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's
   self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to
   talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of
   one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends
   to do.


word: Brahma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods.
   The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and
   Siva, the Destroyer.


word: Brahma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in
   having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well
   feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light;
   -- called also Brahmapootra.


word: Distrust
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely
   upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be
   suspicious of; to mistrust.


word: Distrust
wordtype: n.
definition:
Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of
   confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority,
   will, purposes, schemes, etc.


word: Distrustful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or
   thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.


word: Disturb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to
   interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.


word: Disturb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to
   disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an
   insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.


word: Disturbance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interruption of a state of peace or quiet;
   derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a
   disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic
   current.


word: Disturbance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful
   and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as,
   the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.


word: Disulphide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of
   sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf.
   Bisulphide.


word: Disulphuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms
   of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.


word: Disunite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever;
   to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of
   matter.


word: Disuse
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;
   desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.


word: Ditch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench
   for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for
   preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it
   is called also a moat or a fosse.


word: Ditheism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two
   gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one
   evil; dualism.


word: Dithyramb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung
   by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a
   poem written in a wild irregular strain.


word: Ditolyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14,
   consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.


word: Ditone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones
   (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).


word: Ditto
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted
   to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills,
   books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.


word: Diureide
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances
   regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric
   acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.


word: Diurna
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies;
   -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.


word: Diurnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of
   daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as,
   diurnal heat; diurnal hours.


word: Diurnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going
   through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a
   diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax;
   the diurnal revolution of the earth.


word: Diurnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and
   hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.


word: Diurnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
A small volume containing the daily service for the
   "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and
   compline.


word: Divan
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state;
   a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council
   or assembly.


word: Divan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental
   countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the
   richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round
   the room.


word: Divan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially,
   one fixed to its place, and not movable.


word: Divaricate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the
   branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on
   animals, etc.


word: Divaricator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the muscles which open the shell of
   brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.


word: Dive
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body
   under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.


word: Dive
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject,
   question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.


word: Diver
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus),
   or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility
   in diving.


word: Diverge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To extend from a common point in different directions;
   to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread
   apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed
   to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.


word: Diverge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal
   condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.


word: Divergency
wordtype: n.
definition:
A receding from each other in moving from a common
   center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the
   divergence of straight lines.


word: Divergent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines
   radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction;
   -- opposed to convergent.


word: Divers
wordtype: a.
definition:
Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great
   number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or
   pronominally.


word: Diversified
wordtype: a.
definition:
Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of
   aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.


word: Diversify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to
   give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences
   or aspects.


word: Diversion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
   object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of
   the mind from business.


word: Diversion
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
   from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime;
   as, the diversions of youth.


word: Diversion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy
   from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack,
   alarm, or feint which diverts.


word: Divert
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended
   application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to
   divert commerce from its usual course.


word: Divert
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to
   cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain;
   as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of
   wit and humor.


word: Dives
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's
   parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name
   for a rich worldling.


word: Divest
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest
   one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices,
   passions, etc.


word: Divestiture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being
   divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property,
   rights, etc.


word: Divide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more
   parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.


word: Divide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition,
   or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a
   stream divides the towns.


word: Divide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as
   profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute;
   to mete out; to share.


word: Divide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the
   votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon
   a question.


word: Divide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members
   separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the
   hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.


word: Dividend
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share
   of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum,
   share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among
   shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the
   dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.


word: Divi-divi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria),
   whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and
   are used by tanners and dyers.


word: Divination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of
   future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
   preternatural means.


word: Divine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious;
   pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.


word: Divine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
   supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
   application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
   J. Davies.


word: Diviner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict
   events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.


word: Divinity
wordtype: a.
definition:
The science of divine things; the science which treats of
   God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.


word: Divisibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being divisible; the property of
   bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.


word: Division
wordtype: n.
definition:
Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of
   the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.


word: Division
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of finding how many times one number or
   quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also,
   the rule by which the operation is performed.


word: Division
wordtype: n.
definition:
A course of notes so running into each other as to form
   one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.


word: Division
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe
   or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a
   subkingdom.


word: Divisional
wordtype: a.
definition:
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a
   division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional
   surgeon of police.


word: Divorce
wordtype: n.
definition:
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or
   other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and
   called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.


word: Divorce
wordtype: n.
definition:
The separation of a married woman from the bed and board
   of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."


word: Divulge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make public; to several or communicate to the
   public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to
   disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had
   been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.


word: Dizzy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a
   tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.


word: Do
wordtype: n.
definition:
A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic
   scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of
   the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and
   replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note
   C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a
   scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named
   from the first seven letters of the alphabet.


word: Do
wordtype: v. t. / auxiliary
definition:
To perform, as an action; to execute; to
   transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our
   duty; to do what I can.


word: Do
wordtype: v. t. / auxiliary
definition:
To bring to an end by action; to perform
   completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the
   construction, which is that of the past participle done.


word: Do
wordtype: v. t. / auxiliary
definition:
To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as
   food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is
   done on one side only.


word: Do
wordtype: v. t. / auxiliary
definition:
To put or bring into a form, state, or
   condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to
   slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do
   on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do
   into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a
   text.


word: Do
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as,
   if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.


word: Doab
definition:
A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the
   doab between the Ganges and the Jumna.


word: Dobson
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus
   cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.


word: Docimacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the
   nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines,
   or of facts pertaining to physiology.


word: Dock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are
   well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of
   extermination.


word: Dock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the
   hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or
   cutting.


word: Dock
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut
   short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.


word: Dock
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to
   subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.


word: Dock
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
   harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided
   with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.


word: Dock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The slip or water way extending between two piers or
   projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including
   the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.


word: Docket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the
   name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.


word: Docket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action,
   or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of
   courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes
   of the proceedings, in each case in court.


word: Docket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial,
   prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.


word: Docket
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it
   on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the
   back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers.


word: Docoglossa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of gastropods, including the true limpets,
   and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.


word: Doctor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An academical title, originally meaning a men so well
   versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who
   has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or
   has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity,
   of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may
   confer an honorary title only.


word: Doctor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty
   or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a
   calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous
   coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey
   engine.


word: Doctor
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to
   repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.


word: Doctor
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
   falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor
   whisky.


word: Doctrinaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who would apply to political or other practical
   concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own
   philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic
   theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.


word: Doctrinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something
   taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.


word: Doctrine
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true,
   and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or
   position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any
   tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the
   doctrine of chances.


word: Document
wordtype: n.
definition:
An original or official paper relied upon as the basis,
   proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense,
   including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information
   in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are
   represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.


word: Document
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with documents or papers necessary to
   establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented
   according to the directions of law.


word: Dodder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical
   vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other
   plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is
   nourished by the plant that supports it.


word: Dodecandria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A Linnaean class of plants including all that have
   any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.


word: Dodecatemory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the
   zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs;
   also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.


word: Dodge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
   use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.


word: Dodge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by
   starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.


word: Dodge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden
   starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a
   cunning trick; an artifice.


word: Dodo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting
   the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those
   of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It
   was related to the pigeons.


word: Doe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the
   fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the
   female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.


word: Doeglic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic
   acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.


word: Doff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence,
   figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.


word: Doffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a
   carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.


word: Dog
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or
   the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star
   (Sirius).


word: Dog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into
   wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving
   them.


word: Dog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially,
   the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as
   in a machine tool.


word: Dog
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or
   indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to
   hound with importunity.


word: Dogbane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with
   poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.


word: Dogcart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled,
   patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by
   sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.


word: Dog days
definition:
A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer,
   variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and
   the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference
   to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun.
   Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.


word: Dog-eared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled
   by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.


word: dog-legged
wordtype: a.
definition:
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more
   straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and
   running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.


word: Dogma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a
   definite, established, and authoritative tenet.


word: Dogmatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively;
   positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.


word: Dogmatize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with
   bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.


word: Dogshore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and
   prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.


word: Dog's-tail grass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus
   cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making
   straw plait; -- called also goldseed.


word: Dog Star
definition:
Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the
   Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also
   Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days.


word: Dogtooth
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of
   pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.


word: Dogvane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light
   material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the
   wind.


word: Dogwatch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are
   two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second
   dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.


word: Dogwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
   wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.


word: Doit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a
   similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of
   money.


word: Dolabriform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some
   leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.


word: Doldrums
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in
   calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all
   progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.


word: Dolerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially
   of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many
   authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.


word: Chrestomathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used
   in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.


word: Chrism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the
   bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism,
   confirmation, ordination, etc.


word: Chrisom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle
   thrown over a child when baptized or christened.


word: Chrisom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so
   called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.


word: Christ
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It
   is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.


word: Christcross
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or
   stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a
   dial.


word: Christcross-row
definition:
The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the
   cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes
   practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.


word: Christendom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence,
   the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.


word: Christendom
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of the world in which Christianity
   prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in
   distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.


word: Christian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe,
   in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose
   inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.


word: Christian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
   and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.


word: Christian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a Christian denomination which rejects human
   creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are
   congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are
   also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.


word: Christian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of
   open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative
   rule of faith and practice.


word: Christmas
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some
   States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
   celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts,
   greetings, and hospitality.


word: Christocentric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making Christ the center, about whom all things are
   grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the
   central object of thought or emotion.


word: Christology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A treatise on Christ; that department of theology
   which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.


word: Christ's-thorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in
   Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi,
   and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be
   considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of
   Thorns.


word: Chromatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or
   semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the
   diatonic scale.


word: Chromatophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid
   pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes
   of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They
   are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.


word: Chromatophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass
   give color to the part of the plant containing them.


word: Chromatoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to
   rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star,
   instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.


word: Chromatrope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects
   of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of
   colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.


word: Chromatype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made
   sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.


word: Chromic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the
   compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence.


word: Chromid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the Chromidae, a family of fresh-water fishes
   abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable
   food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.


word: Chromite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of
   chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.


word: Chromium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in
   the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it
   is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its
   chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium
   chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are
   used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.


word: Chromograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus by which a number of copies of written
   matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.


word: Chromolithograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated
   impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic
   process.


word: Chromophane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general name for the several coloring matters, red,
   green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the
   retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light;
   distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.


word: Chromophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2)
   which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an
   ingredient.


word: Chromosome
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of
   the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of
   Weismann.


word: Chromosphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of
   incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the
   photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up
   into enormous tongues of flame.


word: Chromous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this
   element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.


word: Chronogram
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made
   to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a
   particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus
   Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which
   give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.


word: Chronograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of
   time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The
   action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.


word: Chronological
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to chronology; containing an account of
   events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as,
   chronological tables.


word: Chronology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of measuring time by regular
   divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their
   proper dates.


word: Chronometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation
   balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time
   with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in
   determining longitude, etc.


word: Chronoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time;
   used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of
   short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.


word: Chrysalis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies,
   from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).


word: Chrysaniline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the
   manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.


word: Chrysanthemum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and
   of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums
   (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.


word: Chrysarobin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential
   constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence
   formerly called also chrysphanic acid.


word: Chrysene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar,
   allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline
   substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored
   yellow by impurities.


word: Chrysoberyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or
   brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard,
   and is often used as a gem.


word: Chrysochlore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the
   golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green
   and gold.


word: Chrysoidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye,
   C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling
   chrysoidine proper.


word: Chrysolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a
   yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; --
   called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was
   also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.


word: Chrysophane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter,
   yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on
   decomposition.


word: Chrysoprase
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by
   nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.


word: Chrysotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the
   use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of
   chloride of gold.


word: Chthonophagy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to
   eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the
   West Indies, etc.


word: Chub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp
   family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven.
   In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of
   the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to
   several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.


word: Chuck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in
   turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.


word: Chuck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe,
   for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.


word: Chuck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck
   and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a
   chuck steak; a chuck roast.


word: Chuckle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as
   expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.


word: Chuck-Will's-widow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus
   Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its
   note.


word: Chufa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible
   tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions;
   the earth almond.


word: Church
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed,
   observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical
   authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the
   Presbyterian church.


word: Church
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aggregate of religious influences in a community;
   ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of
   the church against some moral evil.


word: Church
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite
   with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from
   the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.


word: Church-ale
wordtype: n.
definition:
A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the
   dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.


word: Churchwarden
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal
   church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the
   provision of what is necessary for the communion service.


word: Churlish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily
   wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of
   some minerals.


word: Churn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or
   otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to
   separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.


word: Churrus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which
   exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.


word: Chute
wordtype: n.
definition:
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects
   are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which
   water passes to a wheel.


word: Chutnee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India,
   compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.


word: Chylaqueous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said
   of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.


word: Chyle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a
   state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by
   the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals,
   and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.


word: Chylifaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process by which chyle is formed from food
   in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.


word: Chyluria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or
   fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.


word: Chyme
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines
   just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the
   intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.


word: Chyometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a
   piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity
   expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.


word: Cibol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes
   called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.


word: Ciborium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A canopy usually standing free and supported on four
   columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.


word: Cicada
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous
   insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound
   by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a
   pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted
   American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust.
   Another common species is the dogday cicada.


word: Cicatricle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the
   point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.


word: Cicatrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of
   continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and
   which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.


word: Cicatrizant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicine or application that promotes the healing of
   a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.


word: Cichoraceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite
   plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.


word: Cid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy
   Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish
   royalty, in the 11th century.


word: Cider
wordtype: n.
definition:
The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for
   making vinegar, and for other purposes.


word: Cilia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages
   lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and
   in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the
   exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the
   Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.


word: Ciliary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to
   special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the
   choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.


word: Ciliata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by
   having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in
   others they form a band around the mouth.


word: Ciliated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate
   leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the
   windpipe.


word: Cimmerian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to
   have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.


word: Cinchona
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru
   and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies,
   producing a medicinal bark of great value.


word: Cinchona
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per
   cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits'
   bark.


word: Cinchonidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found
   especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance,
   C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker
   than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.


word: Cinchonine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and
   resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.


word: Cinchonism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued
   use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo,
   etc.


word: Cincinnati epoch
definition:
An epoch at the close of the American lower
   Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio.
   The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York.


word: Cincture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as
   by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.


word: Cineraria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants,
   mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.


word: Cinnabar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red
   crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in
   medicine.


word: Cinnabarine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of
   cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.


word: Cinnamon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a
   tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste,
   and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.


word: Cinnoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to
   quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.


