# entries

word: Apply
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain
   something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a
   friend for information.


word: Appoggiatura
wordtype: n.
definition:
A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and
   borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace
   note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the
   same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in
   the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.


word: Appoint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision,
   or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the
   time and place of.


word: Appoint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything
   necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.


word: Appoint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new
   disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said
   of an estate already conveyed.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold
   an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of
   unsuitable men.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being appointed to som/ service or
   office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the
   appointment of treasurer.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual
   agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made
   an appointment to meet at six.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exercise of the power of designating (under a
   "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific
   property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army;
   whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the
   accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes,
   swords.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a
   perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.


word: Appointment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a
   public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.


word: Apportion
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide
   and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to
   apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various
   employments.


word: Apportionment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just
   proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment,
   to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or
   property.


word: Apposer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.
   Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the
   sheriffs' accounts.


word: Apposite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant;
   pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.


word: Apposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same
   case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the
   orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.


word: Appraise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly
   by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and
   chattels.


word: Appraiser
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to
   estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.


word: Appreciable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large
   enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.


word: Appreciation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an
   appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.


word: Apprehend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to
   conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to
   recognize; to consider.


word: Apprehension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seizing or taking by legal process;
   arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.


word: Apprehension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of grasping with the intellect; the
   contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any
   judgment; intellection; perception.


word: Apprehensive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of
   what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.


word: Apprentice
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to
   serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to
   learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.


word: Amber
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a
   fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in
   many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces,
   beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes
   strongly electric.


word: Ambergris
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in
   the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid
   secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter
   macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin.
   In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated
   like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two
   hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a
   white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.


word: Amber room
definition:
A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia,
   which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The
   amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World
   War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being
   recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.


word: Amber seed
definition:
Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling
   millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor
   like that of musk; musk seed.


word: Amber tree
definition:
A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves,
   which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.


word: Ambigenous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some
   endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner
   petaloid.


word: Ambiguity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or
   uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising
   from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or
   expression.


word: Ambiguous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to
   signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more
   possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous
   expression.


word: Ambition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or
   any other object of desire; canvassing.


word: Ambition
wordtype: n.
definition:
An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for
   preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.


word: Ambitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or
   inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or
   distinction.


word: Ambitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating,
   ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.


word: Ambitus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a
   leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.


word: Amble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same
   side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other
   side.


word: Amblyopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or
   of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.


word: Amblypoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals,
   common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.


word: Amboyna wood
definition:
A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in
   cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna,
   Borneo, etc.


word: Ambreic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid
   produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.


word: Ambrosia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink),
   which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.


word: Ambrosia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus
   of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed,
   hogweed, etc.


word: Ambrosial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia;
   delighting the taste or smell; delicious.


word: Ambrosian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian
   office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
   instituted by St. Ambrose.


word: Ambrotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which
   the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a
   dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.


word: Ambulacral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the
   ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.


word: Ambulacrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which
   run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones
   usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude
   from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the
   under side of the rays.


word: Ambulance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in
   its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible.
   Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher;
   ambulance corps.


word: Ambulatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of
   walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.


word: Ambulatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary;
   movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in
   different places.


word: Ambulatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration;
   alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the
   death of the testator.


word: Ambuscade
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of
   attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed
   in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an
   ambush.


word: Ambush
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an
   enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a
   device to entrap; a snare.


word: Amelioration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of ameliorating, or the state of being
   ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.


word: Ameliorative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or
   improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.


word: Amen
wordtype: interj., adv., & n.
definition:
An expression used at the end of prayers,
   and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn
   asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is
   equivalent to truly, verily.


word: Amenable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Liable to be brought to account or punishment;
   answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.


word: Amendment
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a
   fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.


word: Amendment
wordtype: n.
definition:
In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be
   made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or
   omitting.


word: Amenity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in
   respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness;
   civility; suavity; gentleness.


word: A mensa et thoro
definition:
A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the
   marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and
   wife.


word: Amentaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as,
   the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.


word: Amerce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is
   not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the
   amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.


word: Amercement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the
   court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in
   that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum
   prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary.
   Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]


word: American
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native of America; -- originally applied to the
   aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans
   born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.


word: Americanize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render American; to assimilate to the Americans
   in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.


word: Amethyst
definition:
A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish
   violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's
   stone.


word: Amharic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as,
   the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.


word: Amia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to
   North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie,
   and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.


word: Amiable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
   temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an
   amiable woman.


word: Amicable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness;
   after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or
   arrangement.


word: Amice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now
   about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church
   while saying Mass.


word: Amice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur,
   formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.


word: Amide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid
   element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or
   more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical.


word: Amidin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass,
   like horn. It is soluble in cold water.


word: Amidogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate
   state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one
   of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group,
   and in composition represented by the form amido.


word: Amine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from
   ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or
   radical.


word: Amity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals,
   societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a
   treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories.


word: Ammonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a
   pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits
   of hartshorn.


word: Gum ammoniac
wordtype: n.
definition:
The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous
   plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the
   form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into
   masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed
   by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in
   spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and
   resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.


word: Ammonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There
   are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms
   having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly
   numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the
   septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called
   serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.


word: Ammonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of
   a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.


word: Ammunition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all
   kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.


word: Amnesia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral
   disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the
   place of those he wishes to employ.


word: Amnesty
wordtype: v.
definition:
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a
   general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an
   insurrection.


word: Amniota
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
That group of vertebrates which develops in its
   embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the
   reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.


word: Amniotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an
   amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.


word: Amoeba
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing
   many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.


word: Amoebaeum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poem in which persons are represented at speaking
   alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.


word: Amorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to
   sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous
   disposition.


word: Amorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being
   without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass,
   opal, etc.


word: Amortization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or right of alienating lands to a
   corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead
   hands, or in mortmain.


word: Amount
wordtype: n.
definition:
To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or
   quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.


word: Amount
wordtype: n.
definition:
To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or
   influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the
   testimony amounts to very little.


word: Amount
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the
   aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is
   16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.


word: Amount
wordtype: n.
definition:
The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the
   sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.


word: Amour
wordtype: n.
definition:
Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection
   in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair.


word: Ampelite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to
   kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a
   carbonaceous alum schist.


word: Ampere
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of electric current; -- defined by the
   International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one
   tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic
   units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when
   passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water,
   deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also
   the international ampere.


word: Amphiarthrosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of articulation in which the bones are
   connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.


word: Amphiaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division,
   consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of
   rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.


word: Amphibiology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of
   natural history which treats of the Amphibia.


word: Amphibious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the ability to live both on land and in water,
   as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.


word: Amphibole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in
   color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also
   massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies
   from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of
   magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common
   varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the
   last name being also used as a general term for the whole species).
   Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite,
   diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.


word: Amphibology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of
   two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from
   equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.


word: Amphibrach
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the
   first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the
   accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the
   short; as, pro-phet#ic.


word: Amphichroic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances
   which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus
   to red.


word: Amphictyonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League
   or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.


word: Amphictyons
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Deputies from the confederated states of ancient
   Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and
   religious matters.


word: Amphictyony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the
   celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object
   was to maintain the common interests of Greece.


word: Amphid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid
   and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or
   tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound.


word: Amphidisc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated
   wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.


word: Amphidromical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a
   child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the
   child around the hearth and then named it.


word: Amphigamous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct
   sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of
   plants.


word: Amphigen
wordtype: n.
definition:
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; --
   applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.


word: Amphigory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning,
   which on further attention proves to be meaningless.


word: Amphineura
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral
   symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.


word: Amphioxus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or
   three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the
   lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most
   generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae,
   nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia,
   etc.


word: Amphipneust
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and
   gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.


word: Amphipoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea,
   inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed
   laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and
   forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward.
   The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.


word: Amphisbaena
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form,
   without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have
   a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in
   Appendix.


word: Amphiscians
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in
   one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the
   south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.


word: Amphistylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid
   arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.


word: Amphitheatre
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a
   level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a
   theater.


word: Amphiuma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United
   States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two
   persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.


word: Amphora
wordtype: n.
definition:
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the
   bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.


word: Amphoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not
   filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty
   decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.


word: Amplification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity
   of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect;
   diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the
   particulars of a subject.


word: Amplification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The matter by which a statement is amplified; as,
   the subject was presented without amplifications.


word: Amplify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and
   the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.


word: Amplify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat
   copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to
   make much of.


word: Amplify
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in
   argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or
   upon.


word: Amplitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west
   point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting.
   At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it
   is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern,
   when north or south of the equator.


word: Amplitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west
   point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or
   object.


word: Amplitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extent of a movement measured from the starting
   point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory
   movements.


word: Amplitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
An angle upon which the value of some function depends;
   -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions.


word: Ampulla
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the
   dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the
   semicircular canals of the ear.


word: Amulet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a
   relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief,
   such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic
   forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]


word: Amuse
wordtype: v.
definition:
To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep
   thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.


word: Amuse
wordtype: v.
definition:
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with
   pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.


word: Amygdaloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small
   cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of
   different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites.
   When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it
   is porous, like lava.


word: Amylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the
   ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called
   amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.


word: Amylose
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates;
   as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.


word: An
definition:
This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the
   indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number
   only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In
   such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce
   (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each,
   every.


word: Ana
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
   contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.


word: -ana
definition:
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
   collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus,
   Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana
   of Johnson, etc.


word: Anabaptist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect
   holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.


word: Anabas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living
   long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable
   distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.


word: Anabasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of
   the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work
   called "The Anabasis."


word: Anabolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or
   processes, more or less constructive in their nature.


word: Anacardiaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of
   plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac
   are well known examples.


word: Anacharis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family
   (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became
   an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.


word: Anachronism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error
   in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other,
   esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of
   chronological relation.


word: Anacoenosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or
   opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.


word: Anacoluthon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a
   sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that
   the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.


word: Anaconda
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes
   murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small
   mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python
   tigris) of Ceylon.


word: Anacreontic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter
   of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.


word: Anacrusis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse
   properly beginning with an accented syllable.


word: Anadiplosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in
   a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct
   idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes --
   misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."


word: Anadromous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest
   secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central
   stem.


word: Anaesthesia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or
   sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by
   disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.


word: Anaesthetization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of anaesthetizing; also, the
   condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.


word: Anaglyphical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in
   relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.


word: Anaglyptograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument by which a correct engraving of any
   embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.


word: Anaglyptography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of copying works in relief, or of
   engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; --
   used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.


word: Anagoge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application
   of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the
   New.


word: Anagogical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the
   rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of
   the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.


word: Anagram
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in
   its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by
   the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William
   Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned
   into I moyl in law.


word: Analcime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family,
   occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak
   electricity; hence its name.


word: Analemma
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of
   the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in
   the east or west point of the horizon.


word: Analemma
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection
   of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly
   much used in solving some common astronomical problems.


word: Analemma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the
   year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.


word: Anallantoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois
   is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.


word: Analogous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing
   some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.


word: Analogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word in one language corresponding with one in another;
   an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English
   "father."


word: Analogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a
   different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group;
   as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped,
   although the two are not of like structural relations.


word: Analogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species in one genus or group having its characters
   parallel, one by one, with those of another group.


word: Analogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species or genus in one country closely related to a
   species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another:
   such species are often called representative species, and such genera,
   representative genera.


word: Analogy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness
   between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are
   otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind,
   because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to
   discover things before hidden.


word: Analogy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general
   rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of
   pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.


word: Analysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses
   or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an
   examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as
   the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple
   propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.


word: Analysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The separation of a compound substance, by chemical
   processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a)
   what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present.
   The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.


word: Analysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving
   of knowledge into its original principles.


word: Analysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a
   science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.


word: Analysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its
   place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or
   key.


word: Analyst
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical
   geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.


word: Analytical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements
   or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning;
   -- opposed to synthetic.


word: Analyze
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex)
   into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the
   purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a
   manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined;
   as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to
   analyze an action to ascertain its morality.


word: Analyzer
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a polariscope which receives the light after
   polarization, and exhibits its properties.


word: Anamorphosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation
   of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a
   certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a
   polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an
   image.


word: Anapest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first
   two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the
   reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#,
   are examples of anapests.


word: Anarchical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in
   political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic
   despotism; anarchical opinions.


word: Anarchy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Absence of government; the state of society where there is
   no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.


word: Anarthropoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the divisions of Articulata in which there
   are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.


word: Anasarca
wordtype: n.
definition:
Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion
   of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale,
   inelastic swelling of the skin.


word: Anastate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells,
   by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm;
   -- opposed to katastate.


word: Anastomosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication
   between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication
   between arteries or veins.


word: Anathema
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
   ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence:
   Denunciation of anything as accursed.


word: Anatifa
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas,
   having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.


word: Anatiferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the
   absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.


word: Anatomism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all
   the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.


word: Anatomize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable
   body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use
   of the several parts.


word: Anatomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the
   different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation,
   structure, and economy; dissection.


word: Anatomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the structure of organic
   bodies; anatomical structure or organization.


word: Anatomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual,
   for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a
   discourse.


word: Anatropous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its
   development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to
   orthotropous.


word: -ance
definition:
A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as,
   assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.


word: Ancestor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the
   father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a
   fore father.


word: Ancestral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an
   ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.


word: Anchor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable
   (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the
   earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular
   station.


word: Anchor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that
   of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a
   contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a
   contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.


word: Anchor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; --
   a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus,
   or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.


word: Anchor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also,
   one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species
   of Synapta.


word: Anchored
wordtype: a.
definition:
Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an
   anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored
   tongue.


word: Anchorite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who renounces the world and secludes himself,
   usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse.


word: Anchovy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring
   family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the
   Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to
   several allied species.


word: Anchovy pear
definition:
A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes
   pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.


word: Anchylose
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to
   unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into
   one.


word: Ankylosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The union of two or more separate bones to from a single
   bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.


word: Ancient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at
   a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically
   applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to
   modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.


word: Ancient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of
   great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.


word: Ancient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to
   recent or new; as, the ancient continent.


word: Ancile
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from
   heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.


word: Ancipitous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain
   flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.


word: Ancony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar
   in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.


word: -ancy
definition:
A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of
   quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.


word: And
wordtype: conj.
definition:
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or
   addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a
   clause, or a sentence with a sentence.


word: Andalusite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick
   rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It
   was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.


word: Andante
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker
   than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.


word: Andesite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting
   essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or
   hypersthene.


word: Andiron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace,
   one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.


word: Androgynal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uniting both sexes in one, or having the
   characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female;
   hermaphroditic.


word: Andromeda
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern
   climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock
   surrounded by water.


word: Andropetalous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Produced by the conversion of the stamens into
   petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.


word: androus
definition:
A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens;
   staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many
   stamens.


word: Anecdote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular or detached incident or fact of an
   interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single
   passage of private life.


word: Cacomixl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the
   size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and
   California.


