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word: A
definition:
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The
   capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the
   small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are
   all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek
   Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of
   the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself
   from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a
   guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation;
   and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound,
   the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.


word: A
definition:
The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C),
   or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale
   in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the
   treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone
   intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone
   intermediate between A and G.


word: A
definition:
An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and
   signifying one or any, but less emphatically.


word: A
definition:
In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred
   pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.


word: A
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal
   substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened
   form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as
   in a hunting, a building, a begging.


word: A-
definition:
A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources.
   (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on),
   denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground,
   aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2)
   AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS.
   a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and
   sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old
   English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-,
   cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no
   essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad
   to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)
   Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist;
   akin to E. un-.


word: A 1
definition:
A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships
   in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.


word: Aam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different
   cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at
   Hamburg 38 1/4.


word: Aard-vark
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat
   resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows
   in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its
   long, slimy tongue.


word: Aard-wolf
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South
   Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.


word: Aaron's rod
definition:
A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing
   from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.


word: Ab-
definition:
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away
   , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).


word: Ab
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the
   ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation,
   coinciding nearly with August.


word: Abactinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth
   in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.


word: Abaculus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of
   various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.


word: Abacus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing
   arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in
   grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens,
   etc. It is still employed in China.


word: Abacus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The uppermost member or division of the capital of a
   column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.


word: Abacus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated
   compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of
   cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.


word: Abalone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is
   lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the
   sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California,
   clinging closely to the rocks.


word: Abandon
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to
   renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to
   desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit;
   to surrender.


word: Abandon
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at
   self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad
   sense.


word: Abandon
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured
   person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a
   policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured
   against.


word: Abandon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from
   artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.


word: Abandoned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked,
   or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned
   villain.


word: Abandonment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters
   of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a
   peril insured against.


word: Abandonment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound
   by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.


word: Abanga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds
   of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.


word: Abarticulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation
   which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.


word: Abase
wordtype: a.
definition:
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office,
   condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble;
   to degrade.


word: Abased
wordtype: a.
definition:
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of
   the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.


word: Abasement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state
   of being abased or humbled; humiliation.


word: Abash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or
   confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or
   inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.


word: Abate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
   number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to
   cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.


word: Abate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with;
   as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.


word: Abate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated
   entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.


word: Abatement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a
   lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as,
   the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.


word: Abatement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of
   reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.


word: Abatement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold
   after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.


word: Abattis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of
   whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the
   enemy.


word: Abator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the
   death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.


word: Abba
wordtype: n.
definition:
Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and
   Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to
   the patriarch.


word: Abbe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of
   an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one
   vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.


word: Abbess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of
   nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have
   over the monks. See Abbey.


word: Abbey
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded
   from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic
   building or buildings.


word: Abbreviate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce
   by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.


word: Abbreviation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by
   contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or
   phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for
   United States of America.


word: Abbreviation
wordtype: n.
definition:
One dash, or more, through the stem of a note,
   dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or
   demi-semiquavers.


word: Abbreviator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal
   court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition,
   or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into
   official form.


word: Abdicate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to
   withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office,
   station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.


word: Abdication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high
   office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary
   renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne,
   government, power, authority.


word: Abdomen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and
   the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the
   peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In
   man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the
   commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic
   cavity.


word: Abdomen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in
   insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.


word: Abdominales
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group including the greater part of fresh-water
   fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen
   behind the pectorals.


word: Abduct
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
   human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.


word: Abduction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of
   a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an
   heiress.


word: Abductor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the
   median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye
   outward.


word: Abeam
wordtype: adv.
definition:
On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle
   with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.


word: Abelonian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St.
   Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after
   the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.


word: Abelmosk
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus --
   moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose
   musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes
   called musk mallow.


word: Aber-de-vine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green
   and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.


word: Aberration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth
   or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.


word: Aberration
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small periodical change of position in the stars and
   other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of
   light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when
   the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or
   diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when
   greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''.
   Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion
   of the planet relative to the earth.


word: Aberration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror,
   of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the
   deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical
   aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such
   form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic
   aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays
   of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.


word: Aberration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing
   of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.


word: Abet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used
   in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet
   one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.


word: Abhor
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with
   horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest
   to extremity; to loathe.


word: Abhorrent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence;
   loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.


word: Abib
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
   corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this
   month was called Nisan.


word: Abide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to
   dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at
   or in before a place.


word: Abies
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the
   balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred
   to this genus.


word: Abietene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the
   nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.


word: Abietine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada
   balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but
   soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic
   acid, and in ether.


word: Abietite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of
   the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).


word: Ability
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being able; power to perform,
   whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal;
   capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill,
   resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.


word: Abiogenesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The supposed origination of living organisms from
   lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living
   parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed
   to biogenesis.


word: Abject
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded;
   servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.


word: Abjuration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon
   oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to
   leave the country and never to return.


word: Abjure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to
   abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to
   abandon it forever.


word: Abjure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to
   abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.


word: Ablative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some
   other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal,
   separation, or taking away.


word: Ablaut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus
   indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel
   permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.


word: Able
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means,
   or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of
   qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified;
   capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a
   mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain;
   able to play on a piano.


word: Able
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong
   mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful;
   as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.


word: -able
definition:
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to
   be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense;
   as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable,
   fit to be blamed; salable.


word: Ablegate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representative of the pope charged with important
   commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a
   newly named cardinal his insignia of office.


word: Ablution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the
   washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.


word: Ablution
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash
   the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which
   then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is
   drunk by the priest.


word: Abolish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said
   of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish
   slavery, to abolish folly.


word: Abolition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished;
   an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of
   slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances,
   customs, taxes, debts, etc.


word: Abomasus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which
   leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.


word: Abominable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil
   omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome;
   execrable.


word: Abominate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest
   degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all
   impiety.


word: Abomination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence;
   detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.


word: Abomination
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or
   shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a
   hateful or shameful vice; pollution.


word: Abort
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become checked in normal development, so as either to
   remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.


word: Aborted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in
   normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted
   branches.


word: Abortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the
   expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of
   sustaining life; miscarriage.


word: Abortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or
   anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a
   complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.


word: Abortive
wordtype: v.
definition:
Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying;
   fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.


word: Abortive
wordtype: v.
definition:
Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile;
   as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.


word: About
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or
   proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).


word: About
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in
   various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.


word: About
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the
   outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.


word: About
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in
   quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; --
   also of quantity, number, time.


word: About
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
   direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self
   about.


word: Above
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the
   upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.


word: Above
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect;
   surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above
   comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.


word: Above
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a
   hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)


word: Abracadabra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mystical word or collocation of letters written as
   in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At
   present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without
   meaning; jargon.


word: Abram-man
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through
   England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.


word: Abranchiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of annelids, so called because the species
   composing it have no special organs of respiration.


word: Abrasion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing
   away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.


word: Abraxas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among
   the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.


word: Abreast
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to
   keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.


word: Abridge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
   diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.


word: Abridge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet
   retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
   history or dictionary.


word: Abridge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly
   by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.


word: Abridgment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged;
   diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of
   pleasures or of expenses.


word: Abroad
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as,
   we have broils at home and enemies abroad.


word: Abrogate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the
   authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the
   repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.


word: Abrupt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices,
   banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places.


word: Abscess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or
   organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.


word: Abscissa
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of
   a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.


word: Abscission
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun
   to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and
   candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."


word: Abscond
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and secrete one's
   self; -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid a legal
   process; as, an absconding debtor.


word: Absent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as
   to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.


word: Absentee
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who absents himself from his country, office, post,
   or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or
   district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.


word: Absenteeism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the
   practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where
   one's estate is situated.


word: Absinthium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an
   intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of
   wormwood.


word: Absolute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;
   unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy,
   sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an
   absolute monarch.


word: Absolute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Viewed apart from modifying influences or without
   comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and
   comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.


word: Absolute
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the
   sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute,
   under Ablative.


word: Absolute
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at
   infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at
   infinity.


word: Absoluteness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being absolute; independence of
   everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent
   reality; positiveness.


word: Absolution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament
   of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent
   are forgiven.


word: Absolutism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of
   the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary
   government; despotism.


word: Absolve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt,
   or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it
   would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a
   subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to
   an acquittal and remission of his punishment.


word: Absorb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to
   disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.


word: Absorb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular
   action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity
   are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.


word: Absorbent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid
   in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance
   e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce
   enlarged and indurated parts.


word: Absorbent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are
   carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots
   in plants.


word: Absorption
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything,
   or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of
   bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.


word: Absorption
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical
   action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.


word: Absorption
wordtype: n.
definition:
In living organisms, the process by which the materials
   of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and
   organs.


word: Abstain
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain
   voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or
   appetites; -- with from.


word: Abstemious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and
   strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the
   appetite or passions.


word: Abstemiousness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or
   sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater
   degree of abstinence than temperance.


word: Abstinence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary
   forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence
   of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual
   propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
   intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence.


word: Abstinence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of
   certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.


word: Abstinent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the
   indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
Considered apart from any application to a particular
   object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract
   truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing a particular property of an object viewed
   apart from the other properties which constitute it; -- opposed to
   concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general
   as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
   consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or
   attribute.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
   abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a
   substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense
   extract is now more generally used.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
That which comprises or concentrates in itself the
   essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things.
   Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of
   a statement; a brief.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
A state of separation from other things; as, to consider
   a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.


word: Abstract
wordtype: a.
definition:
A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed
   with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract
   represents two parts of the original substance.


word: Abstraction
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act process of leaving out of consideration one or
   more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others;
   analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself,
   or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the
   act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness,
   softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.


word: Abstractly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an abstract state or manner; separately;
   absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.


word: Abstruse
wordtype: a.
definition:
Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or
   understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.


word: Absurd
wordtype: a.
definition:
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly
   opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of
   common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an
   absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.


word: Abundance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great
   plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly
   applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.


word: Abuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to
   a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse
   inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's
   authority.


word: Abuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish
   or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's
   powers, one's patience.


word: Abuse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad
   purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil
   rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.


word: Abusive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting
   words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.


word: Abut
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
   meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.


word: Abutilon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in
   the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also
   Indian mallow.


word: Abutment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives
   the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.


word: Abutment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixed point or surface from which resistance or
   reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the
   fulcrum of a lever, etc.


word: Abutment
wordtype: n.
definition:
In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel
   which receives the pressure due to recoil.


word: Abutter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of
   a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.


word: Abyss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any
   deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.


word: Acacia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine
   emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.


word: Acacia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species
   are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed
   leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species
   of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.


word: Academical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of
   learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from
   scientific.


word: Academician
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of an academy, or society for promoting
   science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal
   Academy of arts.


word: Academy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero
   Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical
   conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.


word: Academy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college
   or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding
   a rank between a college and a common school.


word: Academy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the
   arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science;
   as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
   academies of literature and philology.


word: Academy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A school or place of training in which some special art is
   taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the
   Academy of Music.


word: Acalephae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or
   jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they
   possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.


word: Acanthopterygii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fishes having some of the rays of
   the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the
   perch.


word: Acanthus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south
   of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.


word: Acanthus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the
   acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian
   and Composite orders.


word: A cappella
definition:
In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung
   in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass
   a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.


word: Acarina
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and
   ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and
   mange.


word: Acatalepsy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the
   ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to
   certainty, but only to probability.