word: Cinquecento
wordtype: n. & a.
definition:
The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian
   art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento
   style.


word: Cinquefoil
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of several different species of the genus
   Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of
   its leaves to the fingers of the hand.


word: Cinque Ports
definition:
Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were
   anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and
   Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and
   some minor places.


word: Cinura
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and
   allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.


word: Cipher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses
   nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases
   its value tenfold.


word: Cipher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials
   of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's
   cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.


word: Cipher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of
   writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a
   writing in such characters.


word: Cipolin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish
   zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of
   talc.


word: Cippus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an
   inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for
   indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral
   inscriptions, etc.


word: Circean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and
   Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and
   then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a
   Circean draught.


word: Circinate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center;
   -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.


word: Circle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
   circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point
   within it, called the center.


word: Circle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
   central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or
   division of society; a coterie; a set.


word: Circle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements
   are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.


word: Circler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of
   wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given
   to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a.


word: Circlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having
   the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a
   headband.


word: Circuit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
   or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round
   the sun.


word: Circuit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
   the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.


word: Circuit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain division of a state or country, established by
   law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.


word: Circuitous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
   circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.


word: Circular
wordtype: a.
definition:
repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the
   point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular
   reasoning.


word: Circular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence,
   mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.


word: Circular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a
   common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a
   circular letter.


word: Circular
wordtype: a.
definition:
A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of
   which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business
   circular.


word: Circulate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round
   and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.


word: Circulate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass from place to place, from person to person,
   or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story
   circulates.


word: Circulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to pass from place to place, or from person
   to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of
   credit.


word: Circulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which
   brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.


word: Circulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extent to which anything circulates or is
   circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a
   newspaper.


word: Circulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular
   system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every
   living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the
   vessels and tissues of plants.


word: Circulatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
   circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as,
   circulatory diseases.


word: Circulatory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally
   exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages,
   through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends
   from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.


word: Circumcise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case
   of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.


word: Circumcision
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual
   purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.


word: Circumesophagal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the
   nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.


word: Circumferentor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal
   angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass
   whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal
   brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for
   sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.


word: Circumflex
wordtype: n.
definition:
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of
   the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin
   and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable,
   marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2.


word: Circumflex
wordtype: a.
definition:
Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of
   the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and
   to other parts.


word: Circumlocution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of many words to express an idea that might
   be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.


word: Circumnutation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The successive bowing or bending in different
   directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially
   seen in climbing plants.


word: Circumpolar
wordtype: a.
definition:
About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve
   around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.


word: Circumrotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel;
   circumvolution; the state of being whirled round.


word: Circumscissile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure
   extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.


word: Circumscription
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of limiting, or the state of being
   limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.


word: Circumspect
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the
   probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.


word: Circumstance
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which attends, or relates to, or in some way
   affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.


word: Circumstantial
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something incidental to the main subject, but of
   less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural;
   as, the circumstantials of religion.


word: Circumstantiality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state, characteristic, or quality of being
   circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail.


word: Circumvallation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line of field works made around a besieged place
   and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against
   the attack of an enemy from without.


word: Circumvention
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address,
   or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.


word: Circus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of
   wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided
   lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or
   course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public
   shows.


word: Circus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of
   horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers,
   with their equipage.


word: Cirque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled
   around by precipices of great height.


word: Cirrhosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes
   smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence
   sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by
   increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance
   of the organ.


word: Cirrhotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis;
   as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.


word: Cirripedia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When
   adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From
   the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs,
   looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See
   Anatifa.


word: Cirrostomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from
   the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.


word: Cirrus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca,
   and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are
   Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.


word: Cisalpine
wordtype: a.
definition:
On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome,
   that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.


word: Cisatlantic
wordtype: a.
definition:
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the
   eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.


word: Cisco
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of
   the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi,
   a related species of Lake Michigan.


word: Cissoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving
   two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a
   plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given
   straight lines.


word: Cist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round
   or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover,
   and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary
   urn. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Cistercian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order,
   established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme.
   For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict
   in all its rigor.


word: Citadel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the
   city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.


word: Citation
wordtype: n.
definition:
An official summons or notice given to a person to
   appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.


word: Citation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another
   person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.


word: Citigradae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European
   tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which
   capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.


word: Citizen
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a
   freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not
   entitled to its franchises.


word: Citizen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes
   allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection
   from it.


word: Citizen
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen,
   though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes
   his legal status from such country.


word: Citizen
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city;
   characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.


word: Citrination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process by which anything becomes of the color of
   a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's
   stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color.


word: Citron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly
   aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.


word: City
wordtype: n.
definition:
A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective
   body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen
   or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common
   council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the
   seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.


word: Civet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken
   from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of
   clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive
   when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with
   another substance. It is used as a perfume.


word: Civet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called
   also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of
   a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the
   body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name
   is also applied to other species.


word: Civic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to
   man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.


word: Civil
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his
   relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or
   state.


word: Civil
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to
   those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.


word: Civil
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from
   military, ecclesiastical, or official state.


word: Civillty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of society in which the relations and duties of
   a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.


word: Civilize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the
   rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.


word: Civilized
wordtype: a.
definition:
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in
   arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.


word: Civily
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and
   privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.


word: Clack
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such
   noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle;
   to click.


word: Cladophyll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent
   foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax
   (Myrsiphillum).


word: Claim
wordtype: v./.
definition:
To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority,
   right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.


word: Claim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another
   for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or
   fact.


word: Claim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt,
   privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to
   anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the
   claimant.


word: Claim
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any
   one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's
   claim.


word: Clairvoyance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A power, attributed to some persons while in a
   mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in
   their normal condition.


word: Clairvoyant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while
   in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.


word: Clam
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are
   edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam
   (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and
   other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given
   originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.


word: Clamatores
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of passerine birds in which the vocal
   muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of
   singing.


word: Clambake
wordtype: n.
definition:
The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones,
   between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an
   occasion.


word: Clammy
wordtype: Compar.
definition:
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft
   and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold
   perspiration.


word: Clamorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor;
   calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
   loud; turbulent.


word: Clamp
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a
   piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.


word: Clamp
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held
   in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.


word: Clamp
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft
   material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without
   bruising.


word: Clamper
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a
   boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.


word: Clan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain,
   regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same
   surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.


word: Clan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body
   of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used
   contemptuously.


word: Clandestine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice,
   usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand;
   as, a clandestine marriage.


word: Clank
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of
   metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or
   less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than
   clink.


word: Clannish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan;
   disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the
   traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.


word: Clap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a
   quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a
   clapping of wings.


word: Clap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt
   manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.


word: Clap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands
   together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.


word: Clapboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other;
   -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.


word: Clapper
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or
   the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.


word: Dollar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains
   of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of
   412.5 grains.


word: Dollar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of
   gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8
   grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.


word: Dollar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coin of the same general weight and value, though
   differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada,
   parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European
   countries.


word: Dollar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the
   United States in reckoning money values.


word: Dollardee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the
   United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.


word: Dolly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or
   winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.


word: Dolly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving
   heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.


word: Dolly Varden
definition:
A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
   beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle
   and cherry-colored ribbons.


word: Dolomite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and
   magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in
   extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular,
   either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble.
   Also called bitter spar.


word: Dolphin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in
   length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It
   is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid.


word: Dolphin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness
   to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.


word: Dolphin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring
   to which ships may fasten their cables.


word: Dom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church
   dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.


word: Domain
wordtype: n.
definition:
The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted;
   the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used
   figuratively.


word: Domain
wordtype: n.
definition:
Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the
   mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.


word: Domain
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in
   his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign
   ownership.


word: Dome
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as
   the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a
   boiler, etc.


word: Dome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which
   meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of
   the planes of such a form.


word: Domebook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book said to have been compiled under the direction of
   King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of
   the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of
   judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of
   judgments.


word: Domestic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's
   household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns,
   life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.


word: Domestic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or
   home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars
   and domestic dissensions.


word: Domestic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated;
   tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.


word: Domesticate
wordtype: a.
definition:
To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or
   country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.


word: Domicile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A residence at a particular place accompanied with an
   intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted
   as a final abode.


word: Dominant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant;
   as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.


word: Domination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling;
   dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.


word: Domine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word
   is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to
   any clergyman.


word: Domine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family
   Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.


word: Domineer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the
   master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
   conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to
   domineer over dependents.


word: Dominican
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or
   to the religions communities named from him.


word: Dominican
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
   Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in
   1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The
   Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The
   Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black
   friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France,
   Jacobins.


word: Dominion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing
   and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control;
   sovereignty; supremacy.


word: Dominion
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is governed; territory over which authority is
   exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as,
   the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of
   the passions.


word: Domino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at
   masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were
   formerly worn by ladies in traveling.


word: Domino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of
   a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.


word: Domino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight
   pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the
   back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left
   blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played
   by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino
   already played


word: Dominus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a
   knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor.


word: Domite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the
   Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found.


word: Don
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to
   noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.


word: Don
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence;
   especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English
   universities.


word: Doa
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain,
   prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.


word: Donation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or contract by which a person voluntarily
   transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself
   to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.


word: Donatist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North
   African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in
   the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.


word: Donative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or
   patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or
   induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.


word: Doncella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies
   (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish
   (Harpe rufa) of the same region.


word: Done
wordtype: a.
definition:
Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the
   clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.


word: Donee
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one
   to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on
   whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the
   appointor.


word: Doni
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for
   trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.


word: Donjon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in
   ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See
   Illust. of Castle.


word: Doob grass
definition:
A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly
   prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United
   States.


word: Doom
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
   consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to
   chains or death.


word: Doom palm
definition:
A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued
   for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread,
   and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.


word: Door
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by
   which to go in and out; an entrance way.


word: Door
wordtype: n.
definition:
The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually
   turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment
   is closed and opened.


word: Doornail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker
   struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."


word: Doorstop
wordtype: n.
definition:
The block or strip of wood or similar material which
   stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.


word: Dor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius),
   which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to
   allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle,
   or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.


word: Dorado
wordtype: n.
definition:
A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of
   the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.


word: Doric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the
   three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second
   of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.


word: Doric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or
   keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.


word: Dorking fowl
definition:
One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having
   five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the
   white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.


word: Dormant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or
   exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or
   insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.


word: Dormer window
wordtype: n.
definition:
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be
   vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or
   houselike structure, in which it is contained.


word: Dormitory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of
   sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds;
   esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.


word: Dormouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several
   species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so
   called because they are usually torpid in winter.


word: Creeks
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians,
   including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate
   tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.


word: Creel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off
   bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.


word: Creep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the
   belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees;
   to crawl.


word: Creep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move
   imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or
   one's self; as, age creeps upon us.


word: Creep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the
   collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the
   quicksilver on a mirror may creep.


word: Creep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some
   other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its
   length.


word: Creep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of
   the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v.
   i., 4.


word: Creep
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the
   pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual
   movement of mining ground.


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the
   ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis
   quinquefolia).


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens.
   The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of
   which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper
   and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead
   of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent
   one from slipping.


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one
   to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the
   bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may
   lie there.


word: Creeper
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one
   part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an
   inner spiral in a grain screen.


word: Creeping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall,
   etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.


word: Crees
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part
   of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's
   Bay.


word: Cremate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire,
   either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate;
   as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.


word: Cremocarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the
   like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.


word: Crenature
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part
   that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.


word: Crenel
wordtype: n.
definition:
An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in
   a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of
   Battlement.


word: Creole
wordtype: n.
definition:
One born of European parents in the American colonies of
   France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a
   person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of
   Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of
   Mexico.


word: Creosol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid,
   homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum
   guaiacum.


word: Creosote
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning
   smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown
   by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and
   their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar,
   especially that of beechwood.


word: Crepane
wordtype: n.
definition:
An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind
   foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.


word: Crepitate
wordtype: v.
definition:
To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated
   explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.


word: Crepitation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that
   produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by
   pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.


word: Crescendo
wordtype: a. & adv.
definition:
With a constantly increasing volume of voice;
   with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction
   for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the
   word on the score.


word: Crescent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or
   when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly
   to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.


word: Crescent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first
   instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the
   second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim
   III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be
   indebted for valuable services.


word: Crescent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed
   upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency
   to distinguish a second son and his descendants.


word: Cresol
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH,
   homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar
   and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also
   cresylic acid.]


word: Cress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
   have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
   antiscorbutic.


word: Cresselle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a
   bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy
   Week, or the last week of Lent.


word: Cresset
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible
   material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on
   a pole in nocturnal processions.


word: Cresset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the
   inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.


word: Crest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on
   an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a
   serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.


word: Crest
wordtype: n.
definition:
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a
   helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of
   the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.


word: Crest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it,
   or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a
   relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.


word: Cretaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk;
   chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.


word: Cretinism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied
   by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in
   certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.


word: Creux
wordtype: n.
definition:
Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus,
   engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing
   out the design.


word: Crevasse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the
   clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.


word: Crevasse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by
   the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.


word: Crevice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the
   separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.


word: Crew
wordtype: n.
definition:
The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the
   company belonging to a vessel or a boat.


word: Crew
wordtype: n.
definition:
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a
   purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's
   crew.


word: Crib
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain,
   salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.


word: Crib
wordtype: n.
definition:
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for
   supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.


word: Crib
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a
   translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his
   lessons.


word: Crib
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to
   appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.


word: Cribbage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in
   which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great
   variety of chances.


word: Cribbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft
   lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.


word: Cribbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays
   hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the
   stomach with a grunting sound.


word: Cribellum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders
   (Ciniflonidae), used for spinning a special kind of silk.


word: Cribriform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced
   with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform
   compress.


word: Crick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part
   of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the
   part.


word: Cricket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied
   genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the
   basal parts of the veins of the front wings.


word: Cricket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America,
   with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two
   contesting parties or sides.


word: Cricket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof,
   so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.


word: Crier
wordtype: n.
definition:
an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a
   court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a
   town-crier.


word: Crime
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of
   a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.


word: Crime
wordtype: n.
definition:
Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a
   misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any
   aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage
   or great wrong.


word: Criminal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of
   an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.


word: Criminal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is
   found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.


word: Crimp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that
   the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance
   to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.


word: Crimp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the
   flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp
   skate, etc.


word: Crimper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or
   shoe is stretched to the required shape.


word: Crined
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of
   the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.


word: Cringe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to
   bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a
   degrading manner; to fawn.


word: Cringle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached
   to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The
   cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.