word: Cacoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada
   scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.


word: Cacophony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the
   concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.


word: Cacoxenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow
   radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.


word: Cactus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and
   the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems
   and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives
   of the warmer parts of America.


word: Cacuminal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; --
   applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.


word: Cad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut
   it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.


word: Cadaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An official statement of the quantity and value of real
   estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such
   property.


word: Cadaveric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the
   changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.


word: Caddis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in
   cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces
   of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait
   with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.


word: Cadence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly
   reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.


word: Cadence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the
   end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.


word: Cadency
wordtype: n.
definition:
Descent of related families; distinction between the
   members of a family according to their ages.


word: Cadenza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course
   of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.


word: Cadet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer,
   with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.


word: Cadet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young man in training for military or naval service; esp.
   a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or
   Woolwich.


word: Cadilesker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named
   originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers,
   who are now tried only by their own officers.


word: Cadmean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes,
   who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters
   of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /.
   These are called Cadmean letters.


word: Cadmia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces
   where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.


word: Cadmium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and
   occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and
   malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by
   Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc
   ore.


word: Cadrans
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the
   angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.


word: Cadre
wordtype: n.
definition:
The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be
   formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.


word: Caduceus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the
   messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of
   olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about
   it, and two wings at the top.


word: Caducibranchiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
With temporary gills: -- applied to those
   Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.


word: Caecal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening;
   baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.


word: Caecum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance
   of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.


word: Caesar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar.
   Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful
   ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.


word: Caesarism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system of government in which unrestricted power is
   exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has
   been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or
   support of such a system of government.


word: Caesium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called
   from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the
   first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly
   basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight
   132.6.


word: Caesura
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a
   foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the
   middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent
   rests, or which is used as a foot.


word: Cafe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or
   restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.


word: Caffeine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from
   coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and
   with guaranine from guarana.


word: Caftan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long
   gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by
   a belt or sash.


word: Cage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or
   metal, used for confining birds or other animals.


word: Cage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator;
   a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.


word: Cagot
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who
   until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They
   are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.


word: Cahier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one
   of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.


word: Cahincic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name
   of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. racemosa; as, cahincic
   acid.


word: Cairn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early
   inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.


word: Cairn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest
   attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party,
   etc.


word: Cairngormstone
definition:
A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or
   crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in
   Scotland.


word: Caisson
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition,
   consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries
   there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the
   body, and one on the limber.


word: Caisson
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the
   way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.


word: Caisson
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is
   carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.


word: Cajuput
wordtype: n.
definition:
A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled
   from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is
   greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.


word: Cake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from
   unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.


word: Cake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients,
   leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.


word: Cake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid
   mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of
   soap; an ague cake.


word: Calabash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
   from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.


word: Calade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse
   is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.


word: Caladium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are
   cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched
   with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.


word: Calamander wood
definition:
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of
   a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a
   species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called
   also Coromandel wood.


word: Calamary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related
   genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which
   they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order
   to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the
   flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they
   are called squids. See Squid.


word: Calambour
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or
   mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than
   calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.


word: Calamint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint
   family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil
   thyme.


word: Calamistrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind
   legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in
   the construction of their webs.


word: Calamite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general
   form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush
   family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the
   stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.


word: Calamity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally
   applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to
   communities or individuals.


word: Calamus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes
   the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.


word: Calamus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus,
   or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in
   medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were
   formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.


word: Calash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that
   can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the
   driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an
   open or a close carriage.


word: Calash
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash
   top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.


word: Calash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn
   forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.


word: Calaverite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a
   telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.


word: Calcaneum
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the
   great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.


word: Calcar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the
   calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.


word: Calcar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which
   helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.


word: Calcar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the
   brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.


word: Calcareous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium
   carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
   of lime.


word: Calced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced
   or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.


word: Calceolaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought
   from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower,
   often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.


word: Calcific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to
   the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and
   reptiles.


word: Calcification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of change into a stony or calcareous
   substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the
   formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous
   degeneration of tissue.


word: Calcify
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition,
   in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.


word: Calcigenous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike
   substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.


word: Calcimine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other
   plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris
   white or zinc white, and water.


word: Calcination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or
   rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of
   some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from
   carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.


word: Calcine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the
   action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as
   carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce
   disintegration; as to, calcine bones.


word: Calcite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is
   rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
   aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also
   calc-spar and calcareous spar.


word: Calcium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elementary substance; a metal which combined with
   oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and
   malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements.
   Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.


word: Calculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes,
   usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate;
   to compute.


word: Calculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To ascertain or predict by mathematical or
   astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions
   of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to
   calculate or cast one's nativity.


word: Calculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or
   calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end;
   as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of
   a free people.


word: Calculated
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables
   for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of
   calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated
   velocity of a cannon ball.


word: Calculated
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or
   forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to
   deceive the people.


word: Calculating
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations;
   performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.


word: Calculator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or
   considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct
   estimate of the effects.


word: Calculous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus
   or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as,
   a calculous person.


word: Calculus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but
   most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages
   connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.


word: Calculus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the
   use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.


word: Calefaction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of warming or heating; the production of heat
   in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other
   bodies.


word: Calefactory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a
   chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to
   warm his hands with.


word: Calendar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted
   to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also,
   a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.


word: Calendar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices,
   saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly
   according to the varying date of Easter.


word: Calendar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or
   events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills
   presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for
   trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.


word: Compose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form by putting together two or more things or
   parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.


word: Compose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or
   put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of
   expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to
   compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.


word: Compose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put
   in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.


word: Compositae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having
   their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their
   anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are
   examples.


word: Composite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the
   Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or
   the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the
   Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.


word: Composite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing
   involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and
   dandelion.


word: Composite
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several
   elements; composition; combination; compound.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or
   integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or
   ingredients.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The invention or combination of the parts of any
   literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of
   a poem or a piece of music.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of so combining the different
   parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work
   of art considered as such. See 4, below.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A literary, musical, or artistic production,
   especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of
   an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the
   settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or
   conditions of settlement; agreement.


word: Composition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an
   obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties;
   also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.


word: Compost
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of
   various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly
   mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.


word: Compost
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a
   mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.


word: Compote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to
   preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of
   pears.


word: Compound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form or make by combining different elements,
   ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.


word: Compound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts,
   in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.


word: Compound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to
   compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from
   those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.


word: Compound
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To effect a composition; to come to terms of
   agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by
   with before the person participating, and for before the thing
   compounded or the consideration.


word: Compound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
   produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things;
   composite; as, a compound word.


word: Compound
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is compounded or formed by the union or
   mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a
   compound word; the result of composition.


word: Compound
wordtype: n.
definition:
A union of two or more ingredients in definite
   proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as,
   water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.


word: Compounder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms
   of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.


word: Compounder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on
   condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of
   the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.


word: Comprehend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take into the mind; to grasp with the
   understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.


word: Comprehension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand;
   the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception;
   understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.


word: Comprehension
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a
   part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an
   indefinite.


word: Compress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower
   compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense;
   as, to compress air or water.


word: Compress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to
   cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a
   bandage, to make due pressure on any part.


word: Compressibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being compressible of being
   compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.


word: Compressible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being pressed together or forced into a
   narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.


word: Compressor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass
   plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also
   compressorium.


word: Compromise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent
   reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme
   demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.


word: Compromise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a
   prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or
   right.


word: Compromise
wordtype: n.
definition:
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the
   life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to
   expose to suspicion.


word: Compromit
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to
   compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.


word: Compsognathus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic
   formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.


word: Compulsatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Operating with force; compelling; forcing;
   constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.


word: Compulsion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled;
   the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral
   constraint; subjection to force.


word: Compunction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a
   sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of
   conscience.


word: Compurgation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act or practice of justifying or confirming a
   man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See
   Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.


word: Compurgator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or
   innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.


word: Con
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative
   side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See
   Pro.


word: Con
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to
   watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.


word: Concatenation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of links united; a series or order of
   things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a
   succession.


word: Concave
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the
   interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the
   inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave
   mirror; the concave arch of the sky.


word: Concavo-convex
wordtype: a.
definition:
Specifically, having such a combination of concave
   and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between
   them. See Illust. under Lens.


word: Conceal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to
   cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold
   knowledge of.


word: Conceit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an
   unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of
   expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.


word: Conceive
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate;
   to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.


word: Conceive
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into
   the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.


word: Concentre
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw or direct to a common center; to bring
   together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.


word: Concentrate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to
   unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix;
   as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the
   attention.


word: Concentrate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of,
   as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless
   material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to
   concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.


word: Concentrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To approach or meet in a common center; to
   consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.


word: Concentration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of concentrating; the process of
   becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated;
   concentration.


word: Concentration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and
   of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air
   or water.


word: Concentrativeness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty or propensity which has to do with
   concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.


word: Concentrator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted
   ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.


word: Conceptacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and
   having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of
   follicles.


word: Conception
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea
   in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.


word: Conception
wordtype: n.
definition:
The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which
   is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of
   a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.


word: Conceptualism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A theory, intermediate between realism and
   nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general
   conceptions of individual or single objects.


word: Concern
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or
   connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


word: Concern
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a
   good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.


word: Concert
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual
   communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony;
   simultaneous action.


word: Concertante
wordtype: n.
definition:
A concert for two or more principal instruments, with
   orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.


word: Concertina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small musical instrument on the principle of the
   accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on
   the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two
   hexagonal heads.


word: Concertmeister
wordtype: n.
definition:
The head violinist or leader of the strings in an
   orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.


word: Concerto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three
   movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold
   relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its
   qualities or the performer's skill.


word: Concession
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a
   demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is
   voluntary or spontaneous.


word: Concession
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a
   boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do
   something; as, a concession to build a canal.


word: Conch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to
   those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the
   large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs
   are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.


word: Conch
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of
   their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness
   of the conch there, or because they use it for food.


word: Concha
wordtype: n.
definition:
The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of
   the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.


word: Conchoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the
   Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of
   trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.


word: Conchoidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having elevations or depressions in form like one half
   of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by
   fracture.


word: Conciator
wordtype: a.
definition:
The person who weighs and proportions the materials to
   be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.


word: Concierge
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or
   private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.


word: Conciliate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to
   gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to
   propitiate; to appease.


word: Concinnity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of
   parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.


word: Concise
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
   compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.


word: Conclave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the
   Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in
   choosing a pope.


word: Conclave
wordtype: n.
definition:
The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the
   election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.


word: Conclude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from
   premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed
   by a dependent clause.


word: Conclude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;
   -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own
   plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence
   argument.


word: Conclusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary
   consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions
   called premises. See Syllogism.


word: Conclusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending
   of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.


word: Conclusive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to a close or termination; decisive;
   convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or
   involving, a conclusion or decision.


word: Concoct
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or
   prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish
   or beverage.


word: Concoction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of concocting or preparing by combining
   different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.


word: Concomitancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of
   Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood
   are both received by communicating in one kind only.


word: Concomitant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, accompanies, or is
   collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an
   accompaniment.


word: Concord
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in
   reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an
   acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant.
   See Fine.


word: Concordance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the
   text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its
   immediate context in each place.


word: Concordat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or
   government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both
   are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in
   1801.


word: Concourse
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an
   open space in a park where several roads meet.


word: Concrete
wordtype: a.
definition:
United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate
   particles into one mass; united in a solid form.


word: Concrete
wordtype: a.
definition:
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested
   with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute
   of an object; -- opposed to abstract.


word: Concrete
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous
   union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.


word: Concrete
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement
   or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and
   esp. for submarine structures.


word: Concretion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of
   becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.


word: Concretion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing
   together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.;
   a clot; a lump; a calculus.


word: Concretion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of
   the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in
   beds of clay.


word: Concubinage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing
   for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks
   to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.


word: Concubine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not
   united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition.
   Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such
   concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not
   heirs of their father.


word: Concur
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to
   contribute or help toward a common object or effect.


word: Concur
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to
   act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.


word: Concurrence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a
   concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.


word: Concurrent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or
   opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.


word: Concurrent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of
   similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent
   jurisdiction of courts.


word: Concurrent
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the supernumerary days of the year over
   fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the
   solar cycle, the course of which they follow.


word: Concussion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of lowered functional activity, without
   visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall
   or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.


word: Condemn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence
   to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the
   penalty.


word: Condemn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service;
   to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo
   were condemned.


word: Condemnation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging
   guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment
   or forfeiture.


word: Condemnatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or
   censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.


word: Condemned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited;
   adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.


word: Condensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of reducing, by depression of
   temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form,
   as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.


word: Condensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rearrangement or concentration of the different
   constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite
   compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in
   an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of
   acetone into mesitylene.


word: Condense
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or
   concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to
   epitomize.


word: Condense
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or
   pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.


word: Condense
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with
   or without separation of some unimportant side products.


word: Condenser
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for condensing air or other elastic
   fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the
   air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape.


word: Condenser
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for concentrating electricity by the
   effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a
   nonconducting plate.


word: Condenser
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile
   products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.


word: Condenser
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the
   exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See
   Illust. of Steam engine.


word: Condescend
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to
   submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's
   self to an inferior.


word: Condescension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from
   one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward
   inferiors.


word: Condiment
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify
   the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard;
   seasoning.


word: Condition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard
   to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental
   integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.


word: Condition
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of
   something else; that which is requisite in order that something else
   should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms
   specified.


word: Condition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its
   object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal
   obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a
   devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event,
   which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of
   which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation
   or testamentary disposition is made to depend.


word: Condition
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To impose upon an object those relations or
   conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be
   impossible.


word: Condition
wordtype: n.
definition:
To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or
   qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.


word: Condition
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put under conditions; to require to pass a new
   examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of
   remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who
   has failed in some branch of study.


word: Conditional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or
   conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a
   conditional promise.


word: Conditioned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or
   condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.


word: Color
wordtype: n.
definition:
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye,
   by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of
   objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.


word: Color
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which covers or hides the real character of anything;
   semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.


word: Color
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually
   in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the
   colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the
   jockey).


word: Color
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave
   to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title
   specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.


word: Color
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing,
   staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.


word: Color
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give
   a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to
   cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse;
   as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.


word: Colorado beetle
definition:
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with
   ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from
   its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato
   plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.


word: Colorado group
definition:
A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western
   North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri
   region.


word: Colored
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of some other color than white; specifically applied to
   negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored
   people.


word: Colorimeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of
   anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.


word: Colorist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of
   colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.


word: Colorless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
   sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.;
   as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be
   colorless.


word: Colossus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially
   applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero
   in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.


word: Colporteur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling
   and distributing religious tracts and books.


word: Colt
wordtype: n.
definition:
The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; --
   sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female.
   Cf. Foal.


word: Colter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut
   the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.


word: Coltsfoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and
   rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.