word: Accede
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become a party by associating one's self with others;
   to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a
   view; as, he acceded to my request.


word: Accelerate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or
   process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of
   wealth, etc.


word: Acceleration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of accelerating, or the state of being
   accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves
   toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to
   retardation.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon
   some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from
   the others.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark or character used in writing, and serving to
   regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and
   place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound
   of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or
   pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice;
   tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the
   beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little
   above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the
   same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.


word: Accent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of
   a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty
   seven seconds.


word: Accentor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet
   notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to
   the water thrushes.


word: Accept
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered);
   as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.


word: Accept
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I
   accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.


word: Besayle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of writ which formerly lay where a
   great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of
   his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is
   now abolished.


word: Beseem
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for
   (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or
   worthy of; to become; to befit.


word: Beside
wordtype: adv.
definition:
More than that; over and above; not included in the
   number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition.


word: Besides
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition
   to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.


word: Besiege
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose
   of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.


word: Beslobber
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the
   mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.


word: Besotted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by
   drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied.


word: Bespatter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty
   water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.


word: Bespeak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage
   against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.


word: Bessemer steel
definition:
Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a
   portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains,
   through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten
   metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the
   inventor of the process.


word: Best
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind,
   desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best
   road; the best cloth; the best abilities.


word: Best
wordtype: n.
definition:
Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing,
   or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.


word: Bestial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity
   of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.


word: Bestick
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark
   by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.


word: Bestir
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life
   and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.


word: Bet
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two
   parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act
   of giving such a pledge; a wager.


word: Betaine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and
   also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from
   which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also
   lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.


word: Betel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are
   chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the
   inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate
   many-nerved leaves.


word: Betel nut
definition:
The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East
   with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.


word: Bethabara wood
definition:
A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc.
   The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.


word: Bethink
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection,
   reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally
   followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the
   subject of thought.


word: Bethlehem
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a
   church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.


word: Betoken
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something
   future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens
   a storm.


word: Betray
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or
   fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly;
   as, an officer betrayed the city.


word: Betray
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or
   one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a
   cause.


word: Betray
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or
   that which one is bound in honor not to make known.


word: Betray
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious
   at first, or would otherwise be concealed.


word: Betroth
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or
   promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.


word: Betrothal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a
   mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between
   the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.


word: Better
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as,
   a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.


word: Better
wordtype: a.
definition:
Preferable in regard to rank, value, use, fitness,
   acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect.


word: Better
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit,
   social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.


word: Better
wordtype: compar.
definition:
In a superior or more excellent manner; with more
   skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry
   writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits.


word: Betterment
wordtype: n.
definition:
An improvement of an estate which renders it better
   than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.


word: Betty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the
   duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish
   matters.


word: Betty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which
   olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a
   Florence flask.


word: Betulin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer
   bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar
   prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.


word: Between
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving
   reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition
   between science and religion.


word: Between
wordtype: prep.
definition:
With relation to two, as involved in an act or
   attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge
   between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and
   me; to mediate between nations.


word: Between
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In intermediate relation to, in respect to time,
   quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.


word: Beurre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and
   melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre d'Anjou; Beurre
   Clairgeau.


word: Bevel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one
   surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant
   or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a
   table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.


word: Bevel
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed
   together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the
   surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a
   bevel square.


word: Bevelled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the
   adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping
   planes, as a cube or other solid.


word: Bevel gear
definition:
A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together
   lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to
   the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where
   the axes of the wheels would meet.


word: Bevelment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes,
   equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.


word: Beverage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to
   drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an
   intoxicating beverage.


word: Bevilled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's
   bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.


word: Beware
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; --
   commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.


word: Bewilder
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a
   plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse
   greatly.


word: Bewitch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations;
   to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.


word: Bewitch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as
   to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.


word: Bey
wordtype: n.
definition:
A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions;
   also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of
   Tunis.


word: Beyond
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than;
   greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's
   strength.


word: Beyond
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing;
   proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence,
   or quality of any kind.


word: Bezant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in
   weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a
   sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver
   bezants.


word: Bezant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt,
   representing circular disks lapping one upon another.


word: Bezel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other
   object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.


word: Bezoar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain
   ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian
   llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a
   certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence:
   Any antidote or panacea.


word: Bhang
wordtype: n.
definition:
An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves
   and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked
   in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.


word: Bi-
definition:
In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two,
   twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly
   ternate, etc.


word: Bi-
definition:
In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms,
   parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is
   prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is
   present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide.
   Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.


word: Biacid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative
   atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.


word: Bias
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls,
   or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight
   line.


word: Bias
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an
   object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.


word: Bias
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the
   waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.


word: Bias
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to;
   to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.


word: Bibasic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive
   or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See
   Dibasic.


word: Bibber
wordtype: n.
definition:
One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a
   tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.


word: Bible
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is
   made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and
   authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or
   translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes
   in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay
   Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings
   similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.


word: Bible
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any
   religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.


word: Bible
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic,
   respected by many who are experts in the field.


word: Bibliography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A history or description of books and manuscripts,
   with notices of the different editions, the times when they were
   printed, etc.


word: Bibliolatrist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the
   Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.


word: Bibliolatry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman
   Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over
   that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive
   regard to the letter of the Scriptures.


word: Bibliomancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages
   of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning
   future events.


word: Bicarbonate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid
   is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the
   proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it
   is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called
   supercarbonate.


word: Bise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate
   of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.


word: Biceps
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied
   particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.


word: Bichir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the
   Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.


word: Bichloride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one
   or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.


word: Bichromate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of
   the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also
   dichromate.


word: Bichromatize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with
   bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.


word: Bicipital
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows,
   the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.


word: Bicipital
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two
   heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.


word: Bicker
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering
   noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.


word: Bicuspid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene
   between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw.
   See Tooth, n.


word: Bicycle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It
   has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks
   or levers.


word: Bid
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to
   pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a
   certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).


word: Bid
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
   threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning,
   farewell, etc.


word: Bid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a
   sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for
   something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.


word: Bidale
wordtype: n.
definition:
An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's
   house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.


word: Biddery ware
definition:
A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is
   a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and
   silver are inlaid or damascened.


word: Biennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants
   which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the
   second.


word: Bifid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening
   with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.


word: Biforine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain
   plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through
   which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.


word: Big
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation,
   distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a
   big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates
   haughtiness or pride.


word: Bigeminate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the
   end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a
   decompound leaf.


word: Biggin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel
   for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured;
   -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.


word: Bight
wordtype: v.
definition:
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from
   the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a
   loop.


word: Bignonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing
   shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B.
   capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet
   creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.


word: Bigot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of
   religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to
   or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense,
   a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as
   in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own
   church, party, belief, or opinion.


word: Bigoted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion
   practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and
   illiberal toward the opinions of others.


word: Bigotry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning
   attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded
   intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.


word: Bikh
wordtype: n.
definition:
The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from
   Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.


word: Bilamellated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus;
   also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.


word: Bilander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for
   coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.


word: Bilateral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or
   organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where
   there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body.


word: Bilberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the
   species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.


word: Bilbo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock
   at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on
   board of ships.


word: Bile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in
   reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where
   it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are
   the bile salts, and coloring matters.


word: Bilection
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of a group of moldings which projects
   beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.


word: Bilge
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and
   most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.


word: Bedevil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by
   the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to
   torment.


word: Bedouin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are
   scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts.


word: Bedplate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts
   are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and
   soleplate.


word: Bedpost
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep
   the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.


word: Bedstaff
wordtype: n.
definition:
"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the
   bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."


word: Bee
wordtype: n.
definition:
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the
   honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.


word: Bee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor
   for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a
   husking bee; a raising bee.


word: Bee
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to
   reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.


word: Beebread
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of
   honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is
   collected by bees as food for their young.


word: Bee-eater
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The
   European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors.


word: Beef
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B.
   taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state;
   esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.


word: Beefeater
wordtype: n.
definition:
An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the
   larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two
   species are known.


word: Beefwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used
   for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South
   Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.


word: Bee line
definition:
The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a
   bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line.


word: Beelzebub
wordtype: n.
definition:
The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed
   the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See
   Baal.


word: Beer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly
   from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter
   flavor.


word: Beer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various
   plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.


word: Beeswing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second crust formed in port and some other wines
   after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar,
   supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.


word: Beet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible
   root the first year and seed the second year.


word: Beet
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and
   varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in
   making sugar.


word: Beetle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering
   process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also
   beetling machine.


word: Beetle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a
   beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.


word: Beetle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings,
   the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are
   folded up. See Coleoptera.


word: Before
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior
   to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in
   order that.


word: Beg
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the
   wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.


word: Beggarly
wordtype: a.
definition:
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a
   beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.


word: Beggar's lice
definition:
The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some
   species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing
   of those who brush by them.


word: Beggar's ticks
definition:
The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are
   armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with
   unpleasant tenacity.


word: Beguard
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an association of religious laymen living in
   imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were
   afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by
   Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.


word: Begin
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To do the first act or the first part of an action; to
   enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being,
   or course of action; to take the first step; to start.


word: Beginner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A
   young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.


word: Beginning
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of doing that which begins anything;
   commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being
   or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of
   acts or states.


word: Begonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many
   species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are
   curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.


word: Beguile
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or
   impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.


word: Beguile
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve
   the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.


word: Beguine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable
   associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose
   members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.


word: Behavior
wordtype: n.
definition:
Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of
   conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of
   inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior
   of the magnetic needle.


word: Behind
wordtype: a.
definition:
On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back
   side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door;
   behind a hill.


word: Behind
wordtype: a.
definition:
Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
   Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any
   achievement.


word: Behindhand
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
In a state of backwardness, in respect to what
   is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been
   accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing;
   dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.


word: Behoove
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for,
   with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used
   impersonally.


word: Being
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which exists in any form, whether it be material or
   spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a
   thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.


word: Belaying pin
definition:
A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast,
   round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.


word: Belemnite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the
   lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is
   ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone,
   called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave
   blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod
   related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The
   belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages.


word: Belfry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other
   building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.


word: Belgic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who
   anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the
   ocean.


word: Belgravian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of
   London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.


word: Belief
wordtype: n.
definition:
Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance
   of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate
   personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full
   assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion;
   conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our
   senses.


word: Believe
wordtype: n.
definition:
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or
   testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence
   furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by
   circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as
   true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a
   person, a statement, or a doctrine.


word: Believe
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of
   religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise
   belief or faith.


word: Believer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or
   reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.


word: Believer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a
   revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one
   who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation
   unfolded in the gospel.


word: Believer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship
   and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in
   distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.


word: Bell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup
   with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth
   a ringing sound on being struck.


word: Bell
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the capital of a column included between the
   abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly
   cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.


word: Belladonna
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with
   reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant
   and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as
   powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the
   alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.


word: Bell bearer
definition:
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),
   remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.


word: Bellbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and
   family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero.


word: Bell crank
definition:
A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a
   right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in
   bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of
   rooms, etc., and also in machinery.


word: Belle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome
   lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.


word: Bellerophon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong
   to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.


word: Belles-lettres
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Polite or elegant literature; the humanities;
   -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and
   taste are predominant.


word: Belligerent
wordtype: p. pr.
definition:
Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
   belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.


word: Bell jar
definition:
A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and
   closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top
   for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with
   the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from
   articles exposed to view.