word: Crinkle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold
   into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.


word: Crinkle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends
   or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as
   stiff cloth when moved.


word: Crinoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous
   extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of
   the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a
   jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.


word: Crinoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for
   underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because
   originally made of hair.


word: Crinum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace/,
   cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.


word: Cripple
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or
   never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is
   partially disabled.


word: Cripple
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for
   service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be
   financially crippled.


word: Crisis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point of time when it is to be decided whether any
   affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the
   decisive moment; the turning point.


word: Crisis
wordtype: n.
definition:
That change in a disease which indicates whether the result
   is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of
   symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or
   sweat.


word: Crisp
wordtype: a.
definition:
To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of
   cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.


word: Crisp
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or
   brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork;
   crackling.


word: Crisper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for
   making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.


word: Crisscross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A child's game played on paper or on a slate,
   consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.


word: Crisscross
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In opposite directions; in a way to cross something
   else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.


word: Criterion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A standard of judging; any approved or established rule
   or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in
   forming a correct judgment respecting them.


word: Crith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit for estimating the weight of a/riform substances;
   -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0/ centigrade, and with a
   tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or
   1.38274 grains.


word: Crithomancu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of divination by means of the dough of the
   cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the
   victims.


word: Critic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or
   artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines
   literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a
   reviewer.


word: Critic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who
   censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a
   carper.


word: Critical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the
   nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical
   dissertation.


word: Critical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise
   careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.


word: Critical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to
   principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.


word: Critical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or
   specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence,
   of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical
   stage of a fever; a critical situation.


word: Critically
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation,
   place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
   critically situated.


word: Criticise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or
   artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a
   picture.


word: Criticise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of;
   esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct.


word: Criticise
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic
   judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.


word: Criticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rules and principles which regulate the practice of
   the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the
   beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in
   the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.


word: Criticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or
   expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a
   critique; animadversion; censure.


word: Critique
wordtype: n.
definition:
A critical examination or estimate of a work of
   literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and
   through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of
   Pure Reason."


word: Croak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a
   raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.


word: Croak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
   utter complaints or forebodings habitually.


word: Crocein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet
   dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general
   they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.


word: Crochet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with
   worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.


word: Crocidolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue
   color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of
   iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in
   which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is
   the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.


word: Crocin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from
   the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.


word: Crock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on
   pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter
   which rubs off from cloth.


word: Crocket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage,
   projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.


word: Crocodile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several
   species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and
   inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid
   in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is
   that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile
   (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer
   jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other
   related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.


word: Crocus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising
   separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of
   spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms
   in the autumn.


word: Crocus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a
   red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or
   colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing
   powder.


word: Croesus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c.,
   and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a
   very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus.


word: Cromlech
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large
   ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found
   chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a
   period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these
   countries.


word: Cronstedtite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron,
   and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; --
   so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.


word: Croodle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to
   lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.


word: Crookbill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable
   for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.


word: Crookedness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition or quality of being crooked; hence,
   deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude;
   perverseness.


word: Crookes tube
definition:
A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a
   very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects;
   -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.


word: Crop
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld,
   or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season;
   especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit;
   harvest.


word: Cropper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in
   hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse.


word: Croquet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to
   drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or
   arches set in the ground according to some pattern.


word: Croquet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's
   ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own
   ball with the mallet.


word: Crosier
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop,
   being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed
   transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the
   horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was
   anciently used in the execution of criminals.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in
   ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of
   Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a
   Christian people, and of Christendom.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial;
   disappointment; opposition; misfortune.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also,
   that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money
   in general.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross;
   a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence,
   such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus,
   the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists
   of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross,
   set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing
   Cross in London.


word: Cross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding;
   or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.


word: Cross
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting;
   adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.


word: Cross
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness,
   fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.


word: Cross
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation;
   mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross
   marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the
   same relation to each other.


word: Cross
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the
   reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.


word: Cross
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a
   line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross
   out a name.


word: Cross
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place
   to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.


word: Cross-banded
wordtype: a.
definition:
A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is
   inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc.,
   so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.


word: Crossbar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as
   the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to
   insure its turning fluke down.


word: Crossbill
definition:
A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery
   suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that
   suit.


word: Crossbill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their
   mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.


word: Cross-birth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the
   child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm,
   or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.


word: Crossbones
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A representation of two of the leg bones or arm
   bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and
   serving as a symbol of death.


word: Crossbreed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
   breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two
   parent varieties or stocks.


word: Crosscut
wordtype: n.
definition:
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the
   main workings, as from one gangway to another.


word: Crossette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a
   door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.


word: Cross-examination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by
   the party against whom he has been called and examined. See
   Examination.


word: Cross-garnet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other
   strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.


word: Crossgrained
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or
   less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or
   planing.


word: Crosshead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or
   a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid
   crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from
   the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod,
   which is hinged to the crosshead.


word: Crossopterygii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of ganoid fishes including among
   living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.


word: Cross-purpose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conversational game, in which questions and
   answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.


word: Cross-reading
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly
   across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a
   ludicrous combination of ideas.


word: Crossruff
wordtype: n.
definition:
The play in whist where partners trump each a different
   suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.


word: Cross-spall
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the temporary wooden braces, placed
   horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams
   are in; a cross-pawl.


word: Cross-springer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from
   the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]


word: Cross-stitch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and
   in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.


word: Crosstrees
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are
   attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large
   vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."


word: Crosswort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several inconspicuous plants having
   leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.


word: Crotch
wordtype: n.
definition:
The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a
   fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.


word: Crotch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for
   supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.


word: Crotchet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of
   a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a
   quarter note.


word: Crotchet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or
   rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line
   of battle.


word: Croton bug
definition:
A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia
   Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in
   cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.


word: Crotonine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling
   it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of
   the oil.


word: Crotonylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced
   artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the
   acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.


word: Crouch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground
   with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.


word: Croup
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds,
   especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.


word: Croup
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea,
   accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult
   breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development
   of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup).
   See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.


word: Croupous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended
   with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in
   membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.


word: Crow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a
   strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking
   note. See Caw.


word: Crowberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit,
   a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.


word: Crowd
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A number of things collected or closely pressed together;
   also, a number of things adjacent to each other.


word: Crowd
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of
   violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.


word: Crowfoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common
   weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the
   head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable
   distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by,
   faithful or successful effort; a reward.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the
   sovereign; -- with the definite article.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that
   part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and
   back; also, the head or brain.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about
   one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a
   denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the
   value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the
   Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly
   twenty-seven cents.


word: Crown
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the
   middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.


word: Crowned
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested,
   or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded;
   completed; consummated; perfected.


word: Crown-imperial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of
   the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent
   bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.


word: Crown office
definition:
The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's
   Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes
   cognizance of all criminal cases.


word: Crown-saw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on
   the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion.


word: Crown wheel
definition:
A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its
   plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.


word: Crownwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with
   their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected
   by wings with the main work or the river bank.


word: Crow's-foot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or
   dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes.


word: Crow-silk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of
   Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).


word: Crucial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross;
   cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.


word: Crucian carp
definition:
A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior
   to the common carp; -- called also German carp.


word: Crucible
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory
   substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and
   calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals,
   ores, etc.


word: Cruciferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants
   which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the
   mustard, radish, turnip, etc.


word: Crucifix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the
   cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood,
   ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their
   devotions.


word: Crucifixion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross,
   for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a
   method of capital punishment.


word: Crude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or
   heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any
   artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.


word: Crude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested
   knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.


word: Crude
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad
   taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.


word: Crudeness
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness;
   unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as,
   the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.


word: Crudity
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence,
   superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form.


word: Cruel
wordtype: a.
definition:
Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt,
   torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity;
   savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.


word: Cruelty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to
   give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.


word: Cruet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for
   holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.


word: Cruise
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the
   potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for
   pleasure.


word: Cruise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel,
   for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a
   sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.


word: Crumbcloth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive
   falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean.


word: Crumble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small
   fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to
   perish.


word: Cruor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of
   coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.


word: Crupper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled
   to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.


word: Crural
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the
   parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal;
   crural ring.


word: Crus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are
   supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a
   pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve
   fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the
   forebrain.


word: Crusade
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by
   Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the
   recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.


word: Crush
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze,
   so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to
   force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.


word: Crush
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a
   smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes
   easily.


word: Crush
wordtype: n.
definition:
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced
   uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.


word: Crust
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard
   exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.


word: Crust
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from
   the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.


word: Draw
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; --
   with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in
   racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw
   back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to
   come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to
   draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh,
   or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to
   collect.


word: Draw
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a draft or written demand for payment of money
   deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.


word: Draw
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or
   drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under
   Drawbridge.


word: Drawback
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value,
   success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.


word: Drawback
wordtype: n.
definition:
Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount
   of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part,
   remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the
   commodities on which they were levied.


word: Drawbar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a
   coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided
   with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of
   a train.


word: Drawbar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link,
   for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.


word: Drawbench
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a
   drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called
   drawing bench.


word: Drawbore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than
   the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which
   the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it,
   will draw these parts together.


word: Drawbore
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing,
   instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.


word: Drawboy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also,
   a part of power loom that performs the same office.


word: Drawbridge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to
   be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder
   communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or
   over a navigable river or canal.


word: Drawer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by
   pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.


word: Drawing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or the art of representing any object by means of
   lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color,
   or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but
   for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk,
   etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.


word: Drawing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of stretching or spreading metals as by
   hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from
   sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.


word: Drawing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from
   the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.


word: Drawknife
wordtype: n.
definition:
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each
   end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; --
   called also drawshave, and drawing shave.


word: Drawknife
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along
   the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of
   the wood.


word: Drawing-room
wordtype: n.
definition:
A room appropriated for the reception of company; a
   room to which company withdraws from the dining room.


word: Drawing-room
wordtype: n.
definition:
The company assembled in such a room; also, a
   reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.


word: Drawplate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of
   conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and
   elongated.


word: Drawrod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the
   car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.


word: Dread
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread
   sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.


word: Dreadnaught
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can
   defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.


word: Dream
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary
   transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.


word: Dream
wordtype: n.
definition:
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary;
   a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated
   state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.


word: Dream
wordtype: n.
definition:
To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of
   sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream
   of a battle, or of an absent friend.


word: Dream
wordtype: n.
definition:
To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to
   anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary
   notion or idea; to imagine.


word: Dream
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in
   sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.


word: Dreamer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes
   of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.


word: Dreamland
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes
   pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.


word: Dredge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a)
   A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging
   machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in
   collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.


word: Dredger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour,
   as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and
   drudging box.


word: Dreg
wordtype: n.
definition:
Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or
   precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment;
   hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of
   society.


word: Dreissena
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D.
   polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh
   waters of Europe.


word: Drench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put
   a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently
   by physic.


word: Drench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
   saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.


word: Drench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine
   poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers;
   commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align;
   as, to dress the ranks.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or
   curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or
   diseased part.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange;
   specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render
   suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain
   animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a
   lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to
   dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores,
   by sorting and separating them.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as
   to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to
   put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich
   decorations; to clothe; to deck.


word: Dress
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To arrange one's self in due position in a line of
   soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right,
   dress!


word: Dress
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's
   garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.


word: Dress coat
definition:
A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the
   frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on
   occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States
   army is a full-skirted frock coat.


word: Dress goods
definition:
A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and
   girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also
   applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.


word: Dribble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick
   succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.


word: Driblet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of
   money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.


word: Drier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or
   absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind
   are great driers of the earth.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
   drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the
   like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or
   meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward
   together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or
   water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which
   have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface,
   especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a
   hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway;
   a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her
   desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised
   and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or
   driftpiece.


word: Drift
wordtype: n.
definition:
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into
   which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of
   the mast on which it is to be driven.


word: Drift
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of
   water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the
   balloon drifts slowly east.


word: Drift
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the
   purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a
   vein; to prospect.


word: Drift
wordtype: a.
definition:
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
   currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.


word: Driftpiece
wordtype: n.
definition:
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the
   plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.


word: Drill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to
   perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.


word: Drill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as
   soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct
   thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to
   discipline.


word: Drill
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
   holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by
   revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in
   drilling stone; also, a drill press.


word: Drill
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military
   art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the
   like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the
   rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military
   exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.


word: Drill
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
   and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.


word: Drill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters
   and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most
   destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea.


word: Drill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to
   drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.


word: Drill
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes
   so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.


word: Dismantle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to
   unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a
   fort, a town, or a ship.


word: Dismast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away
   the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.


word: Dismay
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the
   spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear;
   to daunt; to appall; to terrify.


word: Dismay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming
   and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.


word: Dismember
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin
   member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.


word: Dismemberment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dismembering, or the state of being
   dismembered; cutting in piece; m/tilation; division; separation.


word: Dismiss
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To discard; to remove or discharge from office,
   service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the
   matter dismisses his servant.


word: Dismission
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act dismissing or sending away; permission to
   leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand
   jury.


word: Dismount
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a
   rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.


word: Dismount
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on
   which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and
   render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of
   artillery.


word: Disobedient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is
   commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of
   duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.


word: Disobey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior
   or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in
   authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey
   their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.


word: Disoblige
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To do an act which contravenes the will or desires
   of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to
   refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.


word: Disorder
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of order or regular disposition; lack of
   arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into
   disorder; the papers are in disorder.


word: Disorder
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural
   functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or
   indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head
   or stomach.


word: Disorderly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged;
   immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.


word: Disorderly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not complying with the restraints of order and law;
   tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people;
   disorderly assemblies.


word: Disorganize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the organic structure or regular system
   of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is
   organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.


word: Disown
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
   self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as,
   a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown
   his writings.


word: Disparage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to
   lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly
   of; to depreciate; to undervalue.


word: Disparagement
wordtype: n.
definition:
Matching any one in marriage under his or her
   degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a
   lowering in rank or estimation.


word: Disparagement
wordtype: n.
definition:
Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
   depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of
   value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly
   with to.


word: Disparity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or
   excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.;
   as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.


word: Dispart
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to
   rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.


word: Dispart
wordtype: n.
definition:
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the
   mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.


word: Dispart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the
   trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight
   parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and
   muzzle sight.


word: Dispassionate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved,
   or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.


word: Dispassionate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper
   or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate
   view.


word: Dispatch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute
   quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.


word: Dispatch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To send off or away; -- particularly applied to
   sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business,
   and implying haste.