word: Colugo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans),
   having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a
   parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long
   leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.


word: Columbella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas.
   Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell
   money.


word: Columbia
wordtype: n.
definition:
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation
   given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.


word: Columbiad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun
   designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at
   high angles of elevation.


word: Columbine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as,
   A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild
   red columbine of North America.


word: Columbite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high
   specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and
   manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.


word: Columbium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a
   variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at
   Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called
   niobium.


word: Columella
wordtype: n.
definition:
An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be
   attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod
   opens.


word: Columella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the
   columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the
   columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the
   tympanic membrane with the internal ear.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a
   roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed
   of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
   architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column
   of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal
   column.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; --
   contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in
   single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line",
   where they are side by side.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the
   page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a
   column in a newspaper.


word: Column
wordtype: n.
definition:
The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow
   family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.


word: Colure
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in
   the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial
   points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other
   intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is
   called the solstitial colure.


word: Colza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its
   seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating
   purposes; summer rape.


word: Com-
definition:
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with,
   together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before
   b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l,
   cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r,
   and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes
   before other consonants.


word: Coma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult
   or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.


word: Coma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the
   head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the
   inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.


word: Comanches
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone
   family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the
   United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering
   and cruelty.


word: Comatula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When
   young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and
   cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather
   stars.


word: Comb
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and
   adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.


word: Comb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for
   hardening the soft fiber into a bat.


word: Comb
wordtype: n.
definition:
The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the
   bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.


word: Comb
wordtype: n.
definition:
The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which
   bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.


word: Comb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay
   smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool.
   See under Combing.


word: Combe
wordtype: n.
definition:
That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its
   continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into
   it.


word: Comber
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool,
   flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.


word: Combination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The result of combining or uniting; union of persons
   or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some
   purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.


word: Combination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by
   which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by
   weight to form distinct compounds.


word: Combine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring
   into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous
   substance, as by chemical union.


word: Combine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two
   substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to
   combine by the intervention of a third.


word: Combine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
In the game of casino, to play a card which will take
   two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the
   card played.


word: Combing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs;
   as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.


word: Combust
wordtype: a.
definition:
So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his
   light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a
   half from the sun.


word: Combustion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The combination of a combustible with a supporter of
   combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.


word: Come
wordtype: n.
definition:
To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or
   some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.


word: Comedo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc.,
   which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of
   retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).


word: Comedy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and
   amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners
   of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in
   which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; --
   opposed to tragedy.


word: Comet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an
   elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion,
   and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet
   commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma,
   and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See
   Illustration in Appendix.


word: Comfort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or
   anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.


word: Comfortable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to
   comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.


word: Comfortable
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not
   suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a
   comfortable life.


word: Coming
wordtype: a.
definition:
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the
   next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.


word: Comitial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the
   Romans for electing officers and passing laws.


word: Comity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals;
   friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.


word: Comma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small interval (the difference between a major and minor
   half step), seldom used except by tuners.


word: Command
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have within a sphere of control, influence, access,
   or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.


word: Command
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have power or influence of the nature of authority
   over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge;
   to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the
   people; the best goods command the best price.


word: Command
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to
   sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.


word: Command
wordtype: n.
definition:
Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to
   have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the
   bridge.


word: Command
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post,
   or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular
   officer.


word: Commandant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a
   body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.


word: Commander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
   chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.


word: Commandery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A district or a manor with lands and tenements
   appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of
   knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.


word: Commemorate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call to remembrance by a special act or
   observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a
   person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to
   preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the
   sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's
   Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the
   observance of the Fourth of July.


word: Commemoration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of commemorating; an observance or
   celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.


word: Commend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to
   present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.


word: Commendam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric
   (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided.
   A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was
   abolished by law in 1836.


word: Commensal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or
   on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be
   benefited by the association.


word: Commensurable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly
   measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.


word: Commensurate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to
   a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.


word: Comment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make remarks, observations, or criticism;
   especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to
   illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write
   annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.


word: Comment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or
   criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation;
   annotation; exposition.


word: Commentary
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of
   explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or
   of some other work.


word: Commentary
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A brief account of transactions or events written
   hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's
   Commentaries on the Gallic War.


word: Commerce
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp.
   the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places
   or communities; extended trade or traffic.


word: Commercial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied
   with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
   commercial relations.


word: Commination
wordtype: n.
definition:
An office in the liturgy of the Church of England,
   used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and
   judgments against sinners.


word: Comminute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder;
   to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones;
   to comminute food with the teeth.


word: Comminution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small
   particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.


word: Commiseration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants,
   afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.


word: Commissariat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The organized system by which armies and military
   posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.


word: Commissary
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical
   jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence
   of the bishop.


word: Commissary
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer whose business is to provide food for a body
   of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of
   subsistence.


word: Commission
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
   powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of
   certain duties.


word: Commission
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company of persons joined in the performance of some
   duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce
   commission.


word: Commission
wordtype: n.
definition:
The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
   for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent
   on sales. See Del credere.


word: Commission
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a commission to; to furnish with a
   commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to
   perform certain acts; to commission an officer.


word: Commissioner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who has a commission or warrant to perform
   some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation,
   or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to
   adjust claims.


word: Commissionnaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of attendants, in some European
   cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.


word: Commissure
wordtype: n.
definition:
A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies,
   or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.


word: Commissure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point of union between two parts, as the angles of
   the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.


word: Commit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by
   some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as,
   to commit one's self to a certain course.


word: Commitment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping,
   or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.


word: Commitment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for
   consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.


word: Commitment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing,
   endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or
   engaged.


word: Committee
wordtype: n.
definition:
One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any
   matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a
   court, or by any collective body of men acting together.


word: Committee
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
One to whom the charge of the person or estate of
   another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a
   guardian.


word: Commixture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of mixing; the state of being
   mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.


word: Commode
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the
   hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.


word: Commodious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and
   necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and
   comfortable; as, a commodious house.


word: Commodity
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit,
   especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and
   sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land
   and manufactures, etc.


word: Commodore
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by
   courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore
   corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.


word: Commodore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a
   fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.


word: Commodore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a
   line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting
   or rowing club.


word: Common
wordtype: v.
definition:
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
   one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.


word: Common
wordtype: v.
definition:
Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
   members of a class, considered together; general; public; as,
   properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common
   Prayer.


word: Common
wordtype: v.
definition:
Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
   plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.


word: Common
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for
   pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number
   of persons.


word: Common
wordtype: n.
definition:
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in
   common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from
   the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the
   right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other
   commoners entitled to the same right.


word: Commonalty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common people; those classes and conditions of
   people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.


word: Commoner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not
   dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university
   charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner.


word: Commonly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the
   most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life.


word: Commons
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the
   titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.


word: Commons
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The House of Commons, or lower house of the British
   Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified
   voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.


word: Commons
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A club or association for boarding at a common table,
   as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board
   in commons.


word: Commonwealth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state; a body politic consisting of a certain
   number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of
   government and system of laws.


word: Commonwealth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the form of government established on
   the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell
   and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.


word: Communalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A French theory of government which holds that commune
   should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a
   confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is
   advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be
   confounded with communism.


word: Commune
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to
   interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.


word: Commune
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small territorial district in France under the
   government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or
   the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.


word: Communicant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the
   sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.


word: Communicate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate
   a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.


word: Communicate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have intercourse or to be the means of
   intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be
   connected; as, a communicating artery.


word: Communication
wordtype: n.
definition:
Intercourse by words, letters, or messages;
   interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means;
   conference; correspondence.


word: Communication
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer
   is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.


word: Communion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate
   association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence;
   interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the
   communion of saints.


word: Communion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the
   Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to
   communion; to partake of the communion.


word: Communism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life;
   specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities
   in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to
   all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage
   of all.


word: Community
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of people having common rights, privileges, or
   interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and
   regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living
   in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.


word: Commutation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning
   power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to
   banishment or imprisonment.


word: Commutation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp.
   a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for
   many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or
   allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares;
   commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.


word: Alcyonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat
   resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly
   used for certain species of sponges.


word: Aldebaran
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye
   of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called
   the Hyades.


word: Aldehyde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained
   from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.


word: Alder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the
   genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and
   tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small
   trees.


word: Alderman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a board or body of municipal officers next in
   order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some
   cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative
   functions.


word: Alderney
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the
   Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often
   called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.


word: Aldine
wordtype: a.
definition:
An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics)
   which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of
   Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of
   the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain
   elegant editions of English works.


word: Ale
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by
   fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.


word: Alecithal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which
   have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.


word: Aleconner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of
   ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of
   London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is
   a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]


word: Alectryomancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn
   placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together
   in the order in which the grains were eaten.


word: Alee
wordtype: adv.
definition:
On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the
   opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to
   the lee side.


word: Alembic
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made
   of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm
   still.


word: Alembroth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt
   composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used
   as a stimulant.


word: Alestake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an
   alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a
   garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."


word: Alethoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens,
   so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.


word: Aleurone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains
   ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a
   modification of protoplasm.


word: Aleutic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and
   Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.


word: Alewife
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring
   family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is
   locally applied to other related species.


word: Alisanders
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium,
   formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse
   parsely.


word: Alfet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person
   plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.


word: Alga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic
   plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp,
   dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.


word: Algaroba
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region;
   also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.


word: Algaroba
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree
   found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A
   valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in
   Texas and Mexico.


word: Algaroth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder
   which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was
   formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.


word: Algarovilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a
   South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather,
   and as a dye.


word: Algebra
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations
   and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is
   applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.


word: Algebraical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation
   of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters;
   algebraical writings.


word: Algol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation
   Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.


word: Algonkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
   distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and
   eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a
   group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.


word: Algorithm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of calculating with any species of notation; as,
   the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.


word: Alhambresque
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the
   ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine
   exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.


word: Alias
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal
   proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by
   two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith,
   alias Simpson.


word: Alibi
wordtype: n.
definition:
The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial
   for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place
   when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an
   alibi.


word: Alidade
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or
   astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees
   cut off on the arc of the instrument


word: Alien
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or
   to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects,
   enemies, property, shores.


word: Alien
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent
   (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as,
   principles alien from our religion.


word: Alien
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another
   country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not
   possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.


word: Alienable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to
   another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.


word: Alienate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property,
   or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.


word: Alienate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of
   averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to
   wean; -- with from.


word: Alight
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a
   flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.


word: Alignment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or
   lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line;
   also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the
   formation of troops or of a squadron.


word: Alike
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally;
   as, we are all alike concerned in religion.


word: Aliment
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which
   feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries
   of life generally: sustenance; means of support.


word: Alimental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing;
   furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.


word: Alimentary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of
   nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.


word: Alimony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or
   income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him,
   or during a suit for the same.


word: Aliquant
wordtype: a.
definition:
An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which
   does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant
   part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.


word: Aliquot
wordtype: a.
definition:
An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will
   divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15.
   Opposed to aliquant.


word: Alisphenoidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid;
   relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is
   often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid
   canal.


word: Alive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state
   in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant
   which is alive.


word: Alive
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished;
   unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections
   alive.


word: Alive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively
   feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.


word: Alizarin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and
   now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish
   reds.


word: Alkalamide
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as
   ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and
   another part by acid, atoms or radicals.


word: Alkalescency
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a
   substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to
   predominant.


word: Alkali
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash,
   ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility
   in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap,
   neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several
   vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.


word: Alkalimetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of ascertaining the strength of
   alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.


word: Alkaloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organic base, especially one of a class of substances
   occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of
   animals.


word: Alkanet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna
   tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.


word: Alkarsin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive
   odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called
   also Cadel's fuming liquid.


word: Alkekengi
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis
   alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a
   cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called
   winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.


word: Alkermes
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving
   its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.


word: All
wordtype: a.
definition:
The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or
   degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all
   the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness;
   all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all
   (or all of us).


word: All
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as,
   all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.


word: All
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing;
   everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality;
   everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.


word: Alla breve
definition:
With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung
   faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the
   time signature by /.


word: Allanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is
   usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and
   composition.


word: Allantoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo
   develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.


word: Allantoin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in
   the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic
   acid and amniotic acid.


word: Allantoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds,
   and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the
   parent; the urinary vesicle.


word: Allay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to
   quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of
   the passions.


word: Allay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the
   severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.


word: Allegation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove,
   -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter
   undertaken to be proved.


word: Allege
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he
   refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.


word: Allegiance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a
   subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to
   one's king, government, or state.


word: Allegorical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the
   nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.


word: Allegorize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat as allegorical; to understand in an
   allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood
   literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said
   to allegorize it.


word: Allegory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the
   principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its
   properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of
   view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or
   speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.


word: Allegory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion
   directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.


word: Alleluiah
wordtype: n.
definition:
An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A
   song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.


word: Allemande
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French
   in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces,
   like those of Bach and Handel.


word: Alleviate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles);
   to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow,
   pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.


word: Alley
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden
   or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.


word: Alley
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than
   the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.


word: Allhallown
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.]
   "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").


word: Alliaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic,
   onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.


word: Alliance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting;
   a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties,
   etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact,
   treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between
   church and state; an alliance between France and England.


word: Alligation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning
   the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of
   different qualities or values.


word: Alligator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family,
   peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the
   crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the
   upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of
   the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.


word: Alliteration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of
   two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short
   intervals; as in the following lines: -


word: Allocation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance
   made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.


word: Allocatur
wordtype: n.
definition:
"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of
   a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial
   officer.


word: Allodial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or
   service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal;
   as, allodial lands; allodial system.


word: Allodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of
   the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being
   subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is
   thus opposed to feud.


word: Allogamy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from
   another of the same species; cross-fertilization.


word: Allograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing or signature made by some person other than
   any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.


word: Allomorph
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the
   same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of
   lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.


word: Allomorph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or
   complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is
   frequently an allomorph after pyrite.


word: Allonge
wordtype: v.
definition:
A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for
   receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already
   full; a rider.


word: Allopathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
That system of medical practice which aims to combat
   disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from
   those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by
   Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.


word: Allot
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to
   distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot;
   to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as,
   let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.


word: Allotment
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion
   granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of
   God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.


word: Allotropy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property of existing in two or more conditions which
   are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.


word: Allow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let
   one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage;
   to allow one day for rest.


word: Allow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to
   accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow
   the truth of a proposition.


word: Allow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp.
   to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.


word: Allowable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible;
   admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain
   degree of freedom is allowable among friends.


word: Allowableness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness;
   lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.


word: Allowance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;
   authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.


word: Allowance
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or
   granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate
   for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a
   limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.


word: Allowance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of
   mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of
   youth.


word: Allowance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods,
   different in different countries, such as tare and tret.


word: Allowance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and
   drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was
   obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.


word: Alloxan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish
   color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.


word: Alloxanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid
   obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.


word: Alloy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a
   mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and
   zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an
   amalgam.