word: Bellman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of
   anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called
   the hours.


word: Bell metal
definition:
A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three
   parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells.


word: Bellow
wordtype: v.
definition:
To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when
   violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.


word: Bellows
wordtype: n. sing. & pl.
definition:
An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by
   alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top,
   draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various
   purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of
   an organ with wind.


word: Bellows fish
definition:
A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by
   a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also
   trumpet fish, and snipe fish.


word: Belly
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the human body which extends downward from the
   breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the
   abdomen.


word: Belly
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of anything which resembles the human belly in
   protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a
   flask, muscle, sail, ship.


word: Belomancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of
   marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the
   arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.


word: Belong
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a
   legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or
   operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or
   town.


word: Belt
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses
   like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.


word: Belt
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets
   Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.


word: Belt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing
   around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.


word: Beltane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May,
   in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists
   in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.


word: Belted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid;
   girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a
   belted earl.


word: Belvedere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small building, or a part of a building, more or less
   open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.


word: Bema
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for
   the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.


word: Bemoan
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow
   for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.


word: Ben
wordtype: adv.
definition:
The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
   -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.


word: Bench
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so
   named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised
   platforms.


word: Bench
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground,
   or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.


word: Bench warrant
definition:
A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court
   against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime;
   -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.


word: Bend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
   straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing
   into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.


word: Bend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its
   yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.


word: Bend
wordtype: n.
definition:
A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper
   direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of
   the body; a bend in a road.


word: Bend
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a
   fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the
   dexter chief to the sinister base.


word: Beneath
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes
   are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence:
   Unworthy of; unbecoming.


word: Benedicite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this
   word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church
   of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third
   chapter of Daniel.


word: Benedictine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a famous order of monks, established by St.
   Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into
   the United States in 1846.


word: Benediction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind
   wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate
   invocation of happiness.


word: Benediction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc.,
   are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.


word: Benedictus
wordtype: a.
definition:
The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist
   (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.


word: Benefice
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the
   Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance
   of divine service. See Advowson.


word: Beneficence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness,
   or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.


word: Beneficial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;
   advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed
   by to.


word: Beneficial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage,
   use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.


word: Beneficiary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Holding some office or valuable possession, in
   subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior;
   having a dependent and secondary possession.


word: Beneficiary
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives
   a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an
   educational fund or a trust estate.


word: Benefit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or
   adds value to property; advantage; profit.


word: Benefit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the
   proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the
   company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.


word: Benefit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to
   advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.


word: Benevolence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness;
   love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.


word: Benevolence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has
   sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and
   falsely represented as a gratuity.


word: Benevolent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a disposition to do good; possessing or
   manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity
   and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.


word: Benne
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum),
   originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil
   is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the
   southern United States the seeds are used in candy.


word: Bennet
wordtype: a.
definition:
The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum);
   herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the
   hemlock, valerian, etc.


word: Bent
wordtype: a. & p. p.
definition:
Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be
   resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character,
   disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going
   to college; he is bent on mischief.


word: Bent
wordtype: v.
definition:
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a
   straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.


word: Bent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or
   redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.


word: Benthamism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by
   Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated
   and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility
   to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which
   influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient
   explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.


word: Benumb
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to
   stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.


word: Benzal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series,
   related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination.


word: Benzamide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2,
   obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by
   several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.


word: Benzene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in
   the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from
   which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes
   applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but
   rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum.


word: Benzile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed
   from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a
   doubled benzoyl radical.


word: Benzine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more
   volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent
   and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit,
   petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha,
   rhigolene, ligroin, etc.


word: Benzoin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the
   Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor,
   and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic
   acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.


word: Benzoyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of
   the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds.


word: Bepommel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to
   assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing.


word: Berber
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often
   classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of
   North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who
   still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also,
   the language spoken by this people.


word: Berberine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance,
   from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.


word: Bergamot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a
   roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil
   of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the
   fruit.


word: Bergamot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
   hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at
   Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.


word: Bergmeal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is
   composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is
   sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of
   scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of
   calcite.


word: Bergomask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of
   Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.


word: Beriberi
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by
   multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular
   debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.


word: Berlin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the
   body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.


word: Berme
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth
   that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.


word: Bermuda grass
definition:
A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for
   pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern
   Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch
   grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.


word: Berna fly
definition:
A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which
   lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the
   larvae do great injury.


word: Berretta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic
   Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is
   black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.


word: Berry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having
   seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.


word: Berserker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied
   by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.


word: Berth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the
   side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.


word: Berth
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place
   in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.


word: Beryl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much
   beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish
   green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of
   aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent,
   sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly
   prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is
   probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.


word: Berylloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; --
   so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.


word: Bilifuscin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and
   in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.


word: Bilimbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of
   the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed
   when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin
   diseases.


word: Bilin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained
   from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a
   mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.


word: Bilingual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed
   in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.


word: Bilious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess
   of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an
   excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.


word: Bilirubin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in
   that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary
   pigment.


word: Bilk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
   nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip
   to; as, to bilk a creditor.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with
   a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a
   hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A
   common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged,
   hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the
   top, and attached to the end of a long staff.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the
   complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by
   some person against a law.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum
   at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be
   stated in the document.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to
   advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a
   placard; a poster; a handbill.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
   with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross
   or by items; as, a grocer's bill.


word: Bill
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill
   of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare,
   etc.


word: Billboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and
   fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of
   the anchor to rest on.


word: Bill book
definition:
A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes,
   bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and
   receives.


word: Billet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what
   house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.


word: Billet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence:
   To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.


word: Billethead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a
   whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale
   darts off.


word: Billhook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning
   hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand
   bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.


word: Billiards
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered,
   rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to
   impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon)
   two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with
   which the table sometimes is furnished.


word: Billion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the French and American method of numeration,
   a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method,
   a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.


word: Billon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of
   copper or other base metal, used in coinage.


word: Billowy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into
   large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.


word: Bilocation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Double location; the state or power of being in two
   places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of
   the saints.


word: Bimedial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines
   commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).


word: Bimetallic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard
   (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.


word: Bimetallism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver)
   in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in
   opposition to monometallism.


word: Bin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle
   for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,
   etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a
   prisoner.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or
   influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun;
   frost binds the earth, or the streams.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by
   tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to
   bind a compress upon a part.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
   duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the
   conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds
   nations to each other.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp.
   under the obligation of a bond or covenant.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture;
   as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to
   service.


word: Bind
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick
   together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.


word: Binder
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a
   bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind
   together any building.


word: Binding
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or
   the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of
   cloth from raveling.


word: Binding
wordtype: pl.
definition:
The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief
   timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.


word: Bindweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed
   (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the
   Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed,
   and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.


word: Binnacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the
   compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.


word: Binocle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as
   to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a
   double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.


word: Binomial
wordtype: n.
definition:
An expression consisting of two terms connected by the
   sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.


word: Binomial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having two names; -- used of the system by which every
   animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the
   other the species, to which it belongs.


word: Basalt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and
   triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also
   bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.


word: Basanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or
   flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to
   test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the
   color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.


word: Bascule
wordtype: n.
definition:
In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw,
   in which one end rises as the other falls.


word: Base
wordtype: a.
definition:
Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of
   sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base
   motives; base occupations.


word: Base
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by
   services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called
   base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on
   which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a
   statue.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a
   separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a
   monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or
   decoration.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance
   which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt;
   -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals,
   and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of
   forming salts with acids.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line
   which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number from which a mathematical table is constructed;
   as, the base of a system of logarithms.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the
   deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays,
   base.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or
   by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed,
   forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes
   of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or
   lower.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in
   length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the
   distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a
   system of triangles.


word: Base
wordtype: n.
definition:
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
   found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.


word: Baseball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four
   in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor
   to make after striking the ball.


word: Baseboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a
   room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering;
   -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.


word: Base-burner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a
   hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is
   consumed.


word: Basedow's disease
definition:
A disease characterized by enlargement of the
   thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the
   heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter.


word: Basement
wordtype: a.
definition:
The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a
   part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See
   Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.


word: Bashaw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the
   Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.


word: Bashful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed
   to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty;
   shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.


word: Basi-
definition:
A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical
   words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a
   base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones
   of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the
   cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.


word: Basic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
   atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion
   that of the related neutral salt.


word: Basicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or
   equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable
   hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.


word: Basidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches,
   which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes,
   of which the common mushroom is an example.


word: Basigynium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as
   the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.


word: Basil
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
   but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the
   bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used
   in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
   (Pycnanthemum).


word: Basilical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have
   a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle
   vein of the right arm.


word: Basilica
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an
   apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where
   assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall
   used for this purpose.


word: Basilica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A church building of the earlier centuries of
   Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the
   Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary
   distinction.


word: Basilica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the
   original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.


word: Basilisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that
   its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath,
   and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.


word: Basilisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed
   resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.


word: Basin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the
   arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming
   concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.


word: Basin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of
   the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake,
   or traversed by a river.


word: Basin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where
   the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially
   applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.


word: Basioccipital
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the
   cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but
   usually distinct in the young.


word: Basipterygium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins
   of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.


word: Basisphenoidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the
   cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually
   ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part
   of the sphenoid in the adult.


word: Basket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
   splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.


word: Basking shark
definition:
One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus
   maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver
   shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and
   America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a
   harmless species.


word: Basommatophora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the
   base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.


word: Basque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short
   skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from
   the Basques.


word: Bas-relief
wordtype: n.
definition:
Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project
   less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and
   basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.


word: Bass
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus,
   Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.


word: Bass
wordtype: n.
definition:
The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood;
   also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.


word: Bass drum
definition:
The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two
   heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.


word: Basset horn
wordtype: a.
definition:
An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a
   clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.


word: Bassinet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in
   which young children are placed as in a cradle.


word: Bassoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with
   holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It
   forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.


word: Bassorin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as
   also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.


word: Bass viol
definition:
A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing
   bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.


word: Bast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime
   tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.


word: Bastard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of
   wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.


word: Bastard
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the
   sirups that / already had several boilings.


word: Bastard
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; --
   applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are
   really not so.


word: Bastardize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a
   bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.


word: Baste
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that
   the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.


word: Bastile Bastille
wordtype: n.
definition:
"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in
   Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a
   rhetorical name for a prison.


word: Bastinado
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
   form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in
   beating an offender on the soles of his feet.


word: Bastion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a
   fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so
   constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent
   curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two
   adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank
   of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the
   flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached
   bastion. See Ravelin.


word: Baston
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in
   attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed
   by the court.


word: Basyle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either
   elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.


word: Basylous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle;
   electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.


word: Bat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one
   end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball,
   cricket, etc.


word: Bat
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which
   the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated
   fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous.
   See Cheiroptera and Vampire.


word: Batardeau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a
   sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides
   of the wall.


word: Batavian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic
   tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.


word: Batch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group
   or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of
   letters; the next batch of business.


word: Bate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
   animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.


word: Batfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe
   vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the
   Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or
   sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)


word: Batfowling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch
   or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The
   birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.


word: Bath
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for
   purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot
   air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam
   bath; a hip bath.


word: Bath
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five
   gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and
   five quarts, as a dry measure.


word: Bath
wordtype: n.
definition:
A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot
   springs, which has given its name to various objects.


word: Bathe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe
   the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with
   camphor.


word: Bathybius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance
   found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He
   supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of
   the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not
   of organic, origin.