word: Dispatch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as
   of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.


word: Dispatch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially,
   an important official letter sent from one public officer to another;
   -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with
   dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.


word: Dispatchful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business
   or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks.


word: Dispauper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public
   support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.


word: Dispel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish;
   to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors,
   cares, doubts, illusions.


word: Dispensary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed;
   esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines
   gratuitously or at a nominal price.


word: Dispensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution;
   often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more
   generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.


word: Dispensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained
   and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and
   Christian dispensations.


word: Dispensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relaxation of a law in a particular case;
   permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something
   enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from
   some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred
   of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).


word: Dispensatory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic
   description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is
   usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it
   issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by
   government.


word: Dispense
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as,
   the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses
   her bounties; to dispense medicines.


word: Disperse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to
   distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all
   nations.


word: Disperse
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To separate; to go or move into different parts; to
   vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.


word: Dispersion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the
   state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion
   retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human
   family took place at the building of Babel.


word: Dispersion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The separation of light into its different colored
   rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.


word: Displace
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change the place of; to remove from the usual or
   proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as,
   the books in the library are all displaced.


word: Displace
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove from a state, office, dignity, or
   employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the
   revenue.


word: Displacement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a
   floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being
   equal to that of the displacing body.


word: Displacement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of extracting soluble substances from
   organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent
   is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.


word: Displant
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and
   take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.


word: Display
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously
   or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.


word: Displease
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of
   disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex;
   -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to
   anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.


word: Displeasure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or
   uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire
   or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety;
   disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.


word: Disport
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly
   and without restraint; to amuse one's self.


word: Disposable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as
   occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.


word: Disposal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything;
   arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal
   of the troops in two lines.


word: Disposal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of
   anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place,
   condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property.


word: Disposal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition
   of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.


word: Dispose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in
   order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.


word: Dispose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an
   object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.


word: Dispose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to
   cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or
   propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to,
   sometimes by for before the indirect object.


word: Dispose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To exercise finally one's power of control over; to
   pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to
   alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of
   a house; to dispose of one's time.


word: Disposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating,
   or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's
   property by will.


word: Disposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged;
   distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in
   an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.


word: Disposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural
   constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a
   direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.


word: Disposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind,
   especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of
   mind.


word: Dispossess
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual
   occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to
   eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to
   dispossess a king of his crown.


word: Dispossession
wordtype: n.
definition:
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or
   otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what
   title; -- called also ouster.


word: Dispraise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To withdraw praise from; to notice with
   disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.


word: Disproof
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation;
   refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.


word: Disproportion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of
   symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the
   disproportion of the length of a building to its height.


word: Disproportion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to
   an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of
   strength or means to an object.


word: Disproportion
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness
   to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.


word: Disproportionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size,
   quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate.


word: Disproportional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having due proportion to something else; not
   having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or
   value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes
   deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be
   disproportional to their understanding.


word: Disproportionate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to
   something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion;
   inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are
   disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate
   means.


word: Disputable
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in
   question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or
   propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions,
   points, or questions.


word: Disputant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to
   another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in
   opposition.


word: Disputation
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation
   in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words;
   verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition,
   or argument.


word: Disputation
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in
   opposition to each other on some question proposed.


word: Disputatious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert;
   characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.


word: Dispute
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contend in argument; to argue against something
   maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to
   debate; to altercate; to wrangle.


word: Dispute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to
   overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call
   in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute
   assertions or arguments.


word: Dispute
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or
   expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion;
   altercation; debate.


word: Disqualification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disqualifying, or state of being
   disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the
   disqualification of men for holding certain offices.


word: Disqualification
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates
   or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a
   person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.


word: Disqualify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary
   for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from
   before the purpose, state, or act.


word: Disqualify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by
   positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of
   perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.


word: Disquiet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind;
   uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.


word: Disquiet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or
   tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.


word: Disquisition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion
   of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with
   the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.


word: Disregard
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take
   notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or
   notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.


word: Disregard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disregarding, or the state of being
   disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of
   attention; slight.


word: Disrelish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind);
   distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of
   food.


word: Disreputable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem;
   dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into
   disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the
   mean, the lewd, and the profane.


word: Disrespectful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of
   respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.


word: Disrobe
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to
   strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as,
   autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.


word: Disruption
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent
   asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as,
   the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.


word: Disruptive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by
   disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of
   an electrical battery.


word: Dissatisfaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or
   discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or
   from disappointed wishes and expectations.


word: Dissatisfy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite
   uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by
   the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's
   fortune.


word: Dissect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to
   separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for
   examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.


word: Dissecting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or
   vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way
   between or within the coats of an artery.


word: Dissection
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as,
   dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of
   Francis I.


word: Dissection
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the
   whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure;
   an anatomical so prepared.


word: Disseize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or
   oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by
   of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold.


word: Disseizee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person disseized, or put out of possession of an
   estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor.


word: Disseizin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and
   ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.


word: Dissemble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign
   (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance
   upon; to disguise; to mask.


word: Dissemble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or
   sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act
   the hypocrite.


word: Dissembler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or
   dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.


word: Disseminate
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for
   growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as,
   principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are
   spread abroad for propagation.


word: Dissemination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disseminating, or the state of being
   disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or
   spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.


word: Dissension
wordtype: n.
definition:
Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent
   character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words;
   partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union;
   strife; discord; quarrel.


word: Dissent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to
   adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or
   disagreement.


word: Dissenter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who separates from the service and worship of an
   established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or
   tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.


word: Dissertation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral
   or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations
   on the Prophecies.


word: Dissilient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic
   force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.


word: Dissimilarity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude;
   variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.


word: Dissimulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false
   appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.


word: Dissipate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to
   disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never
   again be collected or restored.


word: Dissipate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away;
   to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually
   dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body
   dissipates.


word: Dissipation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money,
   etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious
   indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.


word: Dissociate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite;
   to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.


word: Dissociation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process by which a compound body breaks up into
   simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on
   gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur
   molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid
   and ammonia.


word: Dissolubility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being
   dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and
   converted into a fluid.


word: Dissoluble
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable
   by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid.


word: Dissolute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and
   conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton;
   lewd; debauched.


word: Dissoluteness
wordtype: n.
definition:
State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of
   morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery;
   dissipation.


word: Dissolvable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being dissolved, or separated into
   component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble.


word: Dissolve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to
   break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering
   a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to
   dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.


word: Dissolve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to
   disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.


word: Apprentice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barrister, considered a learner of law till of
   sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of
   serjeant.


word: Apprentice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for
   the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.


word: Apprenticeship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The service or condition of an apprentice; the
   state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under
   legal agreement.


word: Apprenticeship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven
   years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).


word: Apprise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; --
   followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack;
   he apprised the commander of what he had done.


word: Approach
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances;
   to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest
   statesman.


word: Approach
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw
   nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he
   approached the age of manhood.


word: Approach
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by
   besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.


word: Approaching
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree
   into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
   also, inarching and grafting by approach.


word: Approbation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of
   a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval;
   sanction; commendation.


word: Appropriable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being appropriated, set apart,
   sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.


word: Appropriate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence:
   Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.


word: Appropriate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to
   claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the
   use of a common benefit.


word: Appropriate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person
   or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of
   ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the
   increase of the navy.


word: Appropriation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of setting apart or assigning to a
   particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of
   all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of
   ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.


word: Appropriation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the
   perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.


word: Appropriation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The application of payment of money by a debtor to
   his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to
   the latter.


word: Approve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to
   think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.


word: Approve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; --
   said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the
   manor.


word: Approvement
wordtype: n.
definition:
a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with
   treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a
   giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The
   term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as
   turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence
   in the United States.


word: Approvement
wordtype: n.
definition:
Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and
   converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord
   of the manor.


word: Approximation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or
   being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.


word: Approximation
wordtype: n.
definition:
An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or
   conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.


word: Appulse
wordtype: n.
definition:
The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to
   the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to
   a star, or of a star to the meridian.


word: Appurtenance
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an
   appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more
   worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging
   to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a
   right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture,
   an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a
   strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.


word: Appurtenant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing;
   accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or
   buildings.


word: Apricot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval
   shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of
   Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced
   throughout the temperate zone.


word: April
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which
   vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.


word: A priori
definition:
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces
   consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which
   infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively.
   The reverse of a posteriori.


word: A priori
definition:
Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or
   presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience
   rational or possible.


word: Apron
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn
   on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them
   from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by
   strings.


word: Apron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a
   person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the
   rain, snow, or dust; a boot.


word: Apron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock,
   against which the dock gates are shut.


word: Aprosos
wordtype: a. & adv.
definition:
By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place
   or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation,
   suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.


word: Apse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in
   the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often,
   projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was
   occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.


word: Apsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or
   satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the
   central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet,
   or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called
   the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining
   them, the line of apsides.


word: Apsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for
   which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.


word: Apt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick
   to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.


word: Aptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen
   order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea,
   spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in
   several distinct classes and orders.


word: Apteral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which
   have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or
   amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.


word: Apteryx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with
   only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail;
   the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same
   country. Five species are known.


word: Aptitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a
   particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as,
   oil has an aptitude to burn.


word: Aptness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning;
   docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children
   than in others.


word: Aptychus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite
   shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.


word: Aqua
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,
   in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.


word: Aquarelle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A design or painting in thin transparent water colors;
   also, the mode of painting in such colors.


word: Aquarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who
   used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.


word: Aquarium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with
   glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants
   are kept.


word: Aquarius
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which
   the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains
   which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.


word: Aquatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming
   in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.


word: Aquatinta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use
   of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in
   water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.


word: Aqueduct
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying
   water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.


word: Aqueduct
wordtype: n.
definition:
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a
   channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.


word: Arabesque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or
   carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,
   foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or
   imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.


word: Arabin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum
   arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.


word: Arabinose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry
   gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.


word: Arabist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature;
   also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.


word: Aracari
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied
   to the toucans. There are several species.


word: Arachnoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal
   cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.


word: Aragonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral identical in composition with calcite or
   carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and
   some of its physical characters.


word: Aramaic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants,
   language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; --
   specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of
   languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.


word: Araneous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb;
   as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.


word: Arango
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported
   from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.


word: Araucaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species
   are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells
   differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces
   in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The
   seeds are edible.


word: Araucarian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The
   earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.


word: Arbalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of
   wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device
   for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.


word: Arbiter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any person who has the power of judging and determining,
   or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and
   governing is not limited.


word: Arbitrage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of
   Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the
   same time in different markets.


word: Arbitrary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any
   fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.


word: Arbitrary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and
   therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of
   power.


word: Arbitrary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and
   unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.


word: Arbitrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon
   several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate
   between parties to a suit.


word: Arbitration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hearing and determination of a cause between
   parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.


word: Arbitrator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by
   parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See
   Arbitration.


word: Arbor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines,
   branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.


word: Arborescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a
   tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that
   form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.


word: Arborescent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic;
   having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.


word: Arboretum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs
   is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.


word: Arbor vitae
definition:
An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The
   American species is the T. occidentalis.


word: Arbor vitae
definition:
The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve
   tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.


word: Arbute
wordtype: n.
definition:
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
   Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the
   arbute tree.


word: Arc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the
   colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.


word: Arc
wordtype: n.
definition:
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
   sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
   daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.


word: Arcade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of arches with the columns or piers which support
   them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes
   open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the
   back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.


word: Arcadia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the
   heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for
   contentment and rural happiness.


word: Arch
wordtype: n.
definition:
Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped
   solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the
   radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an
   opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e.,
   semicircular), or pointed.


word: Arch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges
   or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.


word: Archaean
wordtype: n.
definition:
The earliest period in geological period, extending up to
   the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the
   appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of
   life.


word: Archaeolithic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; --
   applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.


word: Archaeology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric
   antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early
   epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts,
   etc.


word: Archaeopteryx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable
   for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along
   each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian
   characteristics.


word: Archaism
wordtype: a.
definition:
An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word,
   expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.


word: Archangel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied to several different species of plants
   (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).


word: Archbishop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class
   (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct
   of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal
   authority in his own diocese.


word: Archbishopric
wordtype: n.
definition:
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see
   or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.


word: Archchamberlain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old
   German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great
   chamberlain in England.


word: Archchancellor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German
   empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.


word: Archdeacon
wordtype: n.
definition:
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank
   below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though
   with independent authority.


word: Archegonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pistillidium or female organ in the higher
   cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.


word: Archenteron
wordtype: n.
definition:
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive
   sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.


word: Archer fish
definition:
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; --
   so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey.
   The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus.


word: Archery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.;
   the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.


word: Archetype
wordtype: n.
definition:
The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural
   group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to
   have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.


word: Archeus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The vital principle or force which (according to the
   Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living
   beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.


word: Archi-
definition:
A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect,
   archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive,
   original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.


word: Archiannelida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of Annelida remarkable for having no
   external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.


word: Archiater
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of
   Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first
   physician of some cities.


word: Archil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen
   (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary
   and Cape Verd Islands, etc.


word: Archimandrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A superintendent of several monasteries,
   corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman
   Catholic church.


word: Archimedean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek
   philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as,
   Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.


word: Archimedes
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the
   subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.


word: Archipelago
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating
   Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small
   islands.


word: Archipelago
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed
   with many islands or with a group of islands.


word: Architect
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person skilled in the art of building; one who
   understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and
   designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.


word: Architectonical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a master builder, or to
   architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction;
   constructive.


word: Architecture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or science of building; especially, the art
   of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the
   purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.


word: Architeuthis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the
   squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.


word: Architrave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lower division of an entablature, or that part
   which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture.
   See Column.


word: Architrave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The group of moldings, or other architectural member,
   above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if
   square in form.


word: Archive
wordtype: n.
definition:
Public records or documents preserved as evidence of
   facts; as, the archives of a country or family.


word: Archivolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
The architectural member surrounding the curved opening
   of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square
   opening.


word: Archivolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which
   the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.


word: Archilute
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use,
   having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings
   with a unison.


word: Archon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially,
   by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.


word: Arctic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern
   constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole,
   circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.


word: Arcuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the
   ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.


word: -art
definition:
The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard,
   drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of
   German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually
   has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality
   expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.


word: Ardent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as,
   ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.


word: Ardent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate;
   fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope,
   temper.