word: Alloy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts
   from; as, no happiness is without alloy.


word: Alloy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable
   substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with
   copper.


word: All Saints'
definition:
The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or
   Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the
   season of this festival.


word: All Souls' Day
definition:
The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman
   Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the
   faithful dead.


word: Allspice
wordtype: n.
definition:
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
   West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic;
   Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of
   cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also
   given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus
   floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
   spicewood, and feverbush.


word: Allude
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to
   have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; --
   followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.


word: Allure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is,
   by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something
   flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.


word: Allurement
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which allures; any real or apparent good held
   forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of
   pleasure, or of honor.


word: Allusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reference to something supposed to be known, but not
   explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.


word: Alluvial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;
   relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one
   place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations,
   deposits.


word: Alluvion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or
   bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.


word: Alluvium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported
   matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not
   permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.


word: Ally
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite, or form a connection between, as between
   families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league,
   or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.


word: Ally
wordtype: v.
definition:
One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied
   to sovereigns or states; a confederate.


word: Almacantar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A recently invented instrument for observing the
   heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See
   Almucantar.


word: Almagest
wordtype: n.
definition:
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which
   contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and
   theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.


word: Almagra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain.
   It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it
   is used for polishing glass and silver.


word: Almanac
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and
   months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often
   added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon,
   eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of
   courts, etc.


word: Almoner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of
   religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for
   another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.


word: Almucantar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a
   circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same
   almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.


word: Almude
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the
   Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U.
   S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.


word: Alnager
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England,
   whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a
   seal.


word: Aloe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as
   shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of
   evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles
   for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.


word: Aloft
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or
   rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.


word: Alogian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and
   the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.


word: Alone
wordtype: a.
definition:
Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others;
   single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.


word: Alongside
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with
   of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the
   tree.


word: Alose
wordtype: n.
definition:
The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad
   or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad
   (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.


word: Alp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest
   chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of
   Switzerland, etc.


word: Alpaca
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly
   hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.


word: Alphabet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The letters of a language arranged in the customary
   order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of
   written language.


word: Alphabetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in
   the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters,
   writing, languages, arrangement.


word: Alquifou
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by
   potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.


word: Alsatian
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of
   Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.


word: Altar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone
   or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.


word: Altar
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
   other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion
   table.


word: Altarwise
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the
   east of a church with its ends towards the north and south.


word: Alter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to
   change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by
   exposure.


word: Alterative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a
   change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.


word: Altercation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat
   or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.


word: Alternate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
   succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other;
   hence, reciprocal.


word: Alternate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating the members in a series, which regularly
   intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even
   numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate
   members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.


word: Alternate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of
   the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.


word: Alternate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substitute; one designated to take the place of
   another, if necessary, in performing some duty.


word: Alternate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow
   reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and
   ebb tides alternate with each other.


word: Alternately
wordtype: adv.
definition:
By alternation; when, in a proportion, the
   antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.


word: Alternation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reciprocal succession of things in time or place;
   the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession,
   performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold
   and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.


word: Alternative
wordtype: n.
definition:
An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen,
   but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the
   other must be left.


word: Alternative
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
   choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things
   are called alternatives.


word: Althea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the
   officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.


word: Althorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in
   military music, often replacing the French horn.


word: Altiscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a
   person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.


word: Altitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular
   elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above
   a given level, or of one object above another; as, the altitude of a
   mountain, or of a bird above the top of a tree.


word: Altitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The elevation of a point, or star, or other celestial
   object, above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle
   intercepted between such point and the horizon. It is either true or
   apparent; true when measured from the rational or real horizon,
   apparent when from the sensible or apparent horizon.


word: Altitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to
   the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a
   triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc.


word: Alto
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor,
   voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices,
   between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies
   the tenor.


word: Alto-rilievo
wordtype: n.
definition:
High relief; sculptured work in which the figures
   project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an
   alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.


word: Altrices
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young
   are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require
   the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.


word: Altruism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to
   the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or
   selfishness.


word: Aludel
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so
   formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of
   another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation.


word: Alum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element
   (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of
   water of crystallization.


word: Aluminium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but
   with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation,
   and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic
   weight 27.08. Symbol Al.


word: Alum root
definition:
A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the
   Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.


word: Alum shale
definition:
A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron
   pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum,
   which often effloresces on the rock.


word: Alunogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of
   mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called
   feather alum, and hair salt.


word: Alveolus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a
   tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands,
   etc.


word: Alvine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the
   intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.


word: Always
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated
   intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or
   occasionally.


word: Alyssum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum
   (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white,
   sweet-scented flowers.


word: Amadavat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda
   amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive
   brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill.


word: Amadou
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus
   (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk.
   It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as
   tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong
   solution of niter.


word: Amalgamate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another
   metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.


word: Amalgamate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite
   or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with
   another.


word: Amalgamate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into
   a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.


word: Amalgamation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or operation of compounding mercury with
   another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating
   gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.


word: Amalgamation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mixing or blending of different elements, races,
   societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a
   homogeneous union.


word: Amalgamator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A
   machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by
   bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an
   amalgam.


word: Amanuensis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person whose employment is to write what another
   dictates, or to copy what another has written.


word: Amaranth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many
   species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.


word: Amaryllideous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants
   differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the
   /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.


word: Amaryllis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty,
   including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.


word: Amass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great
   quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to
   amass words or phrases.


word: Amassette
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of horn used for collecting painters'
   colors on the stone in the process of grinding.


word: Amateur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or
   science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or
   art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.


word: Amaurosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the
   optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; --
   called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.


word: Amaze
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to
   overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.


word: Amazement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.];
   overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or
   admiration.


word: Ambages
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or
   proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.


word: Embassador
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court
   to represent there his sovereign or country.


word: Authoritative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled
   to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.


word: Authority
wordtype: n.
definition:
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act;
   power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust;
   dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince
   over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.


word: Authority
wordtype: n.
definition:
Government; the persons or the body exercising power or
   command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military
   authorities.


word: Authority
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem;
   influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral
   superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an
   historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.


word: Authority
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in
   support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.


word: Authority
wordtype: n.
definition:
A precedent; a decision of a court, an official
   declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as
   a precedent.


word: Authorize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to
   give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to
   settle a boundary.


word: Authorize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To establish by authority, as by usage or public
   opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.


word: Authorship
wordtype: n.
definition:
Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a
   book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.


word: Autocarpian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts
   adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.


word: Autocephalous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having its own head; independent of episcopal or
   patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.


word: Autochthon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground
   or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines;
   a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the
   ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.


word: Autocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of
   governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.


word: Autocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive
   powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital
   principle.


word: Autocrat
wordtype: a.
definition:
An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises
   the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to
   restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).


word: Autocratical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat;
   absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.


word: Auto-da-fe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal
   condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.


word: Auto-da-fe
wordtype: n.
definition:
An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp.
   the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a
   great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.


word: Autogamy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived
   from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.


word: Autograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is written with one's own hand; an original
   manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.


word: Automatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the
   nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed
   conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain
   things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or
   device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas
   lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.


word: Automatism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being automatic; the power of
   self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A
   theory as to the activity of matter.


word: Automaton
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive
   power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to
   imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds,
   etc.


word: Autonomasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of a word of common or general signification
   for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He
   has gone to London."


word: Autonomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power or right of self-government; self-government,
   or political independence, of a city or a state.


word: Autonomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or
   man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this,
   according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of
   liberty.


word: Autophony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the
   tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head
   close to the patient's chest.


word: Autoplasty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking
   a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the
   deficiency caused by disease or wounds.


word: Autopsy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining
   the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.


word: Autoptical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected
   with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.


word: Autostylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the
   cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.


word: Autotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented
   gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing
   out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin
   plate.


word: Autotypography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process resembling "nature printing," by which
   drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate,
   from which the printing is done as from copperplate.


word: Autumn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third season of the year, or the season between summer
   and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the
   northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23,
   and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular
   language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and
   November.


word: Autumnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal
   tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in
   autumn; as, an autumnal plant.


word: Auxesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for
   the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.


word: Auxiliary
wordtype: n.
definition:
Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war;
   (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.


word: Auxiliary
wordtype: sing.
definition:
A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
   tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have,
   be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in
   French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.


word: Auxiliary
wordtype: sing.
definition:
A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying
   or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical
   formulae.


word: Avail
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to
   profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in
   the day of judgment.


word: Avail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have
   strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as,
   the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit;
   this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the
   disease.


word: Avail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor,
   without economy, is of little avail.


word: Available
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the
   object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.


word: Available
wordtype: a.
definition:
Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being
   used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable;
   advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an
   available candidate.


word: Avalanche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly
   down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.


word: Avatar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a
   man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of
   Vishnu.


word: Ave Mary
definition:
A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of
   God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.


word: Ave Mary
definition:
A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells
   about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the
   people repeat the Ave Maria.


word: Avenge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by
   punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil
   on a wrongdoer.


word: Aventurine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It
   was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure)
   dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.


word: Avenue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by
   which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.


word: Avenue
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal walk or approach to a house which is
   withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each
   side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.


word: Aver
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive
   manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.


word: Average
wordtype: n.
definition:
That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by
   the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.


word: Average
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed
   upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.


word: Average
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of
   unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5
   dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.


word: Average
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a
   comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity,
   quality, rate, etc.


word: Average
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several
   kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.


word: Average
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a
   mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary;
   usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the
   average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.


word: Average
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity;
   to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners
   will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in
   length.


word: Avernian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in
   Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied
   were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented
   by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.


word: Averroist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared
   in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from
   Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the
   doctrine of monopsychism.


word: Averruncator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two
   blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.


word: Avert
wordtype: n.
definition:
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an
   object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how
   can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."


word: Avicula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior,
   allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of
   the typical species to a bird.


word: Avignon berry
definition:
The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other
   species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in
   France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called
   also French berry.


word: Avocado
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical
   America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also
   avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.


word: Avoset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the
   scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American
   species is R. Americana.


word: Avoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet;
   to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.


word: Avoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication,
   the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid
   it by stating new matter.


word: Avoidance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being
   vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void
   by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.


word: Avow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to
   own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his
   crimes.


word: Avowry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of
   replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.


word: Avulsion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of
   one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a
   sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of
   one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in
   the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.


word: Awake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death,
   stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to
   stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.


word: Awake
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural
   sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction
   or death.


word: Awakening
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense;
   rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening
   discourse; the awakening dawn.


word: Awakening
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A
   revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters
   than usual.


word: Award
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign
   or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to
   adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.


word: Award
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically:
   The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.


word: Awash
wordtype: a.
definition:
Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of
   shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of
   the water, so that the waves break over it.


word: Away-going
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe
   until after its expiration; -- said of crops.


word: Awe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an
   undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or
   solemn wonder; profound reverence.


word: Aweather
wordtype: adv.
definition:
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the
   direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm
   aweather!


word: Awful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear
   and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly
   impressive.


word: Awful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively;
   as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.


word: Awfulness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence;
   dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.


word: Awkward
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of
   instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace,
   or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a
   trick; an awkward boy.


word: Awl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather
   or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is
   differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl,
   saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.


word: Awn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any
   similar bristlelike appendage; arista.


word: Awning
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or
   before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.


word: Awry
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight
   or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted;
   obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.


word: Awry
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason;
   unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.


word: Axe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or
   blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber,
   etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or
   eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or
   carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the
   chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.


word: Axial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton;
   or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.


word: Axil
wordtype: n.
definition:
The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a
   branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.


word: Axillars
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and
   the body, and concealed by the closed wing.


word: Axinite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found
   in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.


word: Axiom
wordtype: a.
definition:
A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose
   truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration
   can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for
   granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at
   the same time, be and not be."


word: Axiom
wordtype: a.
definition:
An established principle in some art or science, which,
   though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms
   of political economy.


word: Axiomatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an
   axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India,
   where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
   on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing
   through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically
   arranged.


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of
   a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i.
   e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex
   and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line
   passing through the center.


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which
   organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
   prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas,
   so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for
   the atlas and head to turn upon.


word: Axis
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the
   position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.


word: Axle guard
definition:
The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by
   which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move
   vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in
   England.


word: Axletree
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite
   wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.


word: Axminster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted
   for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.


word: Axstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of jade. It is used by some savages,
   particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or
   hatchets.


word: Ay
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative
   answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in
   legislative bodies, etc.


word: Aye
wordtype: n.
definition:
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To
   call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."


word: Aye-aye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs,
   found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its
   long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.


word: Ayrshire
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire,
   Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their
   milk.


word: Ayuntamiento
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body
   of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and
   aldermen.


word: Azalea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China
   or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct
   from Rhododendron.


word: Azedarach
wordtype: n.
definition:
A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the
   southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China,
   and Bead tree.


word: Azimuth
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of
   the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any
   object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line
   surveying.


word: Azo-
definition:
Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom
   nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene,
   azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See
   Diazo-.


word: Azobenzene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene,
   forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.


word: Azoic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of
   animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when
   there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.


word: Azoth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was
   formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from
   them.


word: Azotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of
   azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.


word: Aztec
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that
   inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish
   conquest in 1519.


word: Azymite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread;
   -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.


word: Azymous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unleavened; unfermented.
   B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to
   Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w
   and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to
   its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre;
   Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven,
   Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit
   saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic
   origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.


word: Babbitt metal
definition:
A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine
   parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of
   antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.


word: Babble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat,
   as words, in a childish way without understanding.


word: Babel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused
   mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.


word: Babingtonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching
   pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of
   iron, manganese, and lime.


word: Babirussa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of
   the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper
   canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.


word: Babism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated
   in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and
   Parsee elements.


word: Bablah
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of
   acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for
   dyeing drab.


word: Babu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also,
   a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.


word: Baboon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus
   and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large
   canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the
   buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill
   an ape.


word: Baby jumper
definition:
A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young
   child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.


word: Babylonian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical
   Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.


word: Baccalaureate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the
   first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and
   colleges.


word: Backare
wordtype: interj.
definition:
Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the
   Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended
   to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.


word: Bacchanal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken
   revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.


word: Bacchius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long
   ones; according to some, two long and a short.


word: Bachelor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the
   liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university;
   as, a bachelor of arts.


word: Bachelor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under
   the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.


word: Bachelor's button
definition:
A plant with flowers shaped like buttons;
   especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower
   (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by
   brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for
   mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from
   the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the
   body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as,
   the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner
   or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back
   of a hand rail.


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a
   thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a
   chimney.