word: Bathymetrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the
   measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.


word: Batiste
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied
   also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.


word: Batlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called
   also batler, batling staff, batting staff.


word: Batman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weight used in the East, varying according to the
   locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser
   only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.


word: Baton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the
   baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical
   performances.


word: Baton
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark
   of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;
   -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.


word: Batrachia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and
   toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as
   equivalent to Amphibia.


word: Batrachoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the
   Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some
   have poisonous dorsal spines.


word: Battalia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops
   (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for
   action.


word: Battel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for
   them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.


word: Battler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from
   the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for,
   answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.


word: Batten
wordtype: n .
definition:
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com.
   & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet
   long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the
   edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing.
   (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack,
   etc.


word: Batter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and
   with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a
   wall or rampart.


word: Batter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
   eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.


word: Battery
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The unlawful beating of another. It includes every
   willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person
   or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him.


word: Battery
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A company or division of artillery, including the
   gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a
   battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns.


word: Battery
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that
   they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.


word: Battery
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A number of similar machines or devices in position; an
   apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of
   boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc.


word: Battery
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for
   crushing ores containing the precious metals.


word: Battle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the
   divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.


word: Battledoor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered
   with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in
   play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.


word: Battlement
wordtype: n.
definition:
pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids
   and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied
   on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.


word: Batz
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly
   current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about
   four cents.


word: Bauble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and
   showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.


word: Baudekin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle
   Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made
   originally at Bagdad.


word: Beauxite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in
   the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of
   furnaces which are exposed to intense heat.


word: Bavin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for
   kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.


word: Bawd
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women
   for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually
   applied to a woman.


word: Bawl
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence,
   as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.


word: Bay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small body of water set off from the main body; as a
   compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just
   outside of the gates of a lock, etc.


word: Bay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a
   building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses,
   vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any
   structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.


word: Bay
wordtype: n.
definition:
The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an
   honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or
   excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.


word: Bay
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a
   difficulty, when escape has become impossible.


word: Bayard
wordtype: a.
definition:
Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the
   phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.


word: Bayonet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the
   muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means
   of offense and defense.


word: Bayonet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it,
   and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.


word: Bayou
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
   large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement
   except from tide and wind.


word: Bay salt
definition:
Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation
   in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large
   crystalline salt of commerce.


word: Bay window
definition:
A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and
   projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal,
   or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.


word: Bdellium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen.
   ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone,
   or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.


word: Bdellomorpha
wordtype: n.
definition:
An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike
   worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.


word: Be
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a
   reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a
   certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as
   belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, --
   a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be
   here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a
   nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of
   existence; that is the man.


word: Be-
definition:
To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget
   (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).


word: Beach
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the
   waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.


word: Beacon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near
   the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.


word: Bead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn
   for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman
   Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at
   one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.


word: Bead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim
   (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).


word: Bead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually
   an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short
   embossments.


word: Bead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt,
   used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides,
   as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead;
   the iron bead, etc.


word: Beadle
wordtype: v.
definition:
A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites
   or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or
   summoner.


word: Beadle
wordtype: v.
definition:
An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of
   duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the
   chastisement of petty offenders, etc.


word: Bead proof
definition:
Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in
   alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of
   glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now
   ascertained by more accurate meters.


word: Bead proof
definition:
A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by
   beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the
   glass, when shaken.


word: Beadroll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a
   certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of
   a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.


word: Bedesman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to
   pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.


word: Beagle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches
   high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in
   Appendix.


word: Beak
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath,
   covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and
   habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.


word: Beak
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point,
   and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce
   the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.


word: Beak
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened
   to the stem, and supported by the main knee.


word: Beak
wordtype: n.
definition:
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow
   fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.


word: Beaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip
   for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.


word: Beakhead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a
   vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.


word: Beakiron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to
   reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.


word: Beam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers
   wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is
   rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the
   back beam.


word: Beam
wordtype: n.
definition:
The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are
   secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that
   draw it.


word: Beam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central
   axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it
   receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; --
   called also working beam or walking beam.


word: Beam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or
   other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.


word: Beambird
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so
   called because it often nests on a beam in a building.


word: Bean
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly
   of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.


word: Bean caper
definition:
A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy
   leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus
   Zygophyllum.


word: Bear
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a
   mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.


word: Bear
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or
   distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.


word: Bear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect
   to something else; as, the land bears N. by E.


word: Bear
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied
   genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit
   and insects.


word: Bear
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or
   habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water
   bear; sea bear.


word: Bear
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called
   respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa
   Minor.


word: Bear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery
   in expectation of a fall in the market.


word: Bear
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to
   bear a railroad stock; to bear the market.


word: Bearberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos
   uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red
   berries of which bears are said to be fond.


word: Beard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of
   the human face, chiefly of male adults.


word: Beard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument,
   projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.


word: Beard
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is
   above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.


word: Bearer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the
   impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal
   interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.


word: Bearing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The situation of one object, with respect to another, such
   situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or
   influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation;
   connection.


word: Bearing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as,
   a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.


word: Bearing
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of any member of a building which rests upon its
   supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the
   wall.


word: Bearing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's
   position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or
   point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the
   cape was W. N. W.


word: Bearing rein
definition:
A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to
   keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.


word: Bear's-foot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with
   digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a
   powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to
   beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in
   order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the
   noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat
   of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat
   the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
   to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
   drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.


word: Beat
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater
   and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of
   instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.


word: Beat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions
   of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music
   the beat is the unit.


word: Beat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at
   regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of
   slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to
   other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the
   vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i.,
   8.


word: Beatification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of beatifying, or the state of being
   beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of
   ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the
   blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a
   stage in the process of canonization.


word: Beatify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To ascertain and declare, by a public process and
   decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be
   reverenced as such, though not canonized.


word: Beatitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the nine declarations (called the
   Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with
   regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain
   specified virtues.


word: Beau ideal
definition:
A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or
   physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects,
   and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard
   or model.


word: Beauty
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye,
   the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.


word: Beauty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence;
   anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.


word: Beaver
wordtype: n.
definition:
That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the
   face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate.
   It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could
   raise or lower it to eat and drink.


word: Bebirine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green
   heart of Guiana (Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and
   febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine.


word: Becalm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the
   stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.


word: Beccafico
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized
   by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it
   has fed on figs, grapes, etc.


word: Becket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for
   holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a
   pocket, or a handle made of rope.


word: Become
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass from one state to another; to enter into some
   state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or
   receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new
   character.


word: Become
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to
   befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of,
   or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.


word: Bed
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a
   couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft
   material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a
   feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense,
   any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a
   quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.


word: Bed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of
   a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the
   bed of an engine.


word: Bed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed
   of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.


word: Bed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and
   security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place
   upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.


word: Bedbug
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex
   Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See
   Illustration in Appendix.


word: Bedegar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or
   eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites
   rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.


word: Capitulum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a
   clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be
   either globular or flat.


word: Capitulum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of
   a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]


word: Capling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs
   pass which connect the handle and swingel.


word: Capoc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun,
   used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.


word: Caponiere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from
   the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.


word: Cariccio
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from
   the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.


word: Caprice
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
   proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.


word: Capricorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at
   the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.


word: Capricorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A southern constellation, represented on ancient
   monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like
   a fish.


word: Caprification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig
   tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous
   insects.


word: Capriole
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards
   only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when
   at the height of the leap.


word: Capsaicin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the
   Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.


word: Capsicum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or
   dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting
   taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.


word: Capstan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an
   upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or
   levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising
   heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable,
   passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a
   number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a
   lever fixed in its socket.


word: Capsule
wordtype: n.
definition:
a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or
   carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the
   poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.


word: Capsule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in
   which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.


word: Capsule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ
   or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike
   organ.


word: Captain
wordtype: n.
definition:
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
   battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be
   employed on other service.


word: Captain
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in the United States navy, next above a
   commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the
   army.


word: Captain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person having authority over others acting in concert;
   as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.


word: Caption
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission,
   indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it
   was taken, found, or executed.


word: Captious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to
   cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.


word: Captivate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or
   attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony;
   the orator captivated all hearts.


word: Captive
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy,
   in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.


word: Captive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to
   confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.


word: Capture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by
   superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel,
   or a criminal.


word: Capture
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or
   stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.


word: Capuchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in
   1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed
   cowl or capoch of St. Francis.


word: Capuchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
   resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.


word: Capuchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus),
   having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown
   reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish
   white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.


word: Capuchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or
   horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.


word: Capuchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft
   of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.


word: Capybara
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara)
   Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant
   rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It
   somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called
   also cabiai and water hog.


word: Car
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two
   wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.


word: Caracal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa
   and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black
   hairs.


word: Caracara
wordtype: n.
definition:
A south American bird of several species and genera,
   resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as
   scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.


word: Carack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and
   Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.


word: Carambola
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid,
   juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.


word: Caramel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by
   heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring
   spirits, gravies, etc.


word: Caramel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of
   tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.


word: Carangoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied
   to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the
   pilot fish.


word: Carapace
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the
   tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.


word: Carapato
wordtype: n.
definition:
A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are
   several species, very troublesome to man and beast.


word: Caravan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized
   and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together,
   esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile
   tribes, as in Asia or Africa.


word: Caravan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for
   conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of
   wild beasts.


word: Caravan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
   furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.


word: Caravansary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at
   night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.


word: Caravel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with
   broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus
   commanded three caravels on his great voyage.


word: Caraway
wordtype: n.
definition:
A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The
   seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used
   in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.


word: Carbamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines
   are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.


word: Carbide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or
   radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly
   termed carburet.


word: Carbinol
wordtype: n.
definition:
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in
   the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is
   the type.


word: Carbohydrate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of compounds including the sugars,
   starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon
   atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but
   with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,
   C6H12O6.


word: Carbolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal
   tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and
   phenol). See Phenol.


word: Carbon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which
   is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it
   is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and
   enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it
   constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in
   monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is
   graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal
   prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide,
   commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the
   proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various
   compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.


word: Carbonado
wordtype: n.
definition:
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used
   for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely
   distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.


word: Carbonaro
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a secret political association in Italy,
   organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of
   changing the government into a republic.


word: Carbonize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a
   residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to
   char.


word: Carbonometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount
   of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide,
   by its action on limewater or by other means.


word: Carbonyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many
   compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.


word: Carbostyril
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid
   properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.


word: Carboxide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some
   element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.


word: Carboxyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and
   characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic,
   acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.


word: Carboy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass,
   inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly
   for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.


word: Carbuncle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of
   scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When
   held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color
   of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire,
   though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.


word: Carbuncle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very painful acute local inflammation of the
   subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck,
   characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of
   the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It
   differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a
   central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.


word: Carbuncle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious
   stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center.
   Called also escarbuncle.


word: Carburet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing
   through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.


word: Carbureted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon
   compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating
   power.


word: Carburetor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is
   passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or
   increase illuminating power.


word: Carburize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said
   esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power
   on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile
   hydrocarbons.


word: Carcajou
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wolverene; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the
   Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.


word: Carcass
wordtype: n.
definition:
The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once
   comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished
   frame, of a thing.


word: Carcass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be
   thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.


word: Carcel lamp
definition:
A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a
   superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.


word: Carcinology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The department of zoology which treats of the
   Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and
   crustaceology.


word: Card
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for
   various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of
   invitation; pl. a game played with cards.