word: Ardor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as,
   he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.


word: Arduous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attended with great labor, like the ascending of
   acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or
   enterprise.


word: Are
definition:
The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but
   etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is,
   all come from the root as.


word: Are
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each
   side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square
   yards.


word: Area
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of
   the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.


word: Area
wordtype: n.
definition:
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
   within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
   a triangle.


word: Areal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the
   areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).


word: Areca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca
   nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper
   Betle and lime.


word: Arena
wordtype: n.
definition:
The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which
   the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called
   because it was covered with sand.


word: Arena
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of
   action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.


word: Arenaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of
   sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous
   limestone.


word: Arenga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago,
   wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.


word: Areola
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the
   surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers
   composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures
   of an insect's wing.


word: Areolated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings
   of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound
   flowers.


word: Areolation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small space, bounded by some part different in
   color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings
   of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.


word: Areolet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the
   wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.


word: Areopagus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were
   held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal


word: Aretaics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between
   virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with
   eudemonics.


word: Aretology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue,
   its nature, and the means of attaining to it.


word: Argali
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali),
   remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia
   and central Asia.


word: Argand lamp
definition:
A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney
   which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.


word: Argas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
   famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of
   Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.


word: Argent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent
   silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; --
   represented in engraving by a plain white surface.


word: Argentic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; --
   said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest
   proportion; as, argentic chloride.


word: Argentine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime,
   having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar
   structure.


word: Argentine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery
   scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus
   Argentina.


word: Argentite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or
   silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is
   sectile like lead.


word: Argentous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of
   certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than
   in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.


word: Argillite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
   bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.


word: Argo
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four
   companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.


word: Argo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also
   Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions,
   Carina, Puppis, and Vela.


word: Argol
wordtype: n.
definition:
Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar
   is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from
   wines on the sides of the casks.


word: Argon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance regarded as an element, contained in the
   atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.


word: Argonaut
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with
   Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.


word: Argue
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a
   proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.


word: Argue
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; --
   followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing
   him.


word: Argue
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the
   counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well
   argued.


word: Argument
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief,
   or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument
   about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it,
   or against it.


word: Argument
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of
   rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.


word: Argument
wordtype: n.
definition:
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic
   representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the
   contents of a book, chapter, poem.


word: Argument
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quantity on which another quantity in a table
   depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.


word: Argumentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of forming reasons, making inductions,
   drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the
   operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true,
   from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.


word: Argumentative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of, or characterized by, argument;
   containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.


word: Argumentative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation
   of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the
   Creator.


word: Argus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred
   eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to
   the peacock's tail.


word: Argus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A.
   giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing
   and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.


word: Argus shell
definition:
A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully
   variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.


word: Arian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of
   Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who
   held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity,
   though the first and noblest of all created beings.


word: Aridity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness
   of style or feeling; spiritual drought.


word: Aries
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which
   the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.


word: Arillus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to
   a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white
   water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.


word: Arise
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come
   above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to
   mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a
   cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.


word: Arise
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to
   become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to
   present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose;
   the wrath of the king shall arise.


word: Aristocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form a government, in which the supreme power is
   vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order;
   an oligarchy.


word: Aristocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged
   class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as
   superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or
   intellect.


word: Aristocrat
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government,
   or believes the aristocracy should govern.


word: Aristocratical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in,
   or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an
   aristocratic constitution.


word: Aristocratical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy;
   characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an
   aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.


word: Ark
wordtype: n.
definition:
The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which
   supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most
   sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of
   stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the
   Covenant.


word: Ark
wordtype: n.
definition:
The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were
   preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.


word: Arm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to
   the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.


word: Arm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a
   trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.


word: Arm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add
   strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a
   sword; to arm a hook in angling.


word: Armada
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the
   Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.


word: Armadillo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to
   America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small
   bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad
   except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting
   the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several
   species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See
   Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.


word: Armament
wordtype: n.
definition:
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their
   equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.


word: Armature
wordtype: n.
definition:
Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and
   defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and
   plants.


word: Armature
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a
   magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to
   receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet,
   it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.


word: Armature
wordtype: n.
definition:
Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a
   building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.


word: Armed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with
   the means of security or protection.


word: Armenian
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization
   similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others
   to the Roman Catholic.


word: Armiger
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who
   bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in
   degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now
   superseded by esquire.


word: Arming
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a
   sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.


word: Arminian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to
   their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.


word: Armistice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a
   temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.


word: Armorican
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France
   (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people.


word: Arms
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or
   assault another with; an aggressive weapon.


word: Arms
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and
   colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and
   distinction, and descending from father to son.


word: Army
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized
   in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under
   proper officers.


word: Army worm
definition:
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often
   travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass,
   grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United
   States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other
   related species, as the cotton worm.


word: Army worm
definition:
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which
   marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under
   Cotton.


word: Arnee
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger
   than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.


word: Arnica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica
   montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a
   narcotic and stimulant.


word: Aroma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or principle of plants or other substances which
   constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.


word: Aromatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy;
   strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.


word: Aromatic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant
   smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon,
   spices.


word: Around
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding
   space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.


word: Around
wordtype: prep.
definition:
From one part to another of; at random through; about;
   on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing
   around the corner.


word: Arouse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or
   put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from
   sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.


word: Arpeggio
wordtype: n.
definition:
The production of the tones of a chord in rapid
   succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain
   thus played.


word: Arpen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
   parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or
   nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1
   acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.


word: Arquebuse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to
   a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a
   later invention.


word: Arquebusade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants,
   as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in
   gunshot wounds.


word: Arrack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all
   ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of
   rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm,
   etc.


word: Arraign
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to
   answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.


word: Arraignment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of arraigning, or the state of being
   arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to
   answer to an indictment or complaint.


word: Dissolvent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid
   body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.


word: Dissolvent
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which has the power of dissolving or melting other
   substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.


word: Dissolvent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in
   the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.


word: Dissuade
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by
   reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his
   purpose.


word: Distaff
wordtype: n.
definition:
The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from
   which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.


word: Distain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tinge with a different color from the natural or
   proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; --
   used chiefly in poetry.


word: Distance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space between two objects; the length of a line,
   especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are
   separate; measure of separation in place.


word: Distance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from
   front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from
   right to left.


word: Distance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a picture which contains the representation
   of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.


word: Distance
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance,
   n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.


word: Distant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place,
   time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant
   relatives.


word: Distemper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to
   ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.


word: Distemper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition;
   malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes;
   as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in
   cattle.


word: Distemper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a
   passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.


word: Distemper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the
   pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera)
   instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings
   of rooms.


word: Distemperature
wordtype: n.
definition:
Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or
   cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.


word: Distend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate;
   to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce
   tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.


word: Distention
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth
   or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention
   of the lungs.


word: Disthene
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its
   unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.


word: Distill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation,
   as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from
   wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential
   oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.


word: Distill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in
   making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.


word: Distillable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of
   being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol
   is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.


word: Distillation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance
   from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or
   vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still,
   and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool
   receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization;
   condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of
   alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.


word: Distinct
wordtype: a.
definition:
So separated as not to be confounded with any other
   thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined;
   clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.


word: Distinction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences
   between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others;
   exercise of discernment; discrimination.


word: Distinction
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which distinguishes one thing from another;
   distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction
   between real and apparent good.


word: Distinctly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
With distinctness; not confusedly; without the
   blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see
   distinctly.


word: Distinctness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being distinct; a separation
   or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.


word: Distinctness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as,
   he stated his arguments with great distinctness.


word: Distinguish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make
   distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by
   some characteristic.


word: Distinguish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate by definition of terms or logical
   division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish
   sounds into high and low.


word: Distinguish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or
   characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate
   (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to
   distinguish the sound of a drum.


word: Distinguish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make
   eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.


word: Distinguish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference;
   to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes
   between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.


word: Distinguishable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being distinguished; separable;
   divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a
   distance is distinguishable from a shrub.


word: Distinguished
wordtype: a.
definition:
Separated from others by distinct difference;
   having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; --
   applied to persons and deeds.


word: Distinguishing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Constituting difference, or distinction from
   everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.


word: Distoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers
   for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.


word: Distort
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
   physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.


word: Distort
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to
   distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.


word: Distortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or
   regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of
   the face or body.


word: Distortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape
   or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.


word: Distract
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
   directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to
   distract the attention.


word: Distract
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
   motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.


word: Distract
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze;
   to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.


word: Distrain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with
   violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment,
   or afflict.


word: Distrain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
   possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an
   injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent,
   or of an amercement.


word: Distress
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as,
   to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.


word: Distress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress,
   from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.


word: Distress
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel
   out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of
   an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent
   or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.


word: Distress
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
   calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.


word: Distribute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide or separate, as into classes, orders,
   kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.


word: Distribution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of
   dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the
   distribution of an estate among heirs or children.


word: Distribution
wordtype: n.
definition:
Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of
   anything into parts; disposition; classification.


word: Distribution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to
   and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz.,
   admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and
   compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.


word: Distributive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign
   in portions; dealing to each his proper share.


word: Distributive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not
   collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each,
   either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).


word: District
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
   town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other
   purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land
   district, school district, etc.


word: District
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide into districts or limited portions of
   territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of
   representatives.


word: Distringas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by
   his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required
   of him.


word: Blister
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
   as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on
   steel.


word: Blizzard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with
   fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.


word: Bloat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling
   of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue,
   producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.


word: Bloated
wordtype: p. a.
definition:
Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the
   presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face.
   Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.


word: Bloater
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and
   half dried; -- called also bloat herring.


word: Blob
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something
   viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.


word: Block
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood,
   stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane,
   faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which
   to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.


word: Block
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A large or long building divided into separate houses or
   shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other
   so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.


word: Block
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell
   which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be
   attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as
   in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and
   also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate
   of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the
   rigging of ships, and in tackles.


word: Block
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a
   hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.


word: Block
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a
   stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.


word: Block
wordtype: n.
definition:
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent
   passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of
   persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or
   harbor.


word: Block
wordtype: n.
definition:
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two
   boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to
   each.


word: Blockade
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with
   the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of
   supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.


word: Blockade
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it
   with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or
   egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.


word: Blockhouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for
   military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an
   upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have
   its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling
   the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much
   used in America and Germany.


word: Blonde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk,
   now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.


word: Blood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system
   of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing
   away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.


word: Blood
wordtype: n.
definition:
Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if
   the blood were the seat of emotions.


word: Bloodbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); --
   so called from the bright red color of the male bird.


word: Bloodflower
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa,
   named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius
   is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.


word: Bloodhound
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth,
   and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is
   employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a
   hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing
   runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same
   purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a
   variety of the mastiff.


word: Bloodletting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as
   by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied
   to venesection.


word: Blood money
definition:
Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of
   another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of
   money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of
   money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.


word: Bloodroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and
   red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called
   also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian
   paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a
   stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.


word: Bloodshed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of
   shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.


word: Bloodshot
wordtype: a.
definition:
Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the
   vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or
   irritated.


word: Bloodstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as
   if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.


word: Bloodwit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the
   shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.


word: Bloodwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The
   name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an
   extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of
   which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.


word: Bloody
wordtype: a.
definition:
Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a
   cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.


word: Bloody
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp.,
   marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.


word: Bloody hand
definition:
A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the
   old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass
   in the forest against venison.


word: Bloody hand
definition:
A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the
   distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.


word: Bloody sweat
definition:
A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease,
   called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other
   countries.


word: Bloom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming
   or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.


word: Bloom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening
   to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the
   bloom of youth.


word: Bloom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or
   newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence:
   Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.


word: Bloom
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor;
   to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or
   with flowers.


word: Bloom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the
   puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form
   of an oblong block by shingling.


word: Bloom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by
   hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.


word: Bloomer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with
   loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed
   hat.


word: Bloomery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of
   blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.


word: Blossom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of
   reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of
   a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple
   tree in blossom.


word: Blossom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with
   sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.


word: Blot
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface;
   -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often
   figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.


word: Blotch
wordtype: a.
definition:
A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large
   or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.


word: Blotting paper
definition:
A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to
   absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus
   prevent blots.


word: Blouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn
   especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material,
   as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.


word: Blow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which
   produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when
   sudden); a buffet.


word: Blow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move
   rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.


word: Blow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth,
   or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a
   trumpet; to blow an organ.


word: Blow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually
   with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.


word: Blow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a
   heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.


word: Blow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from
   some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give
   the fire a blow with the bellows.


word: Blower
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal
   plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire.
   (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by
   pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a
   building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.


word: Blowfly
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its
   eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other
   animal products.


word: Blowgun
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long,
   through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force
   of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America
   and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See
   Sumpitan.


word: Blowhole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the
   air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each
   surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.


word: Blown
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle
   when gorged with green food which develops gas.


word: Blowpipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the
   flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some
   object.


word: Blowtube
wordtype: n.
definition:
A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for
   discharging paper wads and other light missiles.


word: Blowtube
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman
   gathers a quantity of "metal" (melted glass), and through which he
   blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.


word: Blubber
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which
   oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the
   muscular flesh.


word: Bludgeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and
   heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.


word: Blue
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling
   it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a
   sapphire; blue violets.


word: Blue
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame;
   hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of
   ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with
   oaths.


word: Blue
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and
   sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
   inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue
   laws.


word: Blue
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide
   themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the
   clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a
   pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.


word: Bluebeard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who,
   leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his
   castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former
   wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to
   investigate.


word: Bluebell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula
   rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.


word: Blueberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous
   genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous
   minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are V.
   Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.


word: Bluebill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F.
   marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.


word: Bluebird
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the
   United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in
   spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the
   European robin.


word: Bluebottle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields.
   It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.


word: Bluefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the
   family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the
   American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called
   the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.


word: Bluegown
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed
   beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were
   distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.


word: Blue grass
definition:
A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green
   stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.


word: Blue jay
definition:
The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or
   Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.


word: Bluethroat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula
   Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated
   robin and blue-throated warbler.


word: Bluets
wordtype: a.
definition:
A name given to several different species of plants having
   blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or
   bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.


word: Bluff
wordtype: a.
definition:
Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a
   bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.


word: Bluff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a
   ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.


word: Bluff
wordtype: n.
definition:
An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the
   purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a
   bluff.


word: Bluff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on
   his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own
   hand although it may be of less value.


word: Bluff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by
   making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he
   bluffed me off.