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts
   the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen;
   as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.


word: Back
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its
   edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.


word: Back
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to
   indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.


word: Back
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite
   to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.


word: Back
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To the place from which one came; to the place or person
   from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something
   left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after
   reading it.


word: Back
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to
   private life; to go back to barbarism.


word: Back
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to
   keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.


word: Backbite
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly
   or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one
   absent).


word: Backboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent
   the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of
   the wheel.


word: Backbond
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which, in conjunction with another making
   an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.


word: Backbone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives
   firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.


word: Backcast
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes
   failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.


word: Backed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype
   or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed;
   hump-backed.


word: Backgammon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a
   "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player
   has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to
   point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.


word: Backgammon
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the
   game before the loser is clear of his first "table".


word: Background
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as
   opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.


word: Backlash
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance through which one part of connected
   machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving
   the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear;
   also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by
   irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.


word: Backplate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or
   which covers the back; armor for the back.


word: Backsight
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged
   position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position;
   a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf.
   Foresight, n., 3.


word: Backslide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon
   gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.


word: Backstaff
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of
   the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; --
   so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.


word: Back stairs
definition:
Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished
   from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.


word: Backstay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of
   a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the
   mast.


word: Backstitch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of
   the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.


word: Backsword
wordtype: n.
definition:
In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic
   amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called
   singlestick.


word: Backwardation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or
   shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the
   latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.


word: Backwater
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an
   opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river
   channel, or across a river bar.


word: Backwoodsman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man living in the forest in or beyond the new
   settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions
   of the United States.


word: Bacterioscopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their
   detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.


word: Bacterium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class
   Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in
   putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll,
   and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely
   diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by
   fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in
   fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious
   diseases. See Bacillus.


word: Baculite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil
   in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.


word: Bad
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral;
   injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
   defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the
   opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad
   health; bad crop; bad news.


word: Badderlocks
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes
   eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.


word: Badge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the
   person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.


word: Badger
wordtype: n.
definition:
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food;
   a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought
   grain in one place and sold it in another.


word: Badger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied
   genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws
   on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock,
   inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea
   Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America.
   See Teledu.


word: Badgering
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in
   one place and selling them in another for a profit.


word: Badiaga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of
   Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of
   bruises.


word: Badian
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium
   anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.


word: Badigeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of
   sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in
   wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.


word: Bad lands
definition:
Barren regions, especially in the western United States,
   where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into
   fantastic forms, and much intersected by caons, and where lack of wood,
   water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country,
   whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres
   (bad lands).


word: Badly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully;
   imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm;
   disagreeably; seriously.


word: Bafta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India.
   Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.


word: Bag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some
   fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some
   serpents; the bag of a cow.


word: Bag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to
   carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of
   coffee.


word: Bagasse
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then
   dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.


word: Bagatelle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end,
   cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod
   held in the hand of the player.


word: Commutator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction
   of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines,
   by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to
   have the same direction.


word: Commute
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To exchange; to put or substitute something else in
   place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater,
   or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as,
   to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to
   commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.


word: Commute
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by
   part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.


word: Compact
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
   firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a
   body.


word: Companion
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who accompanies or is in company with another for a
   longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is
   much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an
   associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.


word: Companion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of
   various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.


word: Company
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being a companion or companions; the act of
   accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.


word: Company
wordtype: n.
definition:
An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on
   some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India
   Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.


word: Company
wordtype: n.
definition:
Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its
   style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.


word: Company
wordtype: n.
definition:
A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of
   a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.


word: Comparative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as,
   the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.


word: Comparative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
   absolute, as compared with another thing or state.


word: Comparative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive
   degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The
   comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more,
   or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.


word: Comparative
wordtype: n.
definition:
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs;
   also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as,
   stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.


word: Comparator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be
   measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine
   for comparing standards of length.


word: Compare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or
   more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their
   resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with
   discriminating attention.


word: Compare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to
   state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most
   adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est"
   to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than
   one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or
   "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful,
   most beautiful.


word: Compare
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of,
   comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.


word: Comparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
   objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences;
   relative estimate.


word: Comparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also,
   a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to
   bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison
   between them.


word: Comparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
   being equal or like; illustration; similitude.


word: Comparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the
   adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity;
   as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.


word: Comparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which one person or thing is compared to
   another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or
   quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a
   jewel.


word: Compartment
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of
   space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a
   cabinet, a house, or a garden.


word: Compass
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's
   surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a
   pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.


word: Compass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to
   environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and
   round about.


word: Compasses
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures,
   etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs,
   usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.


word: Compassion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of
   sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity;
   commiseration.


word: Compatibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or power of being compatible or
   congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility
   of properties.


word: Compel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force;
   to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral
   force.


word: Compendious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing the substance or general principles of a
   subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.


word: Compendium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief compilation or composition, containing the
   principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an
   abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.


word: Compensate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to
   recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to
   compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.


word: Compensate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed
   by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.


word: Compensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an
   equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something
   else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends;
   remuneration; recompense.


word: Compensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extinction of debts of which two persons are
   reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally
   creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a
   set-off.


word: Compensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the
   sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in
   description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of
   compensation.


word: Compensator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on
   iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the
   needle.


word: Compete
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same
   thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in
   rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one
   another.


word: Competency
wordtype: n.
definition:
Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and
   conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.


word: Competency
wordtype: n.
definition:
Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take
   cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.


word: Competition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what
   another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the
   same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for
   approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged
   in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for
   before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed
   with.


word: Competitive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to competition; producing
   competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.


word: Compilation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document
   composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


word: Compile
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put together in a new form out of materials already
   existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other
   books or documents.


word: Complain
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give utterance to expression of grief, pain,
   censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly
   used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.


word: Complaint
wordtype: n.
definition:
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or
   resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.


word: Complaint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formal allegation or charge against a party made or
   presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a
   crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an
   information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.


word: Complaisance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance
   with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to
   please; courtesy; civility.


word: Complement
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which fills up or completes; the quantity or
   number required to fill a thing or make it complete.


word: Complement
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the
   fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.


word: Complete
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to
   the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.


word: Complete
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency;
   to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to
   complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.


word: Completion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of making complete; the getting
   through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education,
   a service.


word: Complexioned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition;
   as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.


word: Complicate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately;
   to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
   difficult.


word: Complication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of complicating; the state of
   being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts;
   entanglement; complexity.


word: Complication
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances
   or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not
   necessarily connected with it.


word: Compliment
wordtype: n.
definition:
An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard,
   confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention;
   a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.


word: Compliment
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of
   approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment
   to.


word: Complimentary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or
   containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary
   ticket.


word: Complin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the
   seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last
   prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.


word: Complutensian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de
   Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.


word: Compluvium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman
   dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.


word: Comply
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to
   adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.


word: Compone
wordtype: a.
definition:
Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single
   row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved
   lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If
   there are two rows it is called counter-compony.


word: Broil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl;
   contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.


word: Broil
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the
   fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.


word: Broken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into
   fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.


word: Broken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a
   broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.


word: Broken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises
   made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken
   tradesman.


word: Broken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken
   English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few
   broken words at parting.


word: Broker
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a
   middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation
   commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the
   subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names
   of those who employ him, and not in his own.


word: Bromal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform,
   as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on
   alcohol.


word: Bromeliaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous
   and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera
   Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though
   terrestrial, is also of this family.


word: Bromic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those
   compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or
   the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.


word: Bromine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to
   chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep
   reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish
   vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute
   quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in
   the mineral bromyrite.


word: Bromism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of
   bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness
   and muscular weakness.


word: Bromlife
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between
   witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.


word: Bromoform
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and
   sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine
   and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by
   certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform,
   with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar
   to chloroform in its effects.


word: Bronchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of
   the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.


word: Bronchophony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are
   intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the
   chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.


word: Bronchotomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the
   operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.


word: Brontosaurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of
   sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.


word: Brontotherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene
   strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros,
   but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the
   orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Bronze
wordtype: a.
definition:
An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of
   other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and
   sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions
   of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The
   varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in
   bell metal and speculum metal.


word: Bronze
wordtype: a.
definition:
A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a
   pigment or powder for imitating bronze.


word: Bronze
wordtype: n.
definition:
To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze
   powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to
   bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.


word: Bronzewing
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several
   species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.


word: Bronzing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of communicating to articles in metal,
   wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze
   powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes.


word: Bronzite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster.
   It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.


word: Brooch
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop
   for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a
   breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.


word: Brood
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same
   time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of
   the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children.


word: Brood
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of
   warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as
   a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit
   quietly, as if brooding.


word: Brood
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a
   subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy,
   serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over
   misfortunes.


word: Brookite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence
   identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing
   in the orthorhombic system.


word: Brooklime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually
   blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana.


word: Broom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep
   with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western
   Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular
   branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.


word: Broom
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the
   panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long
   wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the
   broom.


word: Broom corn
definition:
A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like
   maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds
   on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.


word: Broom rape
definition:
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and
   Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves,
   and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as
   furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to
   other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A.
   Ludovicianum.


word: Brose
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp.
   oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc.,
   according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used.


word: Broth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as
   barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.


word: Brother
wordtype: n.
definition:
A male person who has the same father and mother with
   another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is
   more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.


word: Brother
wordtype: n.
definition:
One related or closely united to another by some common
   tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil,
   suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians,
   lawyers, professors of religion, etc.


word: Brother german
definition:
A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in
   contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only.


word: Brotherhood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole body of persons engaged in the same
   business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or
   medical brotherhood.


word: Brother-in-law
wordtype: n.
definition:
The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the
   husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.


word: Brotherly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for
   brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.


word: Brougham
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or
   four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.


word: Brow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the
   brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.


word: Browbeat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or
   with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by
   impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat
   witnesses.


word: Browbeating
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting,
   with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.


word: Brown
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the
   mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky
   hue.


word: Brown
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
   forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.


word: Brownian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated
   (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.


word: Brownie
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often
   to perform important services around the house by night, such as
   thrashing, churning, sweeping.


word: Browning
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat,
   and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.


word: Brownist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th
   century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in
   itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place,
   having full power to elect and depose its officers.


word: Brown thrush
definition:
A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus),
   allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.


word: Brownwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and
   other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous
   coarse flowers.


word: Browse
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for
   the food of cattle and other animals; green food.


word: Browse
wordtype: n.
definition:
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees,
   shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.


word: Brucine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with
   strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially
   in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also
   brucia and brucina.


word: Brucite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like
   talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.


word: Bruise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To injure, as by a blow or collision, without
   laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
   bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting
   it fall.


word: Bruise
wordtype: n.
definition:
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit,
   etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other
   body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.


word: Brumaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second month of the calendar adopted by the first
   French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See
   Vendemiaire.


word: Brunonian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied
   to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown,
   of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a
   state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents
   upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of
   excitation.


word: Brunswick green
definition:
An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment;
   also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.


word: Brunt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength
   or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.


word: Brush
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material,
   set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used
   for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on
   colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their
   use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.


word: Brush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to
   conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo,
   electric motor, or similar apparatus.


word: Brush
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a
   rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a
   brush from the wheel as it passed.


word: Brush
wordtype: n.
definition:
To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to
   rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush.


word: Brush
wordtype: n.
definition:
To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of
   brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off.


word: Brush turkey
definition:
A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia
   (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several
   allied species of New Guinea.


word: Brush wheel
definition:
A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the
   friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the
   circumference.


word: Brute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious;
   without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers
   of nature.


word: Brute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast.
   Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute
   violence.


word: Brutish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a
   cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.


word: Brutism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a
   brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.


word: Bryonin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony
   (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored,
   substance, and is emetic and cathartic.


word: Bryony
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the
   genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B.
   dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.


word: Bryozoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals
   which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.


word: Bryozoum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which
   there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually
   have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed
   stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other
   zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.).


word: Buansuah
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed
   by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.


word: Bubale
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the
   Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.


word: Bubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap
   bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.


word: Bubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as,
   bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.


word: Bubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent
   solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.


word: Bubble
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is
   more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive
   scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea
   bubble.


word: Bubonocele
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in
   which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a
   swelling there like a bubo.


word: Buccaneer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied
   especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the
   Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.


word: Buccinoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the
   Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and
   Prosobranchiata.


word: Buccinum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic
   seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).


word: Buchu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are
   dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in
   medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species
   furnish the leaves.


word: Buck
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of
   bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.


word: Buck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by
   beating them on stones in running water.


word: Buck
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the
   fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a
   vicious horse or mule.


word: Buck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying
   the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting
   a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.


word: Buck bean
definition:
A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and
   boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely
   bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called
   also bog bean.


word: Buckboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or
   frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed
   transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.


word: Bucket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching,
   holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.


word: Bucket
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into
   which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of
   a paddle wheel.


word: Bucket shop
definition:
An office or a place where facilities are given for
   betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.


word: Buckeye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the
   same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.


word: Bucking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an
   alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.


word: Buckle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one
   more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as
   parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the
   frame and pierced by the tongue.


word: Buckler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one
   of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.


word: Buckler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole,
   or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering
   when the vessel pitches.


word: Buckram
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or
   glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for
   wrappers to cover merchandise.


word: Buck's-horn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's
   horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.


word: Buckthorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter
   branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See
   Rhamnus.


word: Bucolic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life,
   manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus
   and Virgil.


word: Bud
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant,
   containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an
   undeveloped branch or flower.


word: Bud
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and
   vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached.
   See Hydra.


word: Bud
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by
   inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other,
   in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that
   which it would naturally bear.


word: Buddha
wordtype: n.
definition:
The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and
   wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama
   Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.


word: Buddhism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by
   the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or
   enlightened," in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by
   the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the
   Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic;
   yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents
   release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the
   greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all
   phases and forms of life. Their number was estimated in 1881 at
   470,000,000.


word: Budding
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism
   or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or
   vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to
   the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See
   Hydroidea.


word: Budding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon
   another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.


word: Buddle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in
   which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of
   running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.


word: Bude burner
definition:
A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand
   burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which
   oxygen gas or common air is supplied.


word: Bude light
definition:
A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by
   introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a
   flame fed with coal gas or with oil.


word: Budge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool
   on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic
   habits.


word: budgerow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and
   sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.


word: Budget
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store;
   an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.


word: Budget
wordtype: n.
definition:
The annual financial statement which the British chancellor
   of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a
   general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of
   taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a
   similar statement in other countries.


word: Buff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo,
   dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and
   other animals, dressed in like manner.


word: Buffalo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus),
   originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of
   the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox,
   and is fond of marshy places and rivers.


word: Buffalo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large and savage species of the same genus (B.
   Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.


word: Buffel duck
definition:
A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or
   butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated
   feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead.


word: Buffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar
   caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a
   railroad car.


word: Buffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which
   receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.


word: Buffet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at
   one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.


word: Buffet
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A blow from any source, or that which affects like a
   blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action;
   an affliction; a trial; adversity.


word: Buffet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
   with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.


word: Buffoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low
   tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a
   merry-andrew.


word: Buffoonery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests,
   ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.


word: Bufonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified
   teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts
   (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations;
   toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in
   the head of a toad.


word: Bug
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the
   Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.


word: Bugbear
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that
   causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also,
   something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.


word: Bugbane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae
   and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.


word: Bugle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and
   more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in
   military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the
   cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.