word: Card
wordtype: n.
definition:
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation,
   request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the
   newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or
   inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.


word: Card
wordtype: n.
definition:
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the
   dial or face of the mariner's compass.


word: Card
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp
   threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.


word: Card
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of
   cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of
   animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows
   in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.


word: Cardamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the
   lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.


word: Cardamom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several
   plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere,
   and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.


word: Cardboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for
   making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.


word: Cardiac
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the
   cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.


word: Cardialgy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress,
   referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac
   palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.


word: Carding
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc.,
   by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.


word: Cardiograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which, when placed in contact with the
   chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity
   of the heart's movements.


word: Carditis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the
   heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.


word: Cardoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to
   the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.


word: Care
wordtype: n.
definition:
A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by
   onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.


word: Care
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard
   or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.


word: Careen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on
   one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for
   repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.


word: Career
wordtype: n.
definition:
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a
   particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking;
   usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character;
   as, Washington's career as a soldier.


word: Careful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious;
   provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by
   of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.


word: Careless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care;
   negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.


word: Careless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without thought or purpose; without due care; without
   attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous;
   rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.


word: Caress
wordtype: n.
definition:
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection;
   an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.


word: Caress
wordtype: n.
definition:
To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness;
   to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.


word: Caret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate
   that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which
   belongs in the place marked by the caret.


word: Carex
wordtype: n.
definition:
A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial
   herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.


word: Cargo
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods,
   merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load;
   freight.


word: Cariama
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus
   cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.


word: Carib
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the
   Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of
   South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India
   islands.


word: Caribbee
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the
   eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean
   sea) lying between those islands and Central America.


word: Caribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo
   of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack
   man or beast, often with fatal results.


word: Caricature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A picture or other figure or description in which
   the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear
   ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.


word: Caries
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates
   and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which
   it dies in masses.


word: Carina
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two
   petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification


word: Carinaria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin,
   glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.


word: Carinatae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A grand division of birds, including all existing
   flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.


word: Carinated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina
   or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).


word: Carling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one
   transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that
   strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.


word: Carlock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of
   the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.


word: Carmelite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of
   Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth
   century; a White Friar.


word: Carminative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel
   wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or
   flatulence.


word: Carmine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared
   from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.


word: Carmine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted
   as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid
   properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.


word: Carnal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal;
   fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or
   worldly as opposed to spiritual.


word: Carnallite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium,
   sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.


word: Carnally
wordtype: adv.
definition:
According to the flesh, to the world, or to human
   nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually.


word: Carnary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a
   repository for human bones disintered from their original burial
   places; a charnel house.


word: Carnation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any
   part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.


word: Carnation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having
   very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a
   rich, spicy scent.


word: Carnelian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh
   red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good
   polish, and often used for seals.


word: Carnifex
wordtype: n.
definition:
The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of
   the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.


word: Carnival
wordtype: n.
definition:
A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman
   Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and
   Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with
   Shrove Tuesday.


word: Carnival
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially
   when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.


word: Carnivora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger,
   wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon
   flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The
   teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws
   powerful.


word: Carnivorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a)
   to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog,
   etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to
   substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.


word: Carob
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in
   the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; --
   called also carob tree.


word: Carob
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree,
   which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; --
   called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.


word: Carrol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the
   inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th
   century.


word: Carolin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars;
   also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.


word: Carolus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or
   twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.


word: Carom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in
   contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more
   balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.


word: Carotid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood
   is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]


word: Carouse
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part
   in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.


word: Carp
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
   without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.


word: Carp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several
   other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See
   Cruclan carp.


word: Carpale
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of
   the series articulating with the metacarpals.


word: Carpathian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in
   Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary
   on the north, east, and south.


word: Carpellum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel,
   or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See
   Illust of Carpaphore.


word: Carpentry
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being
   framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a
   carpenter.


word: Carpet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
   of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to
   be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug
   or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.


word: Carpet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with
   carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.


word: Carpetbagger
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern
   man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part
   of the United States after the Civil War (1865).


word: Carpintero
wordtype: n.
definition:
A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus),
   noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in
   trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown,
   are extracted for food by the bird.


word: Carpophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis
   between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.


word: Carpophyll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion
   of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]


word: Carpophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the
   result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.


word: Carpus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
   antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight
   short bones disposed in two rows.


word: Carrigeen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed
   (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of
   commerce.


word: Carrier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
   goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.


word: Carrier
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which
   communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a
   lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
   (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a
   position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.


word: Carronade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to
   throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of
   breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as
   the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its
   carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.


word: Carron oil
definition:
A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an
   application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works
   in Scotland.


word: Carrot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant,
   usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convey or transport in any manner from one place to
   another; to bear; -- often with away or off.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to
   place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a
   wound; to carry an unborn child.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or
   column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to
   carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to
   carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a
   leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to
   a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as
   stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is
   carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries
   stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.


word: Carry
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well
   i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.


word: Carry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried
   between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.


word: Calender
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper,
   etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot
   pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It
   consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the
   necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.


word: Calender
wordtype: n.
definition:
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth
   and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc.


word: Calendula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species,
   Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to
   blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.


word: Calendulin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained
   from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.


word: Calenture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in
   tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among
   sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to
   be a green field, and to throw himself into it.


word: Calf
wordtype: n.
definition:
The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds.
   Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros,
   hippopotamus, and whale.


word: Calf
wordtype: n.
definition:
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine,
   light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.


word: Calf
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a
   glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.


word: Calibre
wordtype: n.
definition:
The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or
   of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm
   will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.


word: Calibrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer
   tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of,
   as of the various standards or graduated instruments.


word: Calibration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a
   thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also,
   more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in
   any graduated instrument.


word: Calicle
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated
   borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a
   polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of
   certain hydroids. See Campanularian.


word: Calico
wordtype: n.
definition:
Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
   distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes,
   shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.


word: Calico
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often
   applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large
   patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.


word: Calicoback
wordtype: n.
definition:
An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which
   injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug
   and harlequin cabbage bug.


word: Calipash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It
   contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge,
   much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.


word: Calipee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell.
   It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish
   color, much esteemed as a delicacy.


word: Calipers
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers
   or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness
   of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot,
   etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper
   compasses, or caliber compasses.


word: Caliph
wordtype: n.
definition:
Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of
   Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans
   of Turkey.


word: Calisaya bark
definition:
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the
   Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.


word: Calisthenics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise
   of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light
   gymnastics.


word: Caliver
wordtype: n.
definition:
An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus;
   originally a gun having a regular size of bore.


word: Calk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of
   (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by
   smearing the seams with melted pitch.


word: Calk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as
   along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of
   the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.


word: Calk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red
   or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the
   lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against
   which it is laid or held.


word: Calk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on
   the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; --
   called also calker, calkin.


word: Calk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a
   foot with a calk on one of the other feet.


word: Calking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or
   of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.


word: Call
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to
   designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious
   character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the
   ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor
   of a church.


word: Call
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with
   together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and
   summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.


word: Call
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to
   characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance
   ten miles; he called it a full day's work.


word: Call
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off;
   as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of
   a military company.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often
   otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a
   summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's
   call.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the
   case; a moral requirement or appeal.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the
   daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a
   bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance,
   or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or
   calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.


word: Call
wordtype: n.
definition:
The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any
   commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.


word: Calling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to
   summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.


word: Calling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in
   order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in
   legislative bodies.


word: Calliope
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry;
   mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.


word: Calliope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam
   whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged
   like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.


word: Calliopsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A popular name given to a few species of the genus
   Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.


word: Callithump
wordtype: n.
definition:
A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing
   of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade;
   a charivari.


word: Callosity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening
   and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of
   continued pressure or friction.


word: Callosum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two
   cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.


word: Callus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance
   exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous
   in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites
   the fragments into a single piece.


word: Calm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation
   or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or
   waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.


word: Calmucks
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of
   the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the
   Calmucks.


word: Calomel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or
   yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in
   medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs
   native as the mineral horn quicksilver.


word: Calorescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light;
   the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.


word: Caloric
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena
   of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in
   scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.


word: Caloricity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the
   heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.


word: Calorie
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of heat according to the French standard; the
   amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram
   (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡.
   Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.


word: Calorifere
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat,
   especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.


word: Calorificient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or relating to the power of producing heat;
   -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are
   supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.


word: Calorimeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat
   contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical
   process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.


word: Calotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper
   sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the
   inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.


word: Caloyer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or
   recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.


word: Caltrap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order
   Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout
   spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The
   species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.


word: Caltrap
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any
   three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are
   scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede
   their progress by endangering the horses' feet.


word: Calumba
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
   Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly
   bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.


word: Calumet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for
   smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the
   tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.


word: Calumniate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or
   offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.


word: Calumniate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To propagate evil reports with a design to injure
   the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some
   offense or crime.


word: Calumniation
wordtype: n.
definition:
False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious
   and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a
   view to injure his good name.


word: Calumnious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and
   injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.


word: Calumny
wordtype: n.
definition:
False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made
   or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation;
   slander; detraction.


word: Calvary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three
   crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as
   life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were
   present at the crucifixion.


word: Calvinism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a
   French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers,
   or of the so-called calvinistic churches.


word: Calx
wordtype: n.
definition:
The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been
   subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may
   be, reduced to a fine powder.


word: Callyciflorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx;
   -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the
   French botanist Candolle.


word: Calycozoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type.
   The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate
   tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is
   divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.


word: Calypso
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower
   variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet
   localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso
   borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68¡ N.


word: Calyptra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form
   and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which
   contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.


word: Calyx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which
   surrounds one or more of the renal papillae.


word: Cam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its
   periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or
   intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or
   block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.


word: Cam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped
   as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which
   it acts.


word: Camarasaurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs,
   having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.


word: Camass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of
   northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the
   Indians.


word: Camber
wordtype: n.
definition:
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has
   a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).


word: Camber
wordtype: n.
definition:
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or
   lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See
   Hogback.


word: Cambist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in
   bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.


word: Cambium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood
   proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place
   in the cambium, which is very soft.


word: Cambium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate
   in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its
   increase.


word: Cambrian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks
   of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to
   the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See
   the Diagram under Geology.


word: Cambric
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine,
   hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called
   cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.


word: Came
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in
   casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or
   pieces of glass.


word: Camel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying
   burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a
   long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the
   extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the
   callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back,
   while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca,
   and vicua, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).


word: Camel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to
   assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow
   water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached
   beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out
   the vessel is lifted.


word: Camellia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining
   leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for
   ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the
   oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to
   this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.


word: Camera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically:
   The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera
   obscura.


word: Camera lucida
definition:
An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar
   form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an
   external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane
   surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently
   traced. It is generally used with the microscope.


word: Camera obscura
definition:
An apparatus in which the images of external objects,
   formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or
   other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a
   darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced.


word: Camera obscura
definition:
An apparatus in which the image of an external object
   or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or
   surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber
   variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera.


word: Camerlingo
wordtype: n.
definition:
The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over
   the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.


word: Camisado
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to
   be able to recognize one another in a night attack.


word: Camisard
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled
   against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so
   called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.


word: Camlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
   of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.


word: Cammock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis
   spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also
   called cammock.


word: Chamomile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The
   common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers
   have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are
   tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is
   carminative.


word: Camonflet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an
   enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the
   miners.


word: Camp
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
   for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.


word: Camp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are
   stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.