word: Blunderbuss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of
   holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact
   aim.


word: Blunt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms
   of civility; rough in manners or speech.


word: Blunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power
   of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as,
   to blunt the feelings.


word: Bluntly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without
   delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.


word: Blur
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render obscure by making the form or outline of
   confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and
   confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the
   impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.


word: Blur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to
   see things with a blur; it was all blur.


word: Blurt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge
   inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.


word: Blush
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a
   sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause,
   as the cheeks or face.


word: Blushing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate
   color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.


word: Bluster
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent
   or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the
   bully; to storm; to rage.


word: Boa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large American serpents, including the boa
   constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the
   chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).


word: Boa constrictor
definition:
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America,
   sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and
   breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals;
   provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work
   for one's board; the price of board.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A
   council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting,
   public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in
   council for the management or direction of some public or private
   business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a
   board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used
   for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface
   painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers,
   etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.


word: Board
wordtype: n.
definition:
To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings,
   for compensation; to supply with daily meals.


word: Boarder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and
   lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.


word: Boarding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied,
   with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.


word: Boarfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family
   Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a
   hog's snout.


word: Boast
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
   are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things
   belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage,
   descent, wealth.


word: Boast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
   pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to
   extol.


word: Boast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to
   follow; to cut to the general form required.


word: Boast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, --
   sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.


word: Boat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of
   its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage
   boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels,
   even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.


word: Boat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
   shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.


word: Boatbill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts
   of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel
   uppermost.


word: Boat bug
definition:
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so
   called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a
   little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water
   boatman.


word: Boating
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying
   them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.


word: Boat shell
definition:
A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species
   are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.


word: Boatswain
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging,
   colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons
   the crew, and performs other duties.


word: Bob
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short
   abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the
   end of a kite's tail.


word: Bob
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as
   for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.


word: Bob
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line
   to show when a fish is biting; a float.


word: Bob
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
   and down; to play loosely against anything.


word: Bobbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most
   commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is
   wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a
   slight tension.


word: Bobbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spool or reel of various material and construction, with
   a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its
   length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to
   hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing
   machines, etc.


word: Bobbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch
   string, which is pulled to raise the latch.


word: Bobbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire,
   usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the
   wire is traversed by an electrical current.


word: Bob-cherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to
   bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.


word: Bobolink
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The
   male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird,
   reedbird, and Boblincoln.


word: Bobsleigh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by
   a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.


word: Bobstay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward
   to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.


word: Bobtailed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the tail cut short, or naturally short;
   curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.


word: Bocardo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of syllogism of which the first and third
   propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal
   affirmative.


word: Boce
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and
   bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.


word: Bocking
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover
   carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where
   it was first made.


word: Bodice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part
   of a woman's dress, or a portion of it.


word: Bodily
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or
   mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily.
   "Leapt bodily below."


word: Bodkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp
   point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.


word: Bodkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters
   from a column or page in making corrections.


word: Bodkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for
   drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.


word: Bodleian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the
   celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
The material organized substance of an animal, whether living
   or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the
   physical person.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as
   distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal
   part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as
   united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a
   collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a
   clerical body.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a
   general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of
   divinity.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from
   others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body.


word: Body
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the
   size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.


word: Bog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable
   matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a
   morass.


word: Boggle
wordtype: n.
definition:
To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt,
   or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit
   hesitancy and indecision.


word: Bogie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around
   a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway
   track.


word: Bogus
wordtype: a.
definition:
Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally
   applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.


word: Bogwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It
   is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making
   ornaments.


word: Bohemian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
   ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.


word: Bohemian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see
   Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy.


word: Bohemian
wordtype: n.
definition:
The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of
   Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic
   family.


word: Bohemian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or
   gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times
   often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular,
   unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals.


word: Boil
wordtype: v.
definition:
To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
   generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents
   produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of
   ebullition; as, the water boils.


word: Boil
wordtype: v.
definition:
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
   heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.


word: Boil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as
   to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to
   boil meat; to boil clothes.


word: Boil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration,
   discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of
   dead tissue, called the core.


word: Boiled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a
   boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.


word: Boiler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates
   riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which
   steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or
   other purposes.


word: Boiling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in
   tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling
   with heat, ardor, or passion.


word: Bois durci
definition:
A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine
   sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.


word: Bolas
wordtype: n. sing. & pl.
definition:
A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two,
   or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends
   of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others,
   for hurling at and entangling an animal.


word: Bold
wordtype: n.
definition:
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or
   shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.


word: Bold
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over
   assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude;
   impudent.


word: Bold
wordtype: n.
definition:
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as
   in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or
   expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.


word: Boldu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The
   bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in
   medicine, and the drupes are eaten.


word: Bole
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,
   for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.


word: Bole
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually
   colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color
   and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It
   is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely
   of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.


word: Boletus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or
   cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible,
   and others very poisonous.


word: Bolis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of
   light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.


word: Boll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it
   contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six
   bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for
   salt of two bushels.


word: Bollandists
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or
   Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.


word: Bollworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours
   the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage
   to the crops.


word: Bolometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant
   heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also
   actinic balance, thermic balance.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a
   person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support
   any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a
   compress.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred
   canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the
   collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a
   bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the
   abutment.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a
   railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.


word: Bolster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which
   the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.


word: Bolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or
   catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow,
   or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.


word: Bolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or
   hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw
   thread cut upon the other end.


word: Bolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the
   portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to
   which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as
   a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly;
   to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a
   caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with
   which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.


word: Bolt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles
   of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort,
   refine, or purify by other means.


word: Bolter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly
   aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.


word: Bolter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or
   the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.


word: Bolthead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical
   distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.


word: Boltonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color,
   found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium,
   belonging to the chrysolite family.


word: Bombard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing
   stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of
   cannon.


word: Bombard
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially,
   to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.


word: Bombardment
wordtype: n.
definition:
An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with
   shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot
   into a town or fortified place.


word: Bombardon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or
   bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name
   bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the
   saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide.


word: Bombast
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language
   above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.


word: Bombazine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk,
   and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning
   garments.


word: Bona fide
definition:
In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or
   really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed
   bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.


word: Bonanza
wordtype: n.
definition:
In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence,
   anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.


word: Boncilate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters,
   etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes,
   etc.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which
   anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a
   ligament; a shackle or a manacle.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his
   heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before
   a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition
   is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a
   certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain
   duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified,
   the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force.
   If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the
   obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made
   by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a
   government, city, or railway bond.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the
   duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a
   wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different
   ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists
   of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers,
   and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face
   of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course
   consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to
   break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change
   of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of
   the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth
   line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall
   is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.


word: Bond
wordtype: n.
definition:
A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of
   affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line
   or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence.


word: Bond
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to
   secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a
   bond.


word: Bondage
wordtype: a.
definition:
The state of being bound; condition of being under
   restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary
   servitude; slavery; captivity.


word: Bonded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of
   duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.


word: Bondholder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who holds the bonds of a public or private
   corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.


word: Bondslave
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and
   liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.


word: Bone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate
   animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate,
   and gelatine; as, blood and bone.


word: Bone
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib
   or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony
   substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.


word: Bone
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it
   or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.


word: Boneset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium
   perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.


word: Bonesetter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly
   applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of
   setting bones.


word: Bonfire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of
   public joy and exultation, or for amusement.


word: Exceed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed
   limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a
   bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power,
   skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds
   yours.


word: Excel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
   acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in
   mathematics, or classics.


word: Excellence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing
   good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in
   virtue.


word: Excellency
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries,
   esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial
   governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.


word: Excellent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the
   sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior;
   as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song,
   etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.


word: Excellent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral
   quality; -- used with words of a bad significance.


word: Excelsior
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture,
   mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for
   curled hair.


word: Except
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole
   as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.


word: Except
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to,
   sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.


word: Exception
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion;
   restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included,
   as in a class, statement, rule.


word: Exception
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is excepted or taken out from others; a
   person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as,
   almost every general rule has its exceptions.


word: Exception
wordtype: n.
definition:
An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of
   an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in
   the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of
   time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also,
   as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something
   before granted.


word: Exception
wordtype: n.
definition:
An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense;
   cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.


word: Excess
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being
   of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds
   what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance;
   extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.


word: Excess
wordtype: n.
definition:
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of
   proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.


word: Excess
wordtype: n.
definition:
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds
   another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the
   excess of one over the other.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
   another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle
   for grain.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of substituting one thing in the place of
   another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword,
   and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as,
   an exchange of civilities or views.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of setting accounts or debts between parties
   residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of
   money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These
   may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they
   are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the
   same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill
   of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell
   exchange.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
   consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in
   quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
   city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often
   contracted to 'Change.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
To part with give, or transfer to another in
   consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
   followed by for before the thing received.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
   resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with);
   as, to exchange a palace for cell.


word: Exchange
wordtype: n.
definition:
To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
   kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to
   exchange houses or hats.


word: Exchange
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in
   exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.


word: Exchequer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a
   checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.


word: Exchequer
wordtype: n.
definition:
The department of state having charge of the collection
   and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and,
   colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's
   exchequer is low.


word: Excipient
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing
   remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal
   agents.


word: Excise
wordtype: n.
definition:
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on
   the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale,
   spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied
   to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain
   direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate,
   armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used
   adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.


word: Excitability
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property manifested by living organisms, and the
   elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to
   the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.


word: Excitable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being excited, or roused into action;
   susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.


word: Excitant
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or
   produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its
   tissues or parts; a stimulant.


word: Excite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to
   kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general
   activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite
   a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.


word: Excitement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into
   action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an
   excitement of the people.


word: Excito-motory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the
   nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are
   transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce
   muscular contraction without sensation or volition.


word: Excito-nutrient
wordtype: a
definition:
Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by
   which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.


word: Excito-secretory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence
   exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the
   various glands are excited to action.


word: Exclaim
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter
   with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently;
   to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder
   or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.


word: Exclamation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic
   utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as
   an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words
   indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.


word: Exclamation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance
   is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.


word: Exclave
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of a country which is separated from the main
   part and surrounded by politically alien territory.


word: Exclude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to
   debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the
   opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to
   exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to
   exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.


word: Exclusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by
   thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection;
   prohibition; the state of being excluded.


word: Exclusionist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who would exclude another from some right or
   privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of
   Charles II.


word: Exclusive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from
   participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of
   others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of
   society.


word: Exclusive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not taking into the account; excluding from
   consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops,
   exclusive of artillery.


word: Exclusive
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real
   of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.


word: Excommunicate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put out of communion; especially, to cut off,
   or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical
   sentence.


word: Excommunication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an
   ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced
   is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church;
   exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.


word: Eccoriate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall;
   to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing,
   beating, or by the action of acrid substances.


word: Excoriation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being
   excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.


word: Excrement
wordtype: n.
definition:
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or
   cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories;
   especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.


word: Excrescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything
   growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid
   development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an
   excrescence on the body, or on a plant.


word: Excruciate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to
   torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.


word: Excruciation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of
   being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.


word: Excurrent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one
   which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk,
   one which continues to the top.


word: Excursion
definition:
A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief
   tour; as, an excursion into the country.


word: Excursus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and
   containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.


word: Excusable
wordtype: a.
definition:
That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted
   of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or
   blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by
   extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit
   to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular
   conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to
   disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by
   favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to
   make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence
   for.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating,
   pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution;
   justification; extenuation.


word: Excuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a
   plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment;
   apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of
   payment.


word: Execrate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon;
   to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest
   utterly; to abhor; to abominate.


word: Execration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent
   feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.


word: Execute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into
   complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.


word: Execute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is
   required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and
   delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.


word: Execute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give effect to; to do what is provided or required
   by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a
   decree, judgment, writ, or process.


word: Execute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in
   conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.


word: Execute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perform, as a piece of music, either on an
   instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part
   brilliantly.


word: Execution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to
   completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution
   of a plan, a work, etc.


word: Execution
wordtype: n.
definition:
A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully
   inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.


word: Execution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of
   performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a
   statue, painting, or piece of music.


word: Execution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument,
   or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution
   of a deed, or a will.


word: Executive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into
   effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or
   pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as,
   executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department,
   etc.


word: Executive
wordtype: n.
definition:
An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer
   who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor;
   the governing person or body.


word: Executor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person appointed by a testator to execute his will,
   or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.


word: Executory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time
   to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory
   devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract.


word: Exemplar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated;
   a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist
   conceives.


word: Exemplary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for
   imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.


word: Exemplification
wordtype: n.
definition:
A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the
   seal of an officer having custody of the original.


word: Exempt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free, or released, from some liability to which others are
   subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released;
   free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to;
   as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.


word: Exempt
wordtype: a.
definition:
To release or deliver from some liability which others are
   subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant
   immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from
   military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.


word: Exemption
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom
   from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject;
   immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure;
   exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering,
   etc.


word: Exequatur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A written official recognition of a consul or commercial
   agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and
   authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is
   assigned.


word: Exercise
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing;
   employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use;
   habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.


word: Exercise
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether
   physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge,
   virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.


word: Exercise
wordtype: n.
definition:
Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and
   functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise
   on horseback.


word: Exercise
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is done for the sake of exercising,
   practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement,
   moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such
   ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval
   exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.


word: Exercise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
   exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or
   constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.


word: Exercise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to
   practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to
   discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to
   exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.


word: Exercise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to
   tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to
   worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with
   pain.


word: Exercise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform
   the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise
   authority; to exercise an office.


word: Exercise
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exercise one's self, as under military training; to
   drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice
   gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.


word: Exercisible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as,
   the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.


word: Exergue
wordtype: n.
definition:
The small space beneath the base line of a subject
   engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place,
   engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.


word: Exert
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an
   active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active
   operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or
   imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.


word: Exertion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action;
   the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a
   laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power;
   an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to
   move, to-day.


word: Exfoliate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To split into scales, especially to become converted
   into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.


word: Exhalation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of
   vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the
   earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.


word: Exhale
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out,
   as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale
   noxious effluvia.


word: Exhaust
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as,
   to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted
   by evaporation.


word: Exhaust
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or
   till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use
   up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength,
   patience, or resources.


word: Exhaust
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to the action of various solvents in order
   to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug
   successively with water, alcohol, and ether.