word: Bugleweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L.
   Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is
   sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.


word: Bugloss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A.
   officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.


word: Buhlwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow
   metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.


word: Build
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any
   kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to
   fabricate; to make; to raise.


word: Build
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and
   stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with
   up; as, to build up one's constitution.


word: Build
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's
   self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to
   rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.


word: Built
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in
   composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as,
   frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.


word: Bulau
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii),
   somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.


word: Bulb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below
   the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a
   cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a
   stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs
   from a corm in not being solid.


word: Bulb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain
   bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.


word: Bulb
wordtype: n.
definition:
An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb
   of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical,
   curved, etc.


word: Bulbar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine,
   pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as,
   bulbar paralysis.


word: Bulblet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some
   aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or
   replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.


word: Bulbul
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is
   also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family
   Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied
   genera.


word: Bulge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when
   caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.


word: Bulge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it
   yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.


word: Bulimy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable
   appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.


word: Bulimus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell,
   often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical
   America.


word: Bulker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods,
   in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.


word: Bulkhead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of
   earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the
   limiting wall along a water front.


word: Bull
wordtype: n.
definition:
The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male
   of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.


word: Bull
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of
   stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.


word: Bull
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull
   railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to
   raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.


word: Bull
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in
   Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a
   die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See
   Apostolical brief, under Brief.


word: Bull
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity,
   but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so
   called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial
   nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.


word: Bulla
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the
   skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.


word: Bulla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal
   attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of
   St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses
   it.


word: Bullbeggar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in
   children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.


word: Bull brier
definition:
A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New
   Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and
   farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of
   bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called
   also bamboo brier and China brier.


word: Bulldog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and
   tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed
   in baiting bulls.


word: Bulldog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained
   by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling
   mill.


word: Bulldoze
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation
   or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in
   Louisiana.


word: Bullet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form,
   to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.


word: Bulletin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event,
   as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage,
   issued by authority for the information of the public.


word: Bullfighting
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men
   torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public
   amusement, -- still popular in Spain.


word: Bullfinch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera,
   especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the
   grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.


word: Bullfrog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in
   North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.


word: Bullhead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
   Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United
   States; -- called also miller's thumb.


word: Bullion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and
   used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are
   prominent.


word: Bull's-eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves,
   having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting
   rigging.


word: Bull's-eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for
   concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.


word: Bull trout
definition:
In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
   Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea
   trout.


word: Bull trout
definition:
Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also
   Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.


word: Bully
wordtype: n.
definition:
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous;
   one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.


word: Bully
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing,
   swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.


word: Bully tree
definition:
The name of several West Indian trees of the order
   Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most
   of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.


word: Bumboat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc.,
   for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.


word: Bumkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each
   bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b)
   One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace
   bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the
   mizzen.


word: Bummalo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India
   as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.


word: Bump
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to
   thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.


word: Bump
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated
   with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of
   "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."


word: Bumper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs
   over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.


word: Bunch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the
   same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch
   of keys.


word: Bunch grass
definition:
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In
   California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of
   Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good
   bunch grass.


word: Bunkum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to
   gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything
   said for mere show.


word: Bundesrath
wordtype: n.
definition:
The federal council of the German Empire. In the
   Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The
   federal council of Switzerland is also so called.


word: Bundle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of things bound together, as by a cord or
   envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance;
   a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of
   old clothes.


word: Bundle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied
   to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.


word: Bungo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a
   kind of boat used in the Southern United States.


word: Bunodonts
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of the herbivorous mammals including the
   hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.


word: Bunt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals,
   filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.


word: Bunt
wordtype: n.
definition:
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a
   furled sail which is at the center of the yard.


word: Bunting
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus,
   related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).


word: Buntline
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used
   to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in.


word: Bunion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac
   (one of the bursae muscosae), usually occurring on the first joint of
   the great toe.


word: Buoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark
   a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water,
   as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.


word: Buoy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to
   buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.


word: Buoyage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the
   guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.


word: Buoyancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or
   in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is
   inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.


word: Buoyancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a
   fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the
   weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid
   displaced.


word: Buoyancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the
   opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.


word: Buoyant
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
Having the quality of rising or floating in a
   fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.


word: Buprestidan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and
   allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are
   usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very
   destructive to trees.


word: Burr
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether
   a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and
   burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.


word: Burbot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose
   two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin.


word: Burden
wordtype: n.
definition:
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she
   will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.


word: Burden
wordtype: n.
definition:
The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at
   the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often
   repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a
   prayer.


word: Burdock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small
   burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of
   animals.


word: Bureau
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of
   clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the
   direction of a chief.


word: Bureaucracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system of carrying on the business of government by
   means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in
   contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an
   associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on
   this system.


word: Burette
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid
   or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged.
   It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished
   with a small aperture and stopcock.


word: Bur fish
definition:
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the
   United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of
   distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut
   bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.


word: Burgage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or
   other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by
   services relating to trade or handicraft.


word: Burgess
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who
   possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.


word: Burggrave
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg
   (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a
   domain attached.


word: Burghbote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contribution toward the building or repairing of
   castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.


word: Burghbrech
wordtype: n.
definition:
The offense of violating the pledge given by every
   inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.


word: Burgher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the
   privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.


word: Burgher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which
   asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess
   "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party
   being called antiburghers.


word: Burghmaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who directs and lays out the meres or
   boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.


word: Burglary
wordtype: n.
definition:
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in
   the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the
   felonious purpose be accomplished or not.


word: Burgomaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland,
   Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United
   States; a burghmaster.


word: Affirm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order,
   brought before an appellate court for review.


word: Affirm
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized
   magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by
   affirmation.


word: Affirmable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; --
   followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.


word: Affirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive
   statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to
   property sold, or of its quality.


word: Affirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solemn declaration made under the penalties of
   perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which
   declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.


word: Affirmative
wordtype: a.
definition:
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so;
   declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed
   to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.


word: Affirmative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to
   be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.


word: Affirmative
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an
   affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or
   maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there
   were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.


word: Affirmatively
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side
   of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.


word: Affix
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append
   to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix
   a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.


word: Affix
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to
   ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to
   affix ridicule or blame to any one.


word: Affix
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more
   letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.


word: Afflict
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing
   continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.


word: Affliction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as
   sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or
   grief.


word: Affluence
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings,
   etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.


word: Afford
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the
   natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford
   oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of
   fish.


word: Afford
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to
   its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life
   affords consolation in old age.


word: Afford
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting,
   expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A
   affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in
   charity.


word: Afford
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as
   an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an
   auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.


word: Affreightment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a
   vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.


word: Affright
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger
   impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.


word: Affront
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to
   insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked
   incivility.


word: Affront
wordtype: n.
definition:
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies
   resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.


word: Affusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a
   part of the body, as a remedy in disease.


word: Aforethought
wordtype: a.
definition:
Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed;
   as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.


word: Africander
wordtype: n.
definition:
One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and
   a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native
   born of European settlers.


word: After
wordtype: a.
definition:
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in
   the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.


word: After
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three
   days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between
   it and the clause.


word: After
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to;
   as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after
   righteousness.


word: After
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of;
   as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy
   takes after his father.


word: Afterbirth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is
   connected, and which come away after delivery.


word: Afterclap
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable
   happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.


word: After damp
definition:
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire
   damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.


word: After-image
wordtype: n.
definition:
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the
   retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to
   impressions left of tones, smells, etc.


word: After-note
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of
   the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.


word: Against
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the
   mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.


word: Against
wordtype: prep.
definition:
From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in
   contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.


word: Against
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In opposition to, whether the opposition is of
   sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety
   to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race
   against time.


word: Agallochum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly
   aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also
   agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.


word: Agalmatolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or
   yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
   figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.


word: Agama
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable
   substances; also, one of these lizards.


word: Agami
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the
   cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted
   trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.


word: Agape
wordtype: n.
definition:
The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal
   partaken of in connection with the communion.


word: Agar-agar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and
   jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).


word: Agate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
   various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
   in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.


word: Agate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small
   figures cut in agate for rings and seals.


word: Agate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so
   called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.


word: Agave
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
   species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called
   Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in
   attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes
   forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque
   of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a
   tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.


word: Age
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is
   between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age
   of a man, or of the earth?


word: Age
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains
   full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is
   of age.


word: Age
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is
   understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of
   discretion.


word: Age
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from
   others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.


word: Aged
wordtype: a.
definition:
Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the
   usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged
   oak.


word: Agency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of
   being in action; action; instrumentality.


word: Agency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a
   principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of
   another.


word: Agent
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority
   from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a
   deputy; a factor.


word: Agent
wordtype: n.
definition:
An active power or cause; that which has the power to
   produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as,
   heat is a powerful agent.


word: Ageratum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum)
   has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.


word: Agglutinate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other
   viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.


word: Agglutinate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of root words combined but not materially
   altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc.
   See Agglutination, 2.


word: Agglutination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious
   substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.


word: Agglutination
wordtype: n.
definition:
Combination in which root words are united with
   little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.


word: Aggrandize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or
   wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.


word: Aggrandizement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being
   aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation;
   enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own
   family.


word: Aggravate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make worse, or more severe; to render less
   tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to
   intensify.


word: Aggravation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of
   evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or
   heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its
   guilt or injurious consequences.


word: Aggravation
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases
   the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.


word: Aggregate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Composed of several florets within a common involucre,
   as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in
   the raspberry.


word: Aggregate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the several component parts adherent to each
   other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.


word: Aggregate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house
   is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.


word: Aggregate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; --
   in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous
   particles.


word: Aggregation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of aggregating, or the state of being
   aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars;
   an aggregate.


word: Aggress
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to
   begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.


word: Aggression
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of
   injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked
   attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."


word: Aggressive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by
   aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
   policy, war, person, nation.


word: Aggressor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he
   who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.


word: Aggrieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to
   oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now
   commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.


word: Aggri
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient
   manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in
   Africa.


word: Agile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or
   ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.


word: Agility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs
   quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as,
   strength and agility of body.


word: Agio
wordtype: n.
definition:
The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it
   is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on
   foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.


word: Agiotage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of
   speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds.


word: Agist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used
   originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and
   collecting the money for the same.


word: Agistor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the
   care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence
   called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.


word: Agitate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind
   agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.


word: Agitate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to
   contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate
   designs.


word: Agitation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated;
   the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action;
   commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.


word: Agitation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity;
   disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement;
   perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.


word: Agitation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals,
   etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.


word: Agitation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Examination or consideration of a subject in
   controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
   debate.


word: Agitator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's
   time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.


word: Aiglet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly
   used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence,
   "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.


word: Agnomen
wordtype: n.
definition:
An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on
   account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio
   Africanus.


word: Agnostic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any
   knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither
   affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life,
   etc.


word: Agnosticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity,
   an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of
   the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon
   Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence
   furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive
   conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed
   alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.


word: Agnus Dei
definition:
A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from
   the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.


word: Agonistical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental;
   pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence,
   strained; unnatural.


word: Agony
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the
   body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and
   hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief;
   specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.


word: Agora
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the
   market place, in an ancient Greek city.


word: Agouty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a
   rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common
   species is the Dasyprocta agouti.


word: Agraphia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by
   written signs. It is one form of aphasia.


word: Agrarian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp.,
   relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian
   laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands
   among citizens.


word: Agrarianism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An equal or equitable division of landed property; the
   principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.


word: Agree
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in
   unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as,
   all parties agree in the expediency of the law.


word: Agree
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or
   determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a
   common resolve; to promise.


word: Agree
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to
   correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two
   scales agree exactly.


word: Agree
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the
   same food does not agree with every constitution.


word: Agree
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to
   arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.


word: Agreeable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant;
   grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit
   agreeable to the taste.


word: Agreeable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent;
   concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.


word: Agreeable
wordtype: a.
definition:
In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this
   sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the
   day, the House took up the report.


word: Agreeableness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that
   quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or
   senses.


word: Agreeably
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; --
   followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4.


word: Agreement
wordtype: n.
definition:
State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement,
   action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good
   agreement subsists among the members of the council.


word: Agreement
wordtype: n.
definition:
A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be
   done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding,
   arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.


word: Agrestic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the
   city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.


word: Agricultural
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or
   engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural
   implements, wages, etc.


word: Agriculture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or science of cultivating the ground,
   including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of
   live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.


word: Agrimony
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp
   agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).


word: Agrom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East
   Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.


word: Agrostis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of grasses, including species called in common
   language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are
   valuable pasture grasses.


word: Aground
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied
   to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.


word: Ah
wordtype: interj.
definition:
An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint,
   entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to
   the manner of utterance.


word: Aha
wordtype: interj.
definition:
An exclamation expressing, by different intonations,
   triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.


word: Ahriman
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the
   Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.


word: Aid
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To support, either by furnishing strength or means in
   cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to
   help; to assist.


word: Aid-de-camp
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also
   to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing
   movements.


word: Ail
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or
   mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some
   uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man?
   I know not what ails him.


word: Ailantus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies.
   The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very
   offensive when blossom.


word: Ailette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of
   knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.


word: Aim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which
   propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of
   hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.


word: Aim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the
   accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed
   by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do
   well.


word: Aim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to
   direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an
   object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at
   something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).


word: Aim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in
   the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line
   of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a
   remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or
   affect it.


word: Aino
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands
   etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to
   have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and
   short, with hairy bodies.


word: Ain't
definition:
A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not.
   [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the
   atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent,
   compressible, elastic, and ponderable.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold,
   moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp
   air, the morning air, etc.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
   consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced
   whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or
   song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a
   tune; an aria.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part
   which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper
   part -- is sometimes called the air.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien;
   demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity;
   haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation or reproduction of the effect of the
   atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing,
   or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.


word: Air
wordtype: n.
definition:
To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or
   of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.


word: Air bladder
definition:
An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the
   visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the
   lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a
   tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.


word: Air cell
definition:
A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a
   cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the
   air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.


word: Air chamber
definition:
A cavity containing air to act as a spring for
   equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.


word: Air gun
definition:
A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is
   used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a
   reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled
   by a valve actuated by the trigger.


word: Airiness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure
   to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.


word: Airing
wordtype: n.
definition:
An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying,
   etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.


word: Air jacket
definition:
A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be
   filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.


word: Airometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and
   open below, and has its open end plunged into water.


word: Air pump
definition:
A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed
   space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.


word: Air pump
definition:
A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed
   steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.


word: Air sac
definition:
One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds,
   which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the
   lungs; an air cell.


word: Air stove
definition:
A stove for heating a current of air which is directed
   against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a
   building.


word: Air vessel
definition:
A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting
   air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel
   of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air
   vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.


word: Aisle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle
   part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the
   roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.


word: Aisle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a
   church with three aisles, the middle aisle.


word: Al-
wordtype: A prefix.
definition:
The Arabic definite article answering to the English
   the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.