word: Campagna
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di
   Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.


word: Campagnol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse,
   which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on
   roots and seeds.


word: Campaign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A connected series of military operations forming a
   distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.


word: Campanula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers,
   often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.


word: Campanulaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of
   plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which
   includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's
   looking-glass.


word: Campanularian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydroid of the family ampanularidae, characterized
   by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or
   hydrothecae.


word: Campbellite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the denomination called Christians or
   Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as
   a nickname. See Christian, 3.


word: Camphor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from
   different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara
   (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and
   fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or
   sedative.


word: Camphor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree
   (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also
   Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.


word: Campus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal grounds of a college or school, between the
   buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.


word: Campylotropous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down
   upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close
   together.


word: Can
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various
   forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a
   milk can.


word: Canaanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a
   member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the
   exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.


word: Canal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for
   navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.


word: Canard
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated
   sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers
   to hoax the public.


word: Canary bird
definition:
A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus
   Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in
   the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a
   yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state
   it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called
   canary finch.


word: Canaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves,
   coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is
   packed in South America.


word: Cancel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a
   word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.


word: Cancellate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Consisting of a network of veins, without
   intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike.


word: Cancellation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the
   cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.


word: Cancelli
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure;
   latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of
   justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window.


word: Cancelli
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The interlacing osseous plates constituting the
   elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their
   articular extremities.


word: Cancellous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of
   cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many
   bones.


word: Cancer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most
   common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah
   crab, etc. See Crab.


word: Cancer
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first
   point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the
   sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.


word: Cancer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with
   great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It
   was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it,
   compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now
   restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial
   cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular
   framework.


word: Cancrinite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also
   massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime,
   soda, and carbon dioxide.


word: Cancroid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of
   the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.


word: Candelabrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous
   material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to
   a temple.


word: Canderos
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from
   which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.


word: Candid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according
   to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just;
   impartial; as, a candid opinion.


word: Candidate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as
   a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office,
   privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a
   candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.


word: Candidating
wordtype: n.
definition:
The taking of the position of a candidate;
   specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.


word: Candle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick
   composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to
   furnish light.


word: Candleberry tree
definition:
A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing
   myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
   with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening
   candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.


word: Candlebomb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if
   placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.


word: Candlebomb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with
   a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.


word: Candlefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the
   smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is
   so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick
   through it


word: Candleholder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who
   assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.


word: Candlemas
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second day of February, on which is celebrated the
   feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the
   candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.


word: Candock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of
   Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).


word: Candor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from
   prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.


word: Candy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A more or less solid article of confectionery made by
   boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than
   crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often
   flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.


word: Candytuft
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in
   gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first,
   discovered in the island of Candia.


word: Cane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus
   and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly
   called rattans.


word: Cane
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and
   bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.


word: Can hook
definition:
A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each
   end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.


word: Canine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves;
   having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.


word: Canister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead
   or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; --
   called also canister shot.


word: Canker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous
   ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also
   water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.


word: Canker
wordtype: n.
definition:
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot,
   characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of
   fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.


word: Cankerworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are
   very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely
   destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called
   cankerworms.


word: Canna
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with
   showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the
   northern United States.


word: Cannabin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa,
   variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this
   resin.


word: Cannel coal
definition:
A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently
   hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear,
   yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for
   candles.


word: Cannon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm
   for discharging heavy shot with great force.


word: Cannon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on
   which it may, however, revolve independently.


word: Cannonade
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
   etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship,
   or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.


word: Cannula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for
   various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is
   usually associated with a trocar.


word: Cannulated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length
   for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.


word: Canoe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
   excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is
   propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no
   rudder.


word: Canoe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
   who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled
   by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.


word: Canon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a
   council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision,
   regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.


word: Canon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures,
   called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty,
   given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical
   Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.


word: Canon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a
   prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.


word: Canon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical composition in which the voices begin one after
   another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject.
   It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes,
   commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the
   strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.


word: Canon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so
   called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.


word: Canon bone
definition:
The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the
   fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to
   the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.


word: Canonicals
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a
   clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional
   dress.


word: Canonization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The final process or decree (following beatifacation)
   by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue
   (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.


word: Canonize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the
   catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.


word: Canonry
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate
   church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues;
   the dignity or emoluments of a canon.


word: Canopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried
   on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as
   a mark of honor.


word: Cant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a
   bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to
   give a ball a cant.


word: Cant
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon
   the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.


word: Cant
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
   round a stick of timber; to cant a football.


word: Cant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or
   sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.


word: Cant
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an
   affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as,
   a canting fanatic.


word: Cant
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or
   technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.


word: Cantabile
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as
   opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.


word: Cantabile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental,
   peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.


word: Cantabrigian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or
   graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.


word: Cantaloupe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a
   yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.


word: Cantarro
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy
   articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly
   75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in
   Syria about 503 pounds.


word: Cantata
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising
   choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic
   manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of
   both recitative and melody.


word: Canteen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing
   culinary and other vessels for officers.


word: Canterbury
wordtype: n.
definition:
A city in England, giving its name various articles. It
   is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England),
   and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were
   formerly made.


word: Cantharidin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly,
   a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.


word: Cantharis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an
   elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous
   odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also
   called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same
   purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The
   plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.


word: Cant hook
definition:
A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; --
   used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc.


word: Canting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
   religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a
   canting tone.


word: Canton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two
   independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a
   subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.


word: Canton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division of a shield occupying one third part of the
   chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from
   the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.


word: Canton
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
   separate, as a distinct portion or division.


word: Canton crape
definition:
A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy
   texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet
   trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.


word: Cantoned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a
   cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.


word: Cantoned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
   projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.


word: Cantonment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A town or village, or part of a town or village,
   assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place
   of rest for an army; quarters.


word: Canvas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for
   working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.


word: Canvas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been
   prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.


word: Canvas
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a
   collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A
   painting, or a picture on canvas.


word: Canvas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or
   musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses
   he is to make.


word: Canvasback
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for
   the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn;
   particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the
   markings of the plumage on its back.


word: Canvass
wordtype: n.
definition:
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize;
   as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district
   with reference to its probable vote.


word: Canvass
wordtype: n.
definition:
To go trough, with personal solicitation or public
   addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for
   subscriptions.


word: Canvass
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by
   traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes;
   to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; --
   commonly followed by for.


word: Canzone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin,
   resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.


word: Caoutchin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon,
   obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.


word: Caoutchouc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the
   milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the
   euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and
   Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected
   by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when
   vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also
   called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was
   formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See
   Vulcanization.


word: Cap
wordtype: n.
definition:
The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of
   column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.


word: Cap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast
   and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of
   tarred canvas at the end of a rope.


word: Cap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a
   cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the
   proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.


word: Cap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or
   consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.


word: Capable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility;
   having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of
   holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.


word: Capable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully
   competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of
   nice investigations.


word: Capacious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy;
   spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or
   harbor.


word: Capacious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in
   obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.


word: Capacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
   space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.


word: Capacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge,
   etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
   capability of undestanding or feeling.


word: Capacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
   possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of
   doing.


word: Capacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
   profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason
   or a carpenter.


word: Capacity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence,
   character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office,
   for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right;
   competency.


word: Caparison
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the
   harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when
   decorative.


word: Cape
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast
   into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.


word: Cape
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the
   neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the
   hips. See Cloak.


word: Capelin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family
   Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland,
   Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.


word: Capellet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the
   heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.


word: Caper
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut
   capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.


word: Caper
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
   Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.


word: Caperberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The small olive-shaped berry of the European and
   Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.


word: Capercally
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size
   and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; --
   called also cock of the woods.


word: Capias
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body
   of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ
   of capias.


word: Capillarity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid,
   where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is
   elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.


word: Capillary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having
   minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary
   vessels of animals and plants.


word: Capillary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the
   smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for
   the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.


word: Capital
wordtype: n.
definition:
Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the
   head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital
   trials; capital punishment.


word: Capital
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the
   general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are
   capital cities.


word: Capital
wordtype: n.
definition:
The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc.
   It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and
   necking. See these terms, and Column.


word: Capital
wordtype: n.
definition:
Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures,
   etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or
   interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.


word: Capital
wordtype: a.
definition:
That portion of the produce of industry, which may be
   directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in
   production.


word: Capitalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has capital; one who has money for investment,
   or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed
   in business.


word: Capitate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged
   and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.


word: Capitol
definition:
The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the
   United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State
   holds its sessions; a statehouse.


word: Capitular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of
   a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.


word: Capitulary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of laws or statutes, civil and
   ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.


word: Capitulate
wordtype: n.
definition:
To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up
   under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.


word: Baggy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a
   bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.


word: Bague
wordtype: n.
definition:
The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long
   shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.


word: Bagworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in
   the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection.
   One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See
   Basket worm.


word: Bahar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying
   considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625
   pounds.


word: Bail
wordtype: v./t.
definition:
To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on
   the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be
   responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the
   person bailed.


word: Bail
wordtype: v./t.
definition:
To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or
   purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be
   faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as,
   to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a
   carrier.


word: Bail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner
   from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming
   surely for his appearance in court.


word: Bail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order
   to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out
   on bail; to go bail for any one.


word: Bailable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail,
   upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.


word: Bail bond
definition:
A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety,
   to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the
   writ.


word: Bailee
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who
   has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the
   purposes of the trust.


word: Bailey
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper
   names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.


word: Bailie
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded
   to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.


word: Bailiff
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a person put in charge of something
   especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county,
   town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are
   intrusted.


word: Bailiff
wordtype: n.
definition:
An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs
   husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.


word: Bailment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in
   trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied,
   that the trust shall be faithfully executed.


word: Bain-marie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel
   may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or
   preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.


word: Bairam
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held
   at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days
   after the fast.


word: Bait
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other
   animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.


word: Bait
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a
   journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.


word: Bait
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
   sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.


word: Bait
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stop to take a portion of food and drink for
   refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.


word: Bake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in
   an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread,
   meat, apples.


word: Bake
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread
   bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.


word: Balaam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill
   out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass
   speaking.


word: Balachong
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded
   up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.


word: Balaenoidea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale
   and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an
   account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess
   on either side; as, the balance of an account.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by
   adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling;
   as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a
   tight rope.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to
   counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts
   equal by paying the difference between them.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account
   equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the
   account.


word: Balance
wordtype: n.
definition:
To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of
   the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a
   set of books.


word: Balance wheel
definition:
A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch
   or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called
   simply a balance.


word: Balance wheel
definition:
A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is
   acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches
   called a balance).


word: Balanoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles
   having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.


word: Balaustine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the
   root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.


word: Balcony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually
   resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a
   balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of
   amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.


word: Bald
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or
   top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a
   bald oak.


word: Baldachin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by
   columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the
   wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.


word: Bald eagle
definition:
The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of
   America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on
   the head.


word: Baldric
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one
   shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly,
   any belt.


word: Bale
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for
   storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up
   compactly for transportation.


word: Balearic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica,
   etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.


word: Baleen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet
   long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea)
   are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike
   sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.


word: Balk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the
   end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.


word: Balk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a
   house. The loft above was called "the balks."


word: Balk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to
   stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.


word: Balk
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore,
   the direction taken by the shoals of herring.


word: Balker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the
   shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which
   way they pass; a conder; a huer.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with,
   as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked,
   or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
   lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a
   rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical
   balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled
   with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to
   produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a
   ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now
   superseded by the roller.