word: Exhaust
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
   the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.


word: Exhaustion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive
   process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of
   limits.


word: Exhibit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly,
   for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what
   is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse,
   a picture in a gallery.


word: Exhibit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
   course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal
   form; to bring, as a charge.


word: Exhibit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view,
   as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked
   A; the English exhibit.


word: Exhibition
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed;
   also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill,
   or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an
   exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.


word: Exhibition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and
   drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the
   maintenance of scholars.


word: Exhilarate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to
   gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine
   exhilarates a man.


word: Exhort
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by
   arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address
   exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.


word: Exhortation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting
   to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.


word: Exigency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want;
   pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate
   action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.


word: Exigenter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas
   whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.


word: Exile
wordtype: n.
definition:
Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from
   one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary
   separation from one's native country.


word: Exile
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one
   who separates himself from his home.


word: Exist
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or
   real being, whether material or spiritual.


word: Exist
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as,
   men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.


word: Existence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of existing or being; actual possession of
   being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in
   union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.


word: Existence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of
   events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of
   war.


word: Exit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of
   life; death; as, to make one's exit.


word: Exocarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or
   the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.


word: Exoccipital
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the
   occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.


word: Exodic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said
   of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.


word: Exodus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or
   journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and
   hence, any large migration from a place.


word: Exodus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second of the Old Testament, which contains the
   narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.


word: Exogamous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of
   one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.


word: Exogamy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage
   between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; --
   opposed to endogamy.


word: Exogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the
   vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c
   wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two,
   and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the
   outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and
   the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl.
   Cf. Endogen.


word: Exonerate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge,
   obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that
   lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to
   exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.


word: Exoneration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing
   morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being
   disburdened or freed from a charge.


word: Exorbitancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit;
   hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
   propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment;
   exorbitance of demands.


word: Exorbitant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence,
   deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
   rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive;
   extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and
   passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.


word: Exorcise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by
   conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to
   expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person
   possessed by one.


word: Exorcism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits
   from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration
   used.


word: Exordium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beginning; an introduction; especially, the
   introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares
   the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.


word: Exorhizous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the
   cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.


word: Exoskeleton
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hardened parts of the external integument of an
   animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as
   the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened
   integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.


word: Exosmose
wordtype: n.
definition:
The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought
   membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of
   osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.


word: Chebacco
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the
   Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.


word: Check
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such
   a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were
   any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is
   said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.


word: Check
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest;
   stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.


word: Check
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be
   prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed
   against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check
   on a railroad.


word: Check
wordtype: n.
definition:
A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as
   therein stated. See Bank check, below.


word: Check
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten
   of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth
   having such a figure.


word: Check
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark,
   token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against
   (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to
   secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.


word: Checker
wordtype: n.
definition:
To variegate or diversify with different qualities,
   colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of
   prosperity and adversity.


word: Checkerberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the
   wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the
   partridge berry (Mitchella repens).


word: Checkers
wordtype: v.
definition:
A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by
   two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are
   moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost
   all his men, or can not move them.


word: Checkmate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The position in the game of chess when a king is in
   check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.


word: Checkmate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that
   escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in
   check from which there is no escape.


word: Checkrein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a
   horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.


word: Checkrein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse
   of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.


word: Checky
wordtype: a.
definition:
Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; --
   said of the field or of an armorial bearing.


word: Cheek
wordtype: n.
definition:
Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work,
   which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as,
   the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.


word: Cheek
wordtype: n.
definition:
A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved
   laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the
   middle part of a flask.


word: Cheer
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions
   prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good
   cheer.


word: Cheerful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery;
   contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.


word: Cheese
wordtype: n.
definition:
The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated
   from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.


word: Cheese
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form
   assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts
   by a rapid gyration.


word: Cheetah
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used
   for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.


word: Cheiloplasty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a
   lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some
   neighboring part.


word: Cheiroptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of mammalia, including the bats, having
   four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a
   web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.


word: Cheirotherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil
   footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and
   believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration
   in Appendix.


word: Chelerythrine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine,
   and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless
   crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is
   identical with sanguinarine.


word: Chelicera
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by
   a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are
   homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles
   of insects.


word: Cheliform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a movable joint or finger closing against a
   preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be
   used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.


word: Chelone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order
   Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead,
   turtlehead, shellflower, etc.


word: Chelonia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and
   turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum
   united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are
   covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.


word: Chemical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the
   forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of
   chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.


word: Chemism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The force exerted between the atoms of elementary
   substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical
   attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for
   chemical activity or relationship.


word: Chemist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical
   investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.


word: Chemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of science which treats of the composition
   of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of
   alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon
   variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the
   constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but
   merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry
   deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of
   molecules. See Atom, Molecule.


word: Chemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
An application of chemical theory and method to the
   consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron;
   the chemistry of indigo.


word: Chemitype
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a number of processes by which an impression from
   an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an
   ordinary printing press.


word: Chemolysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of
   organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical
   agents alone.


word: Chemung period
definition:
A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian
   system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the
   rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or
   epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.


word: Chenille
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of
   ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of
   Chenille rugs.


word: Cherimoyer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple,
   and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.


word: Cherish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to
   encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.


word: Cherokees
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting
   the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now
   mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most
   civilized of the Indian Tribes.


word: Cheroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the
   Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.


word: Cherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes
   the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;


word: Cherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several
   hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the
   begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello,
   May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).


word: Cherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry),
   valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub
   which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees
   (bird cherry).


word: Chersonese
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by
   water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as,
   the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.


word: Cherub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and
   chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.


word: Cherub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in
   connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.


word: Cherub
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In
   European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote
   knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in
   later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.


word: Chervil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided
   aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups
   and salads.


word: Chess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two
   differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a
   king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and
   eight pawns.


word: Chess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a
   troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as
   degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to
   oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for
   food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and
   Willard's bromus.


word: Chessboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows
   of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See
   Checkerboard.


word: Chesses
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The platforms, consisting of two or more planks
   doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.


word: Chesstree
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a
   vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.


word: Chessy copper
definition:
The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at
   Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.


word: Chest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
   trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.


word: Chest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are
   transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.


word: Chest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam,
   liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an
   organ.


word: Chest founder
definition:
A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and
   fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.


word: Chestnut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of
   Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly
   bur.


word: Chestnut
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner
   sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.


word: Cheval-de-frise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
   iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a
   passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.


word: Chevisance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in
   dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.


word: Chevron
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two
   broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the
   dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.


word: Chevrotain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to
   the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.


word: Chewink
wordtype: n.
definition:
An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch
   family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and
   ground robin.


word: Cheyennes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A warlike tribe of indians, related to the
   blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on
   reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their
   horsemanship.


word: Chiaro-oscuro
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of
   art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.


word: Chiaro-oscuro
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of so arranging the light and
   dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.


word: Chiasmus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when
   repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence


word: Chiastolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The
   tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical
   arrangement of impurities in the crystal.


word: Chibouk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a
   stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and
   a bowl of baked clay.


word: Chica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica,
   used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.


word: Chica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said
   to be the original of the fandango, etc.


word: Chicane
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away
   attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically
   applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.


word: Chicanery
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure
   the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.


word: Chichevache
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was
   patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.


word: Chichling vetch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad
   flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.


word: Chickadee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus
   atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.


word: Chickasaws
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of North American Indians (Southern
   Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the
   northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian
   Territory.


word: Chick-pea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia,
   Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.


word: Chick-pea
wordtype: n.
definition:
Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially,
   when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern
   deserts.


word: Chickweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially
   Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food
   of small birds.


word: Chicory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with
   bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also
   cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive.
   See Endive.


word: Chief
wordtype: n.
definition:
The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an
   army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority
   who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.


word: Chief
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be
   composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.


word: Chief
wordtype: a.
definition:
Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most
   distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important;
   as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.


word: Chief hare
definition:
A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits
   of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony,
   American pika, and little chief hare.


word: Chigre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West
   Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed
   part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great
   irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome
   sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger.


word: Chilblain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by
   exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain,
   and sometimes ulceration.


word: Child
wordtype: n.
definition:
A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the
   first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law,
   legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.


word: Child
wordtype: n.
definition:
A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural;
   as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.


word: Child
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of
   relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected
   with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child
   of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the
   people.


word: Child
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and
   youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young
   person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding,
   etc.


word: Childe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son,
   until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe
   Roland.


word: Childermas day
definition:
A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in
   commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called
   also Holy Innocent's Day.


word: Childhood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being a child; the time in which persons
   are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.


word: Childlike
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children;
   becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.


word: Chiliast
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign
   on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.


word: Chill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable
   sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.


word: Chill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body,
   pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the
   body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some
   constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.


word: Chill
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly,
   and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with
   it.


word: Chill
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking
   enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.


word: Chill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of
   crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the
   hardness; said of cast iron.


word: Chill
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while
   solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than
   others.


word: Chilling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
   distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.


word: Chilly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause
   shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a
   shivering.


word: Chilognatha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They
   have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs,
   which are attached ventrally, near together.


word: Chilopoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the orders of myriapods, including the
   centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally
   to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs
   converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and
   some species grow to the length of a foot.


word: Chilostomata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly
   with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the
   aperture of the cells.


word: Chiltern Hundreds
definition:
A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and
   Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of
   steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go
   out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.


word: Chimaera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the
   order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished
   with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.


word: Chime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in
   the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or
   produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their
   divisions.


word: Chime
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a
   set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.


word: Chimera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having
   the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.


word: Chimera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the
   imagination; as, the chimera of an author.


word: Chimerical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly
   conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in
   thought; as, chimerical projects.


word: Chimney
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a building which contains the smoke flues;
   esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending
   through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of
   chimney shaft.


word: Chimney
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a
   lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.


word: Chimney-breast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The horizontal projection of a chimney from the
   wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the
   inside of a building only.


word: Chimpanzee
wordtype: n.
definition:
An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or
   Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most
   respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four
   feet high.


word: Chinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States,
   is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called
   chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its
   disgusting odor.


word: Chinchilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a
   large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of
   a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.


word: Chine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin
   Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.


word: Chine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining
   parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]


word: Chine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting
   ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.


word: Chinese
wordtype: n. sing. & pl.
definition:
A native or natives of China, or one of that
   yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.


word: Chink
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than
   breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.


word: Chink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small
   pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.


word: Chink
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the
   collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.


word: Chinook
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the
   state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls.
   Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.


word: Chinook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks,
   sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana
   and the adjacent territory.


word: Chinook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A jargon of words from various languages (the largest
   proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood
   by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United
   States.


word: Chinquapin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea
   pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the
   chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.


word: Chinse
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a
   chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.


word: Chintz
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a
   number of different colors, and often glazed.


word: Chip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
   by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.


word: Chip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
   eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.


word: Chip
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in
   a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.


word: Chipmunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes
   called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel,
   hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.


word: Chippeways
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern
   and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.


word: Chipping
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of cutting or breaking off small
   pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or
   block of stone to shape.


word: Chippy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common
   near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from
   its simple note.


word: Chiretta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India,
   having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and
   febrifuge.


word: Chirograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed
   twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which
   was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut,
   and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a
   charter party.


word: Chirology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of
   communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a
   substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf
   and dumb. See Dactylalogy.


word: Chiromancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of foretelling events, or of
   telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the
   hand; palmistry.


word: Chisel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade,
   used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; --
   usually driven by a mallet or hammer.


word: Chisleu
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
   answering to a part of November with a part of December.


word: Chit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout;
   as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.


word: Chitin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part
   of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other
   invertebrates; entomolin.


word: Chiton
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed
   of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.


word: Chitterling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed
   out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.


word: Chivalrous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike;
   heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.


word: Chivalry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on
   horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.


word: Chivalry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages,
   or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.


word: Chivalry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the
   condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of
   performing some noble or military service to his lord.


word: Chive
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the
   onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.


word: Chlamyphore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus
   truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with
   a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the
   spine.


word: Chloral
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and
   harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl
   alcohol.


word: Chloranil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a
   derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain
   benzene derivatives, as aniline.


word: Chlorhydrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of compounds formed from certain
   polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of
   chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.


word: Chloric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of
   those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of
   five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3.


word: Chloridate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with
   chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.


word: Chloride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
   radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).


word: Chlorination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of subjecting anything to the
   action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by
   exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.


word: Chlorine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a
   greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an
   intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It
   is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt.
   It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl.
   Atomic weight, 35.4.


word: Chlorite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color
   and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of
   alumina, iron, and magnesia.


word: Chlormethane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily
   condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.


word: Chlorocruorin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the
   green color of the blood in some species of worms.


word: Chloroform
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal
   odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and
   an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is
   extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also
   externally, to alleviate pain.


word: Chloropal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in
   appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.


word: Chlorophyll
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed
   in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of
   plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all
   ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll
   granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.


word: Chlorosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women,
   characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin,
   weakness, palpitation, etc.


word: Chlorosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green
   or the leaves to lose their normal green color.


word: Chlorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of
   those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of
   three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid,
   HClO2.


word: Chlorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative
   character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous
   or zincous.


word: Chlorpicrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong
   pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of
   chlorine.


word: Choanoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle
   attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.


word: Chock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is
   desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or
   prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.


word: Chock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It
   has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or
   hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.


word: Chockablock
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought
   close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.


word: Chocolate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the
   Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar,
   and cinnamon or vanilla.


word: Choctaws
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of North American Indians (Southern
   Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture,
   and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of
   the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.


word: Choice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
   separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the
   determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.


word: Choice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what
   is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.


word: Choice
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and
   selected in preference to others; selection.


word: Choice
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
   used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.


word: Choke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
   squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.


word: Choke
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
   throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be
   strangled.


word: Chokeberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an
   American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the
   shrub.


word: Chokecherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry
   (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.


word: Choke pear
definition:
A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is
   swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of
   the mouth.


word: Cholaemaa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms,
   dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the
   blood.


word: Cholera
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
   intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one
   commonly called Asiatic cholera.


word: Cholesterin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and
   odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially
   in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.


word: Chondrigen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long
   boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.


word: Chondrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless
   and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action
   of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient
   of commercial gelatin.


word: Chondritic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular
   structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.


word: Chondro-
definition:
A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular
   cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous
   skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.


word: Chondrodite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in
   color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.


word: Chondroganoidea
wordtype: n.
definition:
An order of ganoid fishes, including the
   sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.