word: Alabaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of
   fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow,
   red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.


word: Alabaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat
   translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used
   in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental
   alabaster.


word: Alabaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.;
   -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.


word: Alacrity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous
   activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with
   alacrity to meet the enemy.


word: Alarm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any sound or information intended to give notice of
   approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of
   danger.


word: Alarm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension
   of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being
   attacked by surprise.


word: Alarm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one)
   of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the
   alert.


word: Alarm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with
   anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.


word: Alarmed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching
   danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed
   modesty.


word: Alarming
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing
   apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. --
   A*larm"ing*ly, adv.


word: Alas
wordtype: interj.
definition:
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or
   apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or
   white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.


word: Alb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping
   the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy
   orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by
   clerics, in daily life.


word: Alban
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from
   gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.


word: Albata
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks,
   teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under
   German.


word: Albatross
wordtype: n.
definition:
A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there
   are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of
   long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the
   land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.


word: Albedo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the
   light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light
   falling upon that surface.


word: Albicore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel
   family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in
   the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is called in New England the horse
   mackerel; the tunny.


word: Albino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some
   defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin,
   hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin
   of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red
   pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower
   animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish
   condition from the absence of chlorophyll.


word: Albite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in
   crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It
   is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See
   Feldspar.


word: Albolith
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting
   chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.


word: Alborak
wordtype: n.
definition:
The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said
   to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.


word: Albugineous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye,
   or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc.,
   which are perfectly white.


word: Album
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches,
   memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.


word: Albumen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the
   seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the
   floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy
   seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.


word: Albumenize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat
   with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.


word: Album Graecum
definition:
Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by
   exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used
   in medicine.


word: Albumin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
   and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of
   blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid,
   also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat
   and by certain chemical reagents.


word: Albuminate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon
   albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound
   formed by the union of albumin with another substance.


word: Albuminoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of organic principles (called also
   proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.


word: Albuminose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the
   action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.


word: Albuminose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the
   properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.


word: Albumose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by
   dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in
   combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.


word: Alburn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a
   peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.


word: Alcaic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety
   consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable,
   and two dactyls.


word: Alcarraza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids
   by evaporation from the exterior surface.


word: Alchemy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals
   into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc.
   It led the way to modern chemistry.


word: Alcohol
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit
   (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of
   fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it
   in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from
   various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which
   have undergone vinous fermentation.


word: Alcohol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in
   constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain
   organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol
   (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl
   forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.


word: Alcoholate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in
   which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of
   crystallization.


word: Alcoholic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its
   qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as,
   alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.


word: Alcoholmeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining the strength of
   spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of
   pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of
   hydrometer with a special scale.


word: Alcoholometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process or method of ascertaining the proportion
   of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.


word: Alcove
wordtype: n.
definition:
A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into
   a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess
   in a library.


word: Condonation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband
   of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty,
   as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be
   repeated.


word: Condone
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive
   for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or
   the wife.


word: Condor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus
   gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.


word: Condottiere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth
   centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any
   party in any contest.


word: Conduce
wordtype: n.
definition:
To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or
   desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.


word: Conduct
wordtype: n.
definition:
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
   on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.


word: Conductivity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving
   and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a
   nerve.


word: Conductor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance or body capable of being a medium for the
   transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically,
   a lightning rod.


word: Conductor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments,
   as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.


word: Conduplicate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face
   being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.


word: Condurrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide,
   from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.


word: Condyle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of
   a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also
   to a concave articular surface.


word: Cone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid of the form described by the revolution of a
   right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right
   angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a
   vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a
   straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid
   having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.


word: Cone
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a
   volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano,
   usually heaped up in a conical form.


word: Cone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir,
   cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which
   has one or two seeds at its base.


word: Cone
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment
   of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.


word: Cone-in-cone
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made
   up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind
   of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.


word: Cone pulley
definition:
A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more
   parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.


word: Confarreation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an
   offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least
   ten witnesses.


word: Confection
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
   substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.


word: Confederacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A league or compact between two or more persons,
   bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action;
   alliance.


word: Confederacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination of two or more persons to commit an
   unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.


word: Confederate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven
   Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to
   establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of
   America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.


word: Confederate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is united with others in a league; a person or
   a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a
   bad sense.


word: Confederate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name designating an adherent to the cause of the
   States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).


word: Confederation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of confederating; a league; a compact for
   mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.


word: Conferee
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a
   conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.


word: Conference
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of consulting together formally; serious
   conversation or discussion; interchange of views.


word: Conference
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with
   authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.


word: Conference
wordtype: n.
definition:
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a
   district; the district in which such churches are.


word: Conferruminated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking
   together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the
   live-oak acorn.


word: Conferva
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water
   algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.


word: Confess
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining
   to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a
   debt.


word: Confess
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as
   after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.


word: Confess
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a
   priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the
   reflexive pronoun.


word: Confession
wordtype: n.
definition:
Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter
   pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or
   crime.


word: Confession
wordtype: n.
definition:
A formulary in which the articles of faith are
   comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to
   admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


word: Confession
wordtype: n.
definition:
An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in
   relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which
   it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.


word: Confessional
wordtype: n.
definition:
The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest
   sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat
   for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who
   is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him
   or heard by others.


word: Confessionalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An exaggerated estimate of the importance of
   giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.


word: Confessor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the
   truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who
   confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his
   faith.


word: Confidante
wordtype: n. fem.
definition:
One to whom secrets, especially those relating to
   affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom
   friend.


word: Confide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; --
   usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.


word: Confidence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in;
   trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by
   in.


word: Confidence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on
   himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such
   assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often
   with self prefixed.


word: Confidential
wordtype: a.
definition:
Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in;
   trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.


word: Configuration
wordtype: n.
definition:
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face
   of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at
   any time.


word: Confine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to
   bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.


word: Confirm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give new assurance of the truth of; to render
   certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.


word: Confirm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a
   necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an
   official; the Senate confirms a treaty.


word: Confirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of
   establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an
   appointment.


word: Confirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which confirms; that which gives new strength or
   assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof;
   convincing testimony.


word: Confirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is
   admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full
   privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal
   Church, etc.


word: Confirmation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure
   and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a
   contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and
   binding which was before voidable.


word: Confiscation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of taking property or condemning
   it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.


word: Conflate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to
   fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.


word: Conflicting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition;
   contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.


word: Confluence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of
   two or more streams; the place of meeting.


word: Confluence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any running together of separate streams or currents;
   the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a
   concourse; an assemblage.


word: Confluent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together
   or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.


word: Conform
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring
   into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.


word: Conformable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.;
   similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by
   to.


word: Conformation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being conformed; agreement; hence;
   structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.


word: Conformist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to
   the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished
   from a dissenter or nonconformist.


word: Conformity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Correspondence in form, manner, or character;
   resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.


word: Coalescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or state of growing together, as similar
   parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state
   of being united; union; concretion.


word: Coalition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of
   separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.


word: Coalition
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons,
   parties, or states, having different interests.


word: Coal tar
definition:
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation
   of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for
   making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from
   which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of
   the benzene or aromatic series.


word: Coamings
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway,
   skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running
   bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as
   distinguished from the transverse head ledges.


word: Coarctate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to
   insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a
   constriction.


word: Coarse
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or
   particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or
   close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse
   sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.


word: Coarseness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness;
   inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture,
   manners, or language.


word: Coat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool,
   husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.


word: Coat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a
   tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of
   tar or varnish.


word: Coati
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to
   the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.


word: Coating
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover
   or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.


word: Cobaea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South
   America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped
   flowers.


word: Cobalt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group,
   not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol
   Co.


word: Cobaltic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; --
   said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence;
   as, cobaltic oxide.


word: Cobaltous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; --
   said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.


word: Cobblestone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be
   handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other
   purposes.


word: Cobia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the
   crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant
   fish.


word: Coble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop
   rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was
   originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.


word: Cobwork
wordtype: a.
definition:
Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends
   dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work,
   often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork
   dock or breakwater.


word: Cocaine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves
   of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is
   remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.


word: Coccinella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of small beetles of many species. They and
   their larvae feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great
   benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.


word: Coccobacterium
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable
   organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.


word: Coccosteus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the
   broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.


word: Cocculus Indicus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a
   climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and
   stimulant.


word: Coccus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects,
   and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).


word: Coccyx
wordtype: n.
definition:
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man
   and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less
   consolidated.


word: Cochineal
definition:
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of
   the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc.,
   and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.


word: Cochineal fig
definition:
A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus
   family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect,
   which lives on it.


word: Cochlea
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which
   is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.


word: Cock
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid,
   as an expression of derision or insinuation.


word: Cockade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and
   generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or
   naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the
   livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or
   naval officer.


word: Cockaleekie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly
   seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.


word: Cockatoo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae,
   having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented
   with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are
   several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, /
   Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm
   or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.


word: Cockatrice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of this serpent. It has the head,
   wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.


word: Cockbill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical;
   as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.


word: Cockchafer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and
   allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.


word: Cocket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper
   as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.


word: Cockhead
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle,
   forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.


word: Cockle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus
   Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes
   applied to similar shells of other genera.


word: Cocklebur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly
   fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also
   clotbur.


word: Cockpit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called
   because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.


word: Cockpit
wordtype: n.
definition:
In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the
   rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.


word: Cockscomb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties,
   cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; --
   sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort,
   the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.


word: Cockshy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown
   at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which
   consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.


word: Cockspur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli),
   having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.


word: Cocktail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or
   one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.


word: Cocoa palm
definition:
A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It
   grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or
   eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at
   the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base
   of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.


word: Cocoa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and
   used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa
   shells.


word: Cocoanut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields
   an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food
   and in making oil.


word: Cocobolas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West
   India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools,
   and for various fancy articles.


word: Cocoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis
   state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before
   leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.


word: Cod
wordtype: n.
definition:
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense
   numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially
   abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and
   dried in large quantities.


word: Code
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules
   of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in
   systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.


word: Code
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject;
   as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the
   professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules
   for making communications at sea means of signals.


word: Codeine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance,
   C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but
   much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.


word: Codex
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part
   of them, particularly the New Testament.


word: Coefficient
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number or letter put before a letter or quantity,
   known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as,
   6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.


word: Coefficient
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number, commonly used in computation as a factor,
   expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed
   conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient
   of expansion; the coefficient of friction.


word: Coehorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with
   handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.


word: Coelenterata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly
   marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name
   implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is
   sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.


word: Coelospermous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the
   seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.


word: Coendoo
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus,
   prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.


word: Coenenchyma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of
   a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified.
   See Coral.


word: Coenesthesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Common sensation or general sensibility, as
   distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or
   ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to
   depend on the ganglionic system.


word: Coenogamy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of a community which permits promiscuous
   sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes
   or communistic societies.


word: Coenurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which
   forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease
   known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.


word: Coercion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The application to another of either physical or moral
   force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act
   produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When
   the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the
   party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act
   convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of
   submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion)
   is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by
   coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.


word: Coerulignone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in
   the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex
   quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.


word: Coeval
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of the same age; existing during the same period of time,
   especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.


word: Coffee
wordtype: n.
definition:
The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes
   of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia,
   Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in
   tropical America.


word: Coffeehouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied
   with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for
   conversation.


word: Coffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending
   across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.


word: Cofferdam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay,
   from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.)
   and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.


word: Cog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as
   on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a
   separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.


word: Cog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch
   in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.


word: Cogent
wordtype: p. a.
definition:
Having the power to compel conviction or move the will;
   constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.


word: Cognate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family;
   proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate
   language.


word: Cognation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons
   descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.


word: Cognizable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation;
   capable of being judicially heard and determined.


word: Cognizance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which
   the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a
   distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.


word: Cognizance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight,
   usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in
   general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the
   person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be
   known.


word: Cognovit
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action
   acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.


word: Cohere
wordtype: a.
definition:
To be united or connected together in subordination to one
   purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a
   discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically
   consistent.


word: Coherency
wordtype: n.
definition:
Connection or dependence, proceeding from the
   subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as
   in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy;
   consecutiveness.


word: Coherent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical
   whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.


word: Cohesion
wordtype: n.
definition:
That from of attraction by which the particles of a body
   are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; --
   distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent
   surfaces.


word: Cohesive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as,
   cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.


word: Cohesive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of
   cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.


word: Cohosh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides),
   whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The
   name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two
   species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family.


word: Coigny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a
   tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.


word: Coil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
   not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.


word: Coil
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil;
   to wind; -- often with about or around.


word: Coin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by
   government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used
   in a collective sense.


word: Coin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as
   a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars;
   to coin a medal.


word: Coinage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act or process of fabricating or inventing;
   formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.


word: Coincide
wordtype: n.
definition:
To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the
   fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.


word: Coincidence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of occupying the same place in space;
   as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.


word: Coincidence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition or fact of happening at the same time;
   as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.


word: Cointension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of being of equal in intensity; --
   applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.


word: Coir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the
   prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.


word: Coistril
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry
   the knight's arms and other necessaries.


word: Coke
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or
   other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by
   distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless
   fire is required.


word: Colander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for
   straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of
   wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.


word: Colchicine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted
   from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or
   yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also
   colchicia.


word: Colcothar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in
   polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.


word: Cold
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence
   of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.


word: Cold
wordtype: n.
definition:
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly;
   having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.


word: Cold
wordtype: n.
definition:
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of
   a seeker remote from the thing concealed.


word: Cold-blooded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose
   blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.


word: Cold-blooded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses,
   which are derived from the common stock of a country.


word: Cole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
   B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.


word: Colemanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent
   colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.


word: Coleoptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of insects having the anterior pair of
   wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the
   posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the
   others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws
   (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera
   are known as beetles and weevils.


word: Coaltit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its
   black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.


word: Coleus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated
   for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.


word: Colic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,
   obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.


word: Colicroot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the
   leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long
   spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass,
   blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.


word: Collagen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of
   tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes
   gelatin or glue.


word: Collapse
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow
   vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or
   parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a
   flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.


word: Collapse
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow
   when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as,
   Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left
   Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success
   and importance.


word: Collapse
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital
   powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.


word: Collar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament,
   restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's
   collar; the collar of a dog.


word: Collar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it
   devices to designate their rank or order.


word: Collar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an
   object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for
   holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an
   object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the
   shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a
   wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are
   sometimes called collars.


word: Collar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to
   go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging,
   as dead-eyes, are secured.


word: Collared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a
   bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.


word: Collared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared
   beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.


word: Collate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in
   order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.


word: Collate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To present and institute in a benefice, when the person
   presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.


word: Collateral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing
   or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or
   principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.


word: Collateral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as
   something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.


word: Collateral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in
   the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.


word: Collation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of
   one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like
   kind; comparison, in general.


word: Collation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The right which an heir has of throwing the whole
   heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and
   sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.