word: Ball
wordtype: n.
definition:
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as,
   the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.


word: Ball
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow
   or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.


word: Ballad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or
   singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic
   poem in short stanzas.


word: Ballade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in
   English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of
   eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the
   whole poem with an envoy.


word: Ballast
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the
   hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent
   capsizing.


word: Ballast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel,
   stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.


word: Ballet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment,
   or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a
   scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.


word: Ballet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or
   chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.


word: Ballet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls,
   which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.


word: Ball-flower
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular
   flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in
   a hollow molding.


word: Ballistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of
   hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.


word: Balloon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
   with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the
   atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.


word: Balloon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or
   receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.


word: Balloon fish
definition:
A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon,
   having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its
   dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.


word: Ballooning spider
definition:
A spider which has the habit of rising into the
   air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by
   ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries
   the spider aloft.


word: Ballot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or
   tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.


word: Ballotade
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a
   straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only
   the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.


word: Balsamical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or
   resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.


word: Baltic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and
   Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.


word: Baltimore oriole
definition:
A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named
   after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are
   like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.


word: Baluster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail
   of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a
   gallery. See Balustrade.


word: Balustrade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open
   parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or
   the eaves of a building.


word: Bambino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
   infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.


word: Ban
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
   mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.


word: Ban
wordtype: n.
definition:
A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's)
   vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled
   or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most
   effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the
   standing army.


word: Ban
wordtype: n.
definition:
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns
   (the common spelling in this sense).


word: Ban
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for
   offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of
   sacrilege or other crimes.


word: Ban
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of
   Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.


word: Banana
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa
   sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing
   is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied,
   bound together, or confined; a fetter.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of
   carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings,
   which encircles the pillars and small shafts.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part
   of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article
   of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.


word: Band
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A number of musicians who play together upon portable
   musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain
   wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.


word: Bandage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over
   or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.


word: Bandana
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a
   uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow
   figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.


word: Bandana
wordtype: n.
definition:
A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots
   are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color,
   by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest
   of the cloth is under pressure.


word: Bandbox
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually
   cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century),
   collars, caps, bonnets, etc.


word: Bandicoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in
   India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.


word: Bandicoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several
   species, found in Australia and Tasmania.


word: Banding plane
definition:
A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying
   strings and bands in straight and circular work.


word: Bandolier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the
   right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it
   was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but
   later only as a cartridge belt.


word: Baneberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae,
   native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are
   poisonous.


word: Bang
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or
   strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise;
   as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or
   casing) in shutting it.


word: Bang
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of
   blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the
   piano.


word: Bang
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the
   forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).


word: Bang
wordtype: n.
definition:
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.
   when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.


word: Bangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other
   material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other
   countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet.


word: Banister
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like
   the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is
   played with the fingers and hands.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the
   surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of
   earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
   lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
   shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting
   to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a
   sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue,
   of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or
   bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or
   more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives,
   the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in
   transacting business; a joint stock or capital.


word: Bank
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has
   as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.


word: Bank bill
definition:
In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of
   a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank
   note.


word: Bank bill
definition:
In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank,
   payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills
   are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of
   the currency.


word: Bank book
definition:
A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank
   enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.


word: Banker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who conducts the business of banking; one who,
   individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for
   the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of
   exchange, etc.


word: Bank note
definition:
Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking
   company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill.
   See Bank bill, 2.


word: Bankrupt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an
   insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts;
   an insolvent person.


word: Bankrupt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law
   relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to
   meet his liabilities.


word: Bankrupt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable
   to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt
   merchant.


word: Bankrupt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting
   pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.


word: Banner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece,
   and used by a chief as his standard in battle.


word: Banner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or
   motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or
   suspended in some conspicuous place.


word: Banneret
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field
   under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.


word: Banneret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence,
   an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.


word: Bannerol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral
   procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.


word: Bannock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish,
   commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or
   griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.


word: Banns
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church,
   or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object,
   if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.


word: Banquet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking;
   often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.


word: Banquette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a
   parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.


word: Banshie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch
   peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members,
   by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the
   house.


word: Bantam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs,
   probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.


word: Banter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the
   person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of
   the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.


word: Bantingism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food
   containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called
   from William Banting of London.


word: Banyan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the
   Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground,
   which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree
   covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.


word: Baptism
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of baptizing; the application of water to a
   person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated
   into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion,
   sprinkling, or pouring.


word: Baptist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity
   of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should
   be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See
   Anabaptist.


word: Baptistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal,
   used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into
   baptisteries when larger churches were built near.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion
   to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other
   purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening;
   as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be
   long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or
   of lead; a bar of soap.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of
   a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of
   assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special
   privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in
   courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies
   in open court.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed
   to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where
   liquors for sale are kept.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into
   spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a
   horse, in which the bit is placed.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards
   towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center
   of the sole.


word: Bar
wordtype: n.
definition:
To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to
   obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil;
   distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is
   barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes
   with up.


word: Barb
wordtype: n.
definition:
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which
   mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses
   and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and
   swollen.


word: Barb
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc.,
   to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands
   out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.


word: Barb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and
   southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called
   whiting.


word: Barb
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
   hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.


word: Barbara
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent
   the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose
   three propositions are universal affirmatives.


word: Barbarian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
   uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.


word: Barbaic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person
   or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.


word: Barbarism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners;
   ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.


word: Barbarism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An offense against purity of style or language; any form
   of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See
   Solecism.


word: Barbarous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude;
   peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.


word: Barbary
wordtype: n.
definition:
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to
   the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of
   pigeon.


word: Barbecue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A social entertainment, where many people assemble,
   usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted
   or broiled whole.


word: Barbel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many
   European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.


word: Barber
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and
   to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.


word: Barberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and
   in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong
   red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed
   efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the
   bark of the root.


word: Barbet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos,
   having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five
   bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America
   and Africa.


word: Barbette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on
   which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.


word: Barbacan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a
   castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong,
   having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.


word: Barbiers
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar
   coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic
   form.


word: Barbituric acid
definition:
A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO,
   derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded
   as a substituted urea.


word: Barbule
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a
   feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.


word: Bard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts,
   whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic
   achievements of princes and brave men.


word: Barde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a
   horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]


word: Bare
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering;
   naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.


word: Bare
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily
   furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or
   taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.


word: Barege
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of
   worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.


word: Barely
wordtype: adv.
definition:
But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of
   quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely
   enough for all; he barely escaped.


word: Baresark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor,
   or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.


word: Bargain
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement between parties concerning the sale of
   property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer
   the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party
   binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.


word: Bargain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful
   transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.


word: Bargain
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of
   property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with
   a farmer for a cow.


word: Bargainor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another;
   esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another.


word: Barge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or
   goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.


word: Bargecourse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of the tiling which projects beyond the
   principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable.


word: Baric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure
   of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.


word: Barilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda
   is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.


word: Barilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
   carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching
   purposes.


word: Barite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in
   transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular),
   also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble.
   It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar.
   It is a common mineral in metallic veins.


word: Barium
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group;
   a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high
   temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the
   facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137.
   Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta.


word: Bark
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal
   organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.


word: Barque
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing
   smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a
   sailing vessel or boat of any kind.


word: Barque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast
   square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.


word: Bark beetle
definition:
A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae),
   which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often
   doing great damage.


word: Barkentine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A threemasted vessel, having the foremast
   square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also
   barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.


word: Barker's mill
definition:
A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a
   form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes
   from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to
   revolve on its axis.


word: Barley
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum,
   used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale,
   and whisky.


word: Barleybreak
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of
   barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch
   others who run from a goal.


word: Barleycorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average
   length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.


word: Barm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when
   fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.


word: Barn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and
   other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is
   often used for stables.


word: Barnacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating
   timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and
   allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
   allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.


word: Baroko
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition
   is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.


word: Barometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of
   the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of
   weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.


word: Barometrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a
   barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.


word: Barometrograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe
   of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric
   pressure.


word: Barometz
wordtype: n.
definition:
The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern
   (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted,
   somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.


word: Baron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of
   a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France
   and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a
   nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a
   viscount.


word: Baroness
wordtype: n.
definition:
A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title
   in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.


word: Baronet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above
   a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of
   the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The
   baronets are commoners.


word: Barony
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to
   the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district
   of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an
   extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.


word: Baroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the
   atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or
   foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in
   suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric
   changes.


word: Barouche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on
   the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged
   so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.


word: Barrack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison.
   Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually
   applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.


word: Barrage
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or
   water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the
   Nile.


word: Barratry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known
   illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of
   master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or
   cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust
   committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship,
   sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.


word: Barred owl
definition:
A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called
   from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.


word: Barrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and
   bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat
   ends or heads.


word: Barrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies
   for different articles and also in different places for the same
   article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/
   gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.


word: Barrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel
   of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is
   coiled.


word: Barren
wordtype: a.
definition:
Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
   sterile; -- said of women and female animals.


word: Barren
wordtype: n.
definition:
Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not
   timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily
   sterile, and are often fertile.


word: Barrenwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium
   alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.


word: Barret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also
   barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.


word: Barricade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth,
   palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or
   attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to
   block an enemy's access.


word: Barricade
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades;
   to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the
   streets of Paris.


word: Barrier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made
   in a passage in order to stop an enemy.


word: Barrigudo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the
   genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.


word: Barringout
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a
   schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.


word: Barrister
wordtype: n.
definition:
Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the
   bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an
   attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.


word: Barrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on
   which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow,
   and Wheelbarrow.


word: Barrowist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of
   Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for
   nonconformity in 1953.


word: Barter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for
   another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is
   paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.


word: Barter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange
   (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; --
   sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.


word: Bartizan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense,
   usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance
   gateway.


word: Bartlett
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which
   originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien.
   It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of
   Dorchester, Massachusetts.


word: Barwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from
   Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for
   ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.


word: Baryto-calcite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring
   massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium
   and calcium.


word: Baritone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common
   bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor
   rise as high as the other.


word: Carryall
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats
   for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.


word: Cart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry,
   or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.


word: Cartbote
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and
   repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.


word: Quarte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the
   hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's
   right breast.


word: Carte blanche
definition:
A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the
   bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what
   conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.


word: Carthusian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of an exceeding austere religious order,
   founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.


word: Cartilaginous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the
   bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain
   fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.


word: Cartoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a
   model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics,
   tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.


word: Cartoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine;
   esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of "Puck."


word: Cartouch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription,
   formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any
   tablet of ornamental form.


word: Cartridge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held
   together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other
   material.


word: Carucate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year
   and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.


word: Caruncula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the
   small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of
   the eye.


word: Carvacrol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and
   disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).


word: Carve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic
   or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.


word: Carve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to
   divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.


word: Carver
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or
   as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural
   adornments, etc.


word: Carving
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or
   epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.


word: Caryophyllin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance,
   extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.


word: Caryopsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin
   membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and
   seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat,
   barley, etc.


word: Cascabel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually
   a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old
   writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of
   Cannon.]


word: Cascalho
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in
   which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.


word: Cascara sagrada
definition:
Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn
   (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a
   case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a
   cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as,
   a case of goods; a case of instruments.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance;
   a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things;
   affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian
   tribes.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury;
   as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as
   distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a
   cause.


word: Case
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a
   noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other
   words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation
   which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.