word: Chondropterygii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of fishes, characterized by
   cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons,
   etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the
   latter.


word: Chondrule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually
   enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the
   mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.


word: Choose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of
   preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose
   the least of two evils.


word: Chop
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to
   cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.


word: Chop
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp
   instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.


word: Chop
wordtype: n.
definition:
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or
   channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.


word: Chopfallen
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence,
   crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen.


word: Chopin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain,
   varying from half a pint to a wine quart.


word: Chopine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some
   cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.


word: Chopping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having
   tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.


word: Chops
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel,
   harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.


word: Chopstick
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by
   the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.


word: Choragus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense
   and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical
   contents at Athens.


word: Choral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or
   adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.


word: Chord
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing
   more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.


word: Chordata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A comprehensive division of animals including all
   Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal
   nervous cord.


word: Chore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of
   a household or farm, either within or without doors.


word: Chorea
wordtype: n.
definition:
St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive
   twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.


word: Chorepiscopus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the
   ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction
   in a rural district.


word: Choriambus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first
   and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus,
   or trochee, and an iambus united.


word: Chorion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb;
   also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of
   development.


word: Choroid
wordtype: a.
definition:
resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the
   ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball.


word: Chorology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the laws of distribution of
   living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude,
   locality, etc.


word: Chorus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the
   acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events
   suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was
   thus sung by the chorus.


word: Chorus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the
   end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or
   choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.


word: Chouan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany,
   etc.), during and after the French revolution.


word: Chough
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
   is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; --
   also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow.
   The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.


word: Chowchow
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as,
   chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).


word: Espousal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the
   plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage;
   sometimes, the marriage ceremony.


word: Espousal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The uniting or allying one's self with anything;
   maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.


word: Espouse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make
   one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.


word: Espy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover,
   as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see
   at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy
   a man in a crowd.


word: -esque
definition:
A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and
   Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the
   manner of the Arabs.


word: Esquire
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant
   on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below
   knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; --
   often shortened to squire.


word: Essay
wordtype: n.
definition:
An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the
   performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to
   benefit a friend.


word: Essay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually
   shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an
   essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on
   commerce.


word: Essay
wordtype: n.
definition:
To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to
   perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to
   try.


word: Essence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a
   complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called
   the nominal essence.


word: Essence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any
   object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what
   they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of
   all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true
   nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of
   a thing, separated from its grosser parts.


word: Essence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug,
   extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the
   solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the
   essence of mint, and the like.


word: Essene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,
   remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.


word: Essential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the
   attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.


word: Essential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a
   substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as,
   an essential oil.


word: Essential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which
   constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.


word: Essoign
wordtype: n.
definition:
An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of
   process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.


word: Essorant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly;
   -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.


word: Establish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to
   set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to
   confirm.


word: Establish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers,
   laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.


word: Establish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to
   found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a
   state, or other institutions.


word: Establish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and
   cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage,
   principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.


word: Establish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To set up in business; to place advantageously in a
   fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a
   place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.


word: Establishment
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is established; as: (a) A form of
   government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion
   maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of
   England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or
   organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for
   residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture,
   equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place
   of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on
   of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing
   establishment.


word: Establishmentarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who regards the Church primarily as an
   establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic
   spiritual character.


word: Estafette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a
   military courier sent from one part of an army to another.


word: Estate
wordtype: n.
definition:
Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or
   circumstances of life or of any person; situation.


word: Estate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A property which a person possesses; a fortune;
   possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a
   person leaves to be divided at his death.


word: Estate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the
   clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their
   representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the
   realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords
   temporal, (3) the commons.


word: Estate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest
   in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life,
   for years, at will, etc.


word: Ester
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an
   organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or
   inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty
   acids, oleic, etc.


word: Estimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from
   imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral),
   value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate
   the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a
   person.


word: Estimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc.,
   from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of;
   to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the
   number of feet in a piece of land.


word: Estimate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually
   measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as,
   an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a
   pond.


word: Estimation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or
   quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as,
   estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.


word: Estoppel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or
   denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or
   denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to
   purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not
   take a position inconsistent with the admission.


word: Estoppel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute
   certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.


word: Estovers
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out
   of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for
   life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate,
   or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.


word: Estrade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general
   level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.


word: Estrange
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep
   at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.


word: Estreat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing
   or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of
   court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.


word: Estreat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To extract or take out from the records of a court, and
   send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a
   forfeited recognizance.


word: Estuary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
   meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.


word: Etacism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e
   long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.


word: Etagere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves
   or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or
   use.


word: Etat Major
definition:
The staff of an army, including all officers above the
   rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters,
   commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians,
   signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants
   of the above officers.


word: Et caetera
definition:
Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used
   to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be
   understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).


word: Etch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
   the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of
   some strong acid.


word: Etching
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid
   which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or
   the like. See Etch, v. t.


word: Etching
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A design carried out by means of the above process; a
   pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.


word: Eternity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end
   in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.


word: Etesian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually
   blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for
   an irregular period during July and August.


word: Ethal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic
   alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.


word: Ethane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of
   ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin
   series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol,
   aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.


word: Etheostomoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera,
   allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are
   small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of
   North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.


word: Ether
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed
   to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to
   be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called
   luminiferous ether.


word: Ether
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of
   a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol
   with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is
   powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief
   use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.


word: Ethereal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to
   the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere;
   celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.


word: Ethereal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy;
   tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form,
   manner, thought, etc.


word: Etherification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of making ether; specifically,
   the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into
   ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric,
   acid.


word: Etherin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric
   variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left
   after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.


word: Ethical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral
   feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic
   discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.


word: Ethics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn
   from this science; a particular system of principles and rules
   concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to
   a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics;
   medical ethics.


word: Ethiopic
wordtype: n.
definition:
The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the
   ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the
   Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.


word: Ethnical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to
   Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.


word: Ethnography
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the
   characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which
   ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See
   Ethnology.


word: Ethnologically
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an ethnological manner; by ethnological
   classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.


word: Ethnology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the division of mankind into
   races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities
   which characterize them.


word: Ethyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin
   series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol
   and ether.


word: Ethylamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very
   volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a
   derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.


word: Ethylate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement
   of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl
   alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.


word: Ethylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an
   important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the
   action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated
   compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily
   liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also
   ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.


word: Ethylidene
definition:
An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4
   metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from
   the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from
   aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.


word: Etiolate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched
   by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.


word: Etiolation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the
   light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.


word: Etoolin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in
   darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of
   chlorophyll.


word: Etiquette
wordtype: n.
definition:
The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by
   authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the
   proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code
   of polite society.


word: Etui
wordtype: n.
definition:
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in
   which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use
   are carried.


word: Etymology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of philological science which treats of the
   history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and
   changes of form and meaning.


word: Etymology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the
   form of the words in a language; inflection.


word: Eu
definition:
A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good,
   advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.


word: Eucairite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; --
   so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the
   discovery of the metal selenium.


word: Eucalyn
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable
   sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian
   eucalyptus, -- whence its name.


word: Eucalyptus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of
   them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height
   even of the California Sequoia.


word: Eucharist
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of
   ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and
   wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.


word: Euchlorine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by
   Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is
   supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.


word: Euchology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek
   Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.


word: Euchre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four
   persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker
   is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called
   right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in
   two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.


word: Euclase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent
   crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a
   silicate of alumina and glucina.


word: Euclid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his
   treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in
   general.


word: Eudaemonics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of moral philosophy which treats of
   happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics.


word: Eudaemonism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral
   obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.


word: Eudialyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster,
   consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.


word: Eudiometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases;
   -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.


word: Eudiometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of determining the constituents of a
   gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the
   purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.


word: Eudoxian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and
   Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the
   doctrines of Arius.


word: Eugenia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical
   countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which
   are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.


word: Eugenol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2
   resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found
   in the oils of pimento and cloves.


word: Eugubine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now
   Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.


word: Euhemerism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of
   mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the
   amplification in imagination of human acts.


word: Eulogistical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy;
   bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic
   speech or discourse.


word: Eulogy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A speech or writing in commendation of the character or
   services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.


word: Eulytite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth,
   found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine.


word: Eumolpus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti)
   is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.


word: Eunomian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A.
   D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a
   nature different from that of the Father.


word: Eunuch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a
   class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the
   women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official
   rank.


word: Euornithes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The division of Aves which includes all the typical
   birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike
   form.


word: Eupepsy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good
   concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.


word: Eupeptic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion;
   having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.


word: Euphemism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or
   expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an
   inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.


word: Euphoniad
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument in which are combined the characteristic
   tones of the organ and various other instruments.


word: Euphonical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in
   sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression;
   euphonical orthography.


word: Euphonon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the
   upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and
   sweetness of tone.


word: Euphony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of
   sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to
   the ear.


word: Euphorbia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many
   species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid,
   milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield
   powerful emetic and cathartic products.


word: Euphorbium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow
   tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was
   formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects
   that its use is nearly abandoned.


word: Euphotide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite
   and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.


word: Euphrasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly
   regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.


word: Euphroe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage
   of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.


word: Euphuist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of
   language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of
   Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and
   high-flown diction.


word: Eupione
wordtype: n.
definition:
A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive
   distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; --
   specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of
   the paraffin series.


word: Eupittone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and
   obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.


word: Euplastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high
   degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes
   result from acute inflammation in a healthy person.


word: Euplectella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of
   interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia;
   -- called also Venus's flower-basket.


word: Euplexoptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of insects, including the earwig. The
   anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior
   wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.


word: Eupnaea
wordtype: n.
definition:
Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is
   normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is
   insufficiently arterialized.


word: Eurasian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both
   Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.


word: Eureka
definition:
The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have
   cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon
   suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King
   Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph
   concerning a discovery.


word: Eurhipidurous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the
   Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.


word: Euripus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a
   current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this
   name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.


word: Europeanize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or
   character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.


word: Euryale
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The
   only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The
   rootstocks and seeds are used as food.


word: Euryalida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera
   Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See
   Astrophyton.


word: Eurypteroidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the
   genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.


word: Eurypterus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian
   rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.


word: Eurythmy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the
   composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.


word: Eutychian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the
   divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as
   to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.


word: Euxanthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a
   strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous
   animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of
   euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.


word: Euxenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in
   Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some
   other metals.


word: Evacuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the
   body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the
   fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.


word: Evade
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity,
   subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly;
   as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an
   argument.


word: Evanescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as,
   the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.


word: Evangelical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained
   in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
   evangelical religion.


word: Evangelical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
   interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically
   applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant
   Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith
   alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other
   religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.


word: Evangelist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his
   doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare
   the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A
   writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the
   four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling
   preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate
   repentance.


word: Evangelistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or
   fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.


word: Evangelize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to;
   to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.


word: Evaporate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be
   dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be
   visible.


word: Evaporate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To escape or pass off without effect; to be
   dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in
   the process of translation.


word: Evaporate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor
   (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.


word: Evaporate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To expel moisture from (usually by means of
   artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation;
   as, to evaporate apples.


word: Evaporation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process by which any substance is converted from a
   liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of
   water, of ether, of camphor.


word: Evaporation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor,
   in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of
   greater consistence.


word: Evasion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure
   of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of
   eluding.


word: Countermure
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when
   breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.


word: Counter-paly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each
   vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or
   counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be
   blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.


word: Counterpane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc.,
   corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.


word: Counterpart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part corresponding to another part; anything which
   answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.


word: Counterpart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit
   perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted
   to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to
   complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having
   qualities lacking in another; an opposite.


word: Counterpoint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The setting of note against note in harmony; the
   adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody


word: Counterpoint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e.,
   melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.


word: Counterpoint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or
   broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.


word: Counterpoise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To act against with equal weight; to equal in
   weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.


word: Counterprove
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse,
   by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See
   Counter proof, under Counter.


word: Counterscarf
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; --
   sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet
   and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.


word: Countershaft
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives
   motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.


word: Countersign
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or
   writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or
   superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.


word: Countersign
wordtype: a.
definition:
The signature of a secretary or other officer to a
   writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.


word: Countersink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To chamfer or form a depression around the top of
   (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw
   or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink
   a hole for a screw.


word: Countersink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to sink even with or below the surface;
   as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.


word: Countersink
wordtype: n.
definition:
An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a
   cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.


word: Counterterm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis
   to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the
   counterterm of "friend".


word: Countertime
wordtype: n.
definition:
The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence
   and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad
   temper of the horse.


word: Counterturn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to
   expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.


word: Countervail
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To act against with equal force, power, or effect;
   to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or
   for; to counterbalance; to compensate.


word: Countervail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal
   weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.


word: Countess
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count
   in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity
   in her own right. See the Note under Count.


word: Countingroom
wordtype: v.
definition:
The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or
   manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.


word: Countor
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted
   for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.


word: Country
wordtype: adv.
definition:
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an
   independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a
   personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or
   citizenship.


word: Country
wordtype: adv.
definition:
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the
   populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body
   of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the
   country.


word: Country
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural;
   rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as
   opposed to city.


word: Countryman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a
   townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.


word: Countrywoman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed
   to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another
   native or inhabitant.


word: County
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom,
   separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the
   administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire.
   See Shire.


word: Coup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term
   used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.


word: Coupe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front
   compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British
   railways.


word: Coupe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with
   an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the
   appearance of a larger carriage cut off.


word: Couped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used
   especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.


word: Coupee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and
   raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.


word: Coupe-gorge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the
   troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.


word: Couple
wordtype: a.
definition:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a
   voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.


word: Couple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount
   but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around
   parallel axes.


word: Couple-close
wordtype: n.
definition:
A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of
   its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a
   chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two
   couple-closes or chevron cottised.


word: Coupling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect
   adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends
   of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft
   coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.


word: Coupon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of
   transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years,
   designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is
   due; an interest warrant.


word: Coupon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to
   some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a
   designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.


word: Courage
wordtype: n.
definition:
That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger
   and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart;
   valor; boldness; resolution.


word: Courap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skin disease, common in India, in which there is
   perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and
   face.


word: Courier
wordtype: n.
definition:
An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make
   arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.


word: Course
wordtype: n.
definition:
Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction
   or to its goal; line progress or advance.


word: Course
wordtype: n.
definition:
Progress from point to point without change of direction;
   any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a
   straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes
   many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations;
   also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course
   of a race.