word: Collation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; --
   first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the
   reading of the collation in monasteries.


word: Collationer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who examines the sheets of a book that has just
   been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged,
   etc.


word: Collative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of
   which the bishop and the patron are the same person.


word: Colleague
wordtype: n.
definition:
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical
   office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or
   manufactures.


word: Collect
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a
   crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.


word: Collect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular
   day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.


word: Collectanea
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Passages selected from various authors, usually for
   purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.


word: Collection
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
   as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.


word: Collection
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
   observed facts; also, that which is inferred.


word: Collective
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a
   mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body
   of a nation.


word: Collective
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by
   a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army,
   jury, etc.


word: Collective
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in
   diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments
   is called a collective note.


word: Collectivism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by
   society collectively or as a whole; communism.


word: Collector
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who collects things which are separate; esp., one
   who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in
   natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.


word: Collector
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to
   superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.


word: College
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in
   common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes,
   by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a
   college of electors; a college of bishops.


word: College
wordtype: n.
definition:
A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated
   for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as,
   the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American
   colleges.


word: Collet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor;
   as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a
   stem, for holding a drill.


word: Collide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To strike or dash against each other; to come into
   collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests
   collided.


word: Collidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent
   oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone
   oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.


word: Collie
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the
   rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence,
   displayed especially in caring for flocks.


word: Collier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or
   making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.


word: Colligation
wordtype: n.
definition:
That process by which a number of isolated facts are
   brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as
   when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the
   planet Mars were points in an ellipse.


word: Collimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to
   bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render
   parallel, as rays of light.


word: Collimation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of
   the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into
   its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.


word: Collimator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other
   a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens,
   used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.


word: Colliquation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A processive wasting or melting away of the solid
   parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or
   more passages.


word: Collision
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of striking together; a striking together, as of
   two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.


word: Collocation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of placing; the state of being placed with
   something else; disposition in place; arrangement.


word: Collodion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether
   containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive,
   and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief
   application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.


word: Collogue
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to
   converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.


word: Colloid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike
   appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.


word: Colloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a
   gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself
   through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than
   crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.


word: Colloquial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common
   and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal;
   as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.


word: Colloquy
wordtype: n.
definition:
In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions,
   assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in
   collegiate scholarship.


word: Collude
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to
   play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.


word: Collusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or
   deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud;
   cunning.


word: Collusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a
   person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object
   forbidden by law.


word: Colocynth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter
   cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied
   to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely
   bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter
   cucumber, bitter gourd.


word: Colocynthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter,
   yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.


word: Cologne
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain
   aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau
   de cologne.


word: Cologne earth
definition:
An earth of a deep brown color, containing more
   vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown
   coal.


word: Colon
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the large intestines which extends from the
   caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]


word: Colon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate
   parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly
   independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.


word: Colonel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next
   above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.


word: Colonizationist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the
   colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the
   United States.


word: Colonize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to
   people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.


word: Colonnade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals
   with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.


word: Colony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company of people transplanted from their mother country
   to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the
   jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.


word: Colony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
   foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.


word: Colophene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by
   distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of
   terebenthene. Called also diterebene.


word: Colophon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place
   and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the
   last page of a book.


word: Deadness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit,
   activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness;
   indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the
   deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or
   cider; deadness to the world, and the like.


word: Deaf
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
   unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.


word: Deaf
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
   regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation;
   -- with to; as, deaf to reason.


word: Deafen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
   render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.


word: Deafen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor,
   by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.


word: Deafening
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as
   a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in
   this process; pugging.


word: Deaf-mute
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through
   deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the
   power of speech, or has lost it.


word: Deafness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs
   which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the
   sense of hearing.


word: Deal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
   degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a
   deal of cold.


word: Deal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of
   interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political
   bargains.


word: Deal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or
   plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches
   in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it
   is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.


word: Deal
wordtype: n.
definition:
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in
   portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.


word: Deal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the
   commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.


word: Deal
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To do a distributing or retailing business, as
   distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to
   trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.


word: Deal
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
   manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.


word: Deal
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
   check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.


word: Dealer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with
   others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a
   merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail
   dealer.


word: Dealing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of
   cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse;
   transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.


word: Dean
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical
   and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a
   bishop.


word: Dean
wordtype: n.
definition:
The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and
   Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral
   condition of the college.


word: Dean
wordtype: n.
definition:
A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a
   college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.


word: Dean
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as,
   the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.


word: Dearth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack
   of food on account of failure of crops; famine.


word: Death
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability
   of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.


word: Deathbed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours
   of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.


word: Deathbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); --
   so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its
   note presages death.


word: Deathless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction;
   immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.


word: Death's-head
wordtype: n.
definition:
A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head
   of the conventional personification of death.


word: Deathwatch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied
   species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a
   ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been
   imagined by superstitious people to presage death.


word: Deathwatch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which
   makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.


word: Debacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of
   waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and
   disperses blocks of stone and other debris.


word: Debar
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to
   preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or
   exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.


word: Debase
wordtype: a.
definition:
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
   dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate;
   to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by
   frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.


word: Debatable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy
   or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.


word: Debate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to
   maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for
   and against.


word: Debate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate;
   to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; --
   often followed by on or upon.


word: Debate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the
   purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument;
   controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.


word: Debauch
wordtype: n.
definition:
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in
   character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as,
   to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch
   an army.


word: Debauchery
wordtype: n.
definition:
Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,
   excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual
   lewdness.


word: Debenture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate
   signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person;
   the sum thus due.


word: Debenture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of
   imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.


word: Debit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; --
   mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.


word: Debit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative
   to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.


word: Debonair
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by courteousness, affability, or
   gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.


word: Debris
wordtype: n.
definition:
Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively;
   especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at
   the base.


word: Debruised
wordtype: a.
definition:
Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when
   a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.


word: Debt
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is due from one person to another, whether money,
   goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another,
   or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.


word: Debut
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance
   before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.


word: Deca-
definition:
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric
   System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times
   the principal unit.


word: Decacerata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The division of Cephalopoda which includes the
   squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; --
   called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.


word: Decade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a
   decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the
   second decade of Livy.


word: Decadency
wordtype: n.
definition:
A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The
   old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."


word: Decagon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure
   having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and
   angles equal.


word: Decalcify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify
   bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.


word: Decalcomanie
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of transferring pictures and
   designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them
   thereto.


word: Decalitre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic
   volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is,
   2.642 wine gallons.


word: Decalogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses
   on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.


word: Decameron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related
   in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.


word: Decani
wordtype: a.
definition:
Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is
   placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or
   decani, side.


word: Decant
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the
   sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.


word: Decantation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its
   lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.


word: Decanter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving
   decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other
   liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.


word: Decay
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect
   state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
   away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated;
   to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.


word: Decay
wordtype: n.
definition:
Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity,
   or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward
   dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline;
   deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the
   decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.


word: Decayed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with
   decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune
   or gentleman.


word: Deceit
wordtype: n.
definition:
An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error;
   any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or
   causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap;
   deception; a wily device; fraud.


word: Deceit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or
   underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby
   effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.


word: Deceitful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead
   or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.


word: Deceive
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false,
   or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to
   disappoint; to delude; to insnare.


word: Deceive
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to
   while away; to take away as if by deception.


word: December
wordtype: n.
definition:
The twelfth and last month of the year, containing
   thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.


word: December
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the
   winter season; as, the December of his life.


word: Decency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or
   becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social
   intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming
   ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum;
   modesty.


word: Decent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
   fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.


word: Decent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
   fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent
   fortune; a decent person.


word: Decentralize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw
   from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute
   (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or
   the administration of public affairs.


word: Deceptive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress
   with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.


word: Decide
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy,
   struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render
   judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.


word: Decide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a
   conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the
   defendant.


word: Decided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable;
   unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage.


word: Decided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose;
   fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.


word: Decidua
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops
   the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.


word: Deciduata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off
   with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.


word: Deciduous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain
   season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of
   evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth,
   antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons,
   stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.


word: Decile
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant
   from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡.


word: Decilitre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system;
   one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid
   ounces.


word: Decillion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the English notation, a million involved to
   the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the
   French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh
   power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under
   Numeration.]


word: Decimal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by
   tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times
   the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.


word: Decimal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
   almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.


word: Decimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man
   of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.


word: Decimate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an
   army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.


word: Decimosexto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded
   into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size
   of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡.


word: Decipher
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To translate from secret characters or ciphers into
   intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret
   characters.


word: Decipher
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To find out, so as to be able to make known the
   meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly
   obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.


word: Decipium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supposed rare element, said to be associated with
   cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently
   called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.


word: Decision
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a
   controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination,
   as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.


word: Decision
wordtype: n.
definition:
An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a
   legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause;
   as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.


word: Decision
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed
   determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.


word: Decisive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or
   controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final;
   conclusive.


word: Deck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe
   with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.


word: Deck
wordtype: v.
definition:
The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or
   compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships
   have two or three decks.


word: Decker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in
   composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.


word: Deckle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a
   hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on,
   and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the
   width of the paper.


word: Declaim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or
   oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in
   public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the
   students declaim twice a week.


word: Declaim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously,
   noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite
   arguments in debate; to rant.


word: Declamation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery;
   haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation
   of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice
   declamation by students.


word: Declamatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously
   rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a
   declamatory way or style.


word: Declaration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit
   asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject;
   proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a
   declaration of war, etc.


word: Declaration
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement;
   distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.


word: Declaration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The document or instrument containing such statement
   or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in
   Washington).


word: Declaration
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets
   forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of
   the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.


word: Declaratory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making
   clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of
   the will of the legislature.


word: Declare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make known by language; to communicate or manifest
   explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim;
   to announce.


word: Declare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set
   forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.


word: Declare
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal;
   to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory
   declares against the allies.


word: Declare
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a
   legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.


word: Declension
wordtype: n.
definition:
A falling off towards a worse state; a downward
   tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of
   science, of a state, etc.


word: Declension
wordtype: n.
definition:
Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a
   declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.


word: Declension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases;
   as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.


word: Declinable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or
   inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.


word: Declination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or state of falling off or declining from
   excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.


word: Declination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical
   plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west,
   or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or
   south.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward
   direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness,
   despondency, etc.; to condescend.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction;
   to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to
   fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue
   declines; religion declines; business declines.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to
   withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that
   declines from sound morals.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of
   accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to
   refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to
   decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation
   with them.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of
   grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution
   or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending
   toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the
   decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms
   begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.


word: Decline
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical
   faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die
   of a decline.


word: Declivity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of
   surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or
   ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity,
   which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.


word: Decoct
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling
   water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an
   infusion of.


word: Decollation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; --
   especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.


word: Decompose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
   original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of
   chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.


word: Decompose
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become resolved or returned from existing
   combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.


word: Decomposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of resolving the constituent
   parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts;
   separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution
   consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a
   compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.


word: Decorate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or
   honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the
   person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to
   decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.


word: Decoration
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the
   person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood,
   bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art,
   etc.


word: Decorator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically,
   an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their
   interior decoration.


word: Decorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and
   occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
   a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.


word: Decorticator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain,
   etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit
   trees.


word: Decorum
wordtype: n.
definition:
Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from
   suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the
   place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is
   seemly or suitable.


word: Decoy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or
   snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops
   into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.


word: Decoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives
   and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.


word: Decoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice
   other fowl into a net or within shot.


word: Decoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed
   to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under
   circumstances that will lead to his detection.


word: Decoy-duck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a
   person employed to lure others into danger.


word: Decrease
wordtype: n.
definition:
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
   gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength,
   quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to
   December.


word: Decree
wordtype: n.
definition:
An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be
   done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power,
   deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative
   ru// decision.


word: Decree
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edict or law made by a council for regulating any
   business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical
   councils.


word: Decree
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to
   constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to
   order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.


word: Decreet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an
   inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.


word: Decrement
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the
   layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by
   which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced.


word: Astacus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of
   fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North
   America. See Crawfish.


word: Astatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite
   position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered
   astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.


word: Astay
wordtype: adv.
definition:
An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an
   acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.


word: Aster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called
   China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome
   compound flowers.


word: Asteridea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of Echinodermata including the true
   starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves
   below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.


word: Asterion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid,
   parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.


word: Asterisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and
   writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply
   the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having
   a special character.


word: Asterism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a
   star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted
   light, as some mica.


word: Astern
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder
   part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.


word: Asteroid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets
   whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also
   planetoids and minor planets.


word: Asterolepis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or
   twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.


word: Asterophyllite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe
   and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.


word: Asthma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to
   a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals,
   accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the
   chest, a cough, and expectoration.


word: Asthmatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough;
   liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.


word: Astigmatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as,
   astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.


word: Astigmatism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of
   which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal
   point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.


word: Astonish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to
   amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to
   confound with some sudden emotion or passion.


word: Astonishment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The overpowering emotion excited when something
   unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an
   intense degree of surprise; amazement.


word: Astragalus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus
   which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.


word: Astragalus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe
   Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in
   English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from
   different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.


word: Astray
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a
   figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.


word: Astriction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contraction of parts by applications; the action of
   an astringent substance on the animal economy.


word: Astriction
wordtype: n.
definition:
An obligation to have the grain growing on certain
   lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.


word: Astride
wordtype: adv.
definition:
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback;
   with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.


word: Astringency
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being astringent; the power of
   contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other
   substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the
   astringency of tannin.


word: Astringent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --
   opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent
   taste; astringent fruit.


word: Astringent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction
   in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus,
   etc.


word: Astrolabe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of
   a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.


word: Astrologer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who practices astrology; one who professes to
   foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.


word: Astrology
wordtype: n.
definition:
In its etymological signification, the science of the
   stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the
   art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and
   of foretelling events by their position and aspects.


word: Astronomer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge
   of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their
   motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.


word: Astronomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of
   their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses,
   constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various
   phenomena.


word: Astroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on
   whose surface the constellations were delineated.


word: Asunder
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;
   separately; into or in different pieces or places.


word: Asylum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where
   criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be
   forcibly taken without sacrilege.


word: Asylum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An institution for the protection or relief of some class
   of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the
   aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan
   asylum.


word: Asymptote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line which approaches nearer to some curve than
   assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet
   it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote
   may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.


word: Asyndeton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw,
   I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence,
   nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour;
   at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at
   the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are
   derived all the various uses of at.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on,
   something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand;
   at sea and on land.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at
   peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at
   disadvantage.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
The relation of some employment or action; occupied with;
   as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating);
   except at puns.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
The relation of a point or position in a series, or of
   degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80¡; goods sold at
   a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is
   short at the longest.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or
   effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this
   declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve,
   endure at your hands.


word: At
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at
   it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink,
   mock, laugh at any one.


word: Atavism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the
   original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance
   to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original
   form.