word: Casehardened
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good
   influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance
   of good influences; -- said of persons.


word: Casein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proteid substance present in both the animal and the
   vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk,
   and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the
   vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of
   leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin.


word: Casemate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon
   may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being
   used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.


word: Casement
wordtype: n.
definition:
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright
   side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.


word: Cash
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to
   bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money


word: Cash
wordtype: n.
definition:
Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell
   goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.


word: Cashew
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which
   the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in
   all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the
   extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.


word: Cashier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer
   who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of
   a bank or a mercantile company.


word: Cashier
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with
   ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.


word: Cashmere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in
   Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of
   Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is
   richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.


word: Cashmere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and
   cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.


word: Casing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a
   case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.


word: Cask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops,
   usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or
   smaller than a barrel.


word: Casque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a
   vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.


word: Cassareep
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava
   (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated
   by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.


word: Cassava
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with
   fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.


word: Cassava
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the
   cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.


word: Casserole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement)
   of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled
   with vegetables or meat.


word: Cassia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of
   many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of
   several species furnish the senna used in medicine.


word: Cassia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China,
   etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as
   cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor,
   and the amount of outer bark attached.


word: Cassican
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the
   starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and
   suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to
   the piping crow, an Australian bird.


word: Cassidony
wordtype: n.
definition:
The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other
   plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.


word: Cassiopeia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated
   between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of
   Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.


word: Cassiterite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in
   tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine
   luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric
   fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments
   or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See
   Black tin, under Black.


word: Cassius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some
   compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and
   staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly
   called Purple of Cassius.


word: Cassock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as
   well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.


word: Cassock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy
   of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually
   outer garment.


word: Cassowary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east
   Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed
   with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates
   overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each
   wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs
   with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.


word: Cast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
   cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.


word: Cast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
   make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.


word: Cast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal
   or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells,
   stoves, bullets.


word: Cast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among
   actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.


word: Cast
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the
   skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a
   earthworm.


word: Cast
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy,
   as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.


word: Castalian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of
   inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses.


word: Castanets
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood,
   shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the
   middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment
   to their dance and guitars.


word: Caste
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are
   divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.


word: Caste
wordtype: n.
definition:
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society
   who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.


word: Caster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain
   condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.


word: Castigate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to
   chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.


word: Castigatory
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct
   arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.


word: Castile soap
definition:
A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with
   olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the
   above-described soap.


word: Casting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
   shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring
   molten metal into a mold.


word: Casting
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
   cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.


word: Cast iron
definition:
Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast
   furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought
   iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and
   sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus,
   silica, etc.


word: Castle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then
   the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the
   purpose of covering the king.


word: Castle-guard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain
   distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in
   it; castle-ward.


word: Castle-guard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform
   service within the realm, without limitation of time.


word: Castoreum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong,
   penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external
   genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an
   antispasmodic, and by perfumers.


word: Castor oil
definition:
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the
   seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is
   inodorous and insipid.


word: Burial
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in
   a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies;
   sepulture; interment.


word: Burin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line
   engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off
   obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in
   a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in
   marble.


word: Burion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus
   frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.


word: Burke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks
   of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for
   dissection.


word: Burke
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to
   smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.


word: Burl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
   threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.


word: Burlap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging;
   also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.


word: Burlesque
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant
   images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating
   it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular;
   ironical.


word: Burly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now
   used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of
   stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.


word: Burman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the Burman family, one of the four great
   families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
   heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
   property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to
   scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn
   steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the
   grass.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
   action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change
   some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due
   degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake;
   as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
   produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
   application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to
   burn letters into a block.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
   action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the
   mouth with pepper.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent,
   with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a
   certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.


word: Burn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or
   emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with
   destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong
   desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.


word: Burnettize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of
   saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a
   process invented by Sir William Burnett.


word: Burning
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to
   the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively
   heated.


word: Burnish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
   specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as,
   to burnish brass or paper.


word: Burnish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and
   glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.


word: Burnisher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as
   of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing.
   It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.


word: Burnt
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried,
   as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.


word: Burr
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping
   metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck
   left on a bullet in casting.


word: Burr
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching;
   a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.


word: Burr
wordtype: n.
definition:
A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by
   trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the
   tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or
   Tweedside, burr.


word: Burrel shot
definition:
A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron,
   etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.


word: Burrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain
   animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.


word: Burrow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to
   lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.


word: Bursa
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial
   sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed
   between tendons and bony prominences.


word: Bursary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as
   in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.


word: Burse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars
   in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries.


word: Burst
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to
   force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of
   force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had
   burst; the buds will burst in spring.


word: Burst
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exert force or pressure by which something is made
   suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence,
   to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in
   such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as
   forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.


word: Burst
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by
   strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to
   burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.


word: Burst
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion;
   as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a
   burst of inspiration.


word: Burton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or
   pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the
   running part.


word: Bury
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
   or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering;
   to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.


word: Bury
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
   deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a
   corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to
   inhume.


word: Busby
wordtype: n.
definition:
A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is
   of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment,
   hanging from the top over the right shoulder.


word: Bush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the
   root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.


word: Bush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
   Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a
   tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.


word: Bush
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown;
   to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into
   the ground.


word: Bush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of
   metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive
   the wear of a pivot or arbor.


word: Bushel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the
   United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.


word: Bushhammer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars,
   with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face
   cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.


word: Bushing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or
   places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot
   holes, etc.


word: Bushman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a race of South African nomads, living principally
   in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any
   other people.


word: Bushranger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially,
   in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.


word: Bushwhacker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to
   be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its
   sympathizers.


word: Bushwhacking
wordtype: n.
definition:
Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling
   by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.


word: Business
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which busies one, or that which engages the time,
   attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest,
   whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular
   occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.


word: Business
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for
   livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.


word: Business
wordtype: n.
definition:
The position, distribution, and order of persons and
   properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage
   manager in rehearsal.


word: Busk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other
   material, worn in the front of a corset.


word: Buskin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very
   thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn
   by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of
   tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.


word: Bust
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human
   figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.


word: Bust
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portion of the human figure included between the head and
   waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the
   upper part of the trunk of the body.


word: Bustle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way
   to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.


word: Bustle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist,
   by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and
   tournure.


word: Busy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or
   only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor
   at leisure; as, a busy merchant.


word: Busy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep
   engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.


word: But
wordtype: adv. & conj.
definition:
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that;
   were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.


word: But
wordtype: adv. & conj.
definition:
On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet;
   still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of
   sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive
   or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but
   the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.


word: But
wordtype: n.
definition:
The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in
   distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.


word: Butcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for
   market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.


word: Butcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with
   unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.


word: Butcher's broom
definition:
A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which
   has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.


word: Butler
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose
   principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.;
   the head servant in a large house.


word: Butlerage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported
   into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the
   king's butler for the king.


word: Butment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by
   which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge
   without arches is supported.


word: But
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
   together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.


word: But
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which
   the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.


word: But
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named
   because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the
   casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt
   hinge.


word: Butt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
   head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]


word: Butte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the
   general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar
   elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.


word: Butter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence,
   or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as
   butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete
   fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of
   cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.


word: Butterbur
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the
   Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up
   pats of butter.


word: Buttercup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot,
   particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also
   butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of
   Shakespeare.


word: Butterfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several different fishes, in allusion
   to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of
   the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast,
   the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.


word: Butterine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance prepared from animal fat with some other
   ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.


word: Butteris
wordtype: n.
definition:
A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in
   a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is
   operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.


word: Butternut
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family,
   and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the
   latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.


word: Butterwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves
   which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to
   which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects
   are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North
   Temperate zone.


word: Buttery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
   refreshments are kept for sale to the students.


word: Butting joint
definition:
A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the
   end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain,
   as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; --
   sometimes called abutting joint.


word: Butt joint
definition:
A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united
   come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.


word: Buttock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one
   of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.


word: Button
wordtype: n.
definition:
A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten
   together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part,
   and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used
   also for ornament.


word: Button
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
   turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.


word: Button
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make
   secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.


word: Buttonbush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the
   waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See
   Capitulum.


word: Buttonhole
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in
   conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of
   an hour.


word: Buttonwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a
   large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called
   also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States,
   sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.


word: Buttress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the
   thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.


word: Butylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the
   ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.


word: Butyrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity
   in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.


word: Butyrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining the amount of fatty
   matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.


word: Buxine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common
   box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.


word: Buxom
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness,
   combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.


word: Buy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an
   accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to
   acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to
   sell.


word: Buy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To acquire or procure by something given or done in
   exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to
   buy pleasure with pain.


word: Buzz
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like
   that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound;
   to speak with a low, humming voice.


word: Buzz
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to
   spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.


word: Buzz
wordtype: n.
definition:
A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur,
   as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of
   surprise or approbation.


word: By
wordtype: pref.
definition:
In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close
   to; along with; as, come and sit by me.


word: By
wordtype: pref.
definition:
With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with
   aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed
   by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.


word: By
wordtype: a.
definition:
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving
   the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral
   matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place,
   by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition
   than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design,
   by-interest, etc.


word: By-bidder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer
   or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.


word: By-dependence
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appendage; that which depends on something else,
   or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.


word: Bye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary
   object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,
   i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.


word: By-law
wordtype: n.
definition:
A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation
   made by a corporation for its own government.


word: By-law
wordtype: n.
definition:
A law that is less important than a general law or
   constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a
   matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and
   by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has
   probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.


word: By-product
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secondary or additional product; something produced,
   as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal
   product.


word: Byssus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
   It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.


word: Byssus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a
   groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain
   bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach
   themselves to rocks, etc.


word: Byzantine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople;
   sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of
   Constantinople.
   C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the
   Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g
   (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or
   Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k.
   The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the
   Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name
   of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the
   French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other
   sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E.
   acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat,
   kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.


word: C
definition:
The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither
   flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative
   minor scale of the same.


word: C
definition:
C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure
   is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is
   written /.


word: C
definition:
The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line
   of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.


word: Cabal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of persons united in some close design, usually to
   promote their private views and interests in church or state by
   intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a
   junto.


word: Cabal
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To unite in a small party to promote private views and
   interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.


word: Cabala
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of
   the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians,
   which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence.
   It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture
   contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation
   for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to
   foretell events by this means.


word: Cabaret
wordtype: n.
definition:
a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served,
   and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians,
   and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a
   nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an
   establishment.


word: Cabas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat
   workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba.


word: Cabbage
wordtype: n.
definition:
An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
   wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head
   of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes
   classed as cabbages.


word: Cabbling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of breaking up the flat masses into which
   wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be
   reheated and wrought into bar iron.


word: Cabinet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and
   exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.


word: Cabinetmaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other
   choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus,
   etc.


word: Cabinetwork
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture
   requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.


word: Cabbiri
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical
   rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards
   throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as
   being masters of the art of working metals.


word: Cable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used
   to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of
   hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.


word: Cable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with
   some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension
   bridge; a telegraphic cable.


word: Cable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex,
   rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called
   also cable molding.


word: Cabling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a
   pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the
   hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third
   of the height of the shaft.


word: Caboched
wordtype: a.
definition:
Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said
   of the head of a beast in armorial bearing.


word: Caboodle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; --
   usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.


word: Cabrerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel,
   cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.


word: Cabrilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the
   genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the
   coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called
   rock bass and kelp salmon.


word: Cacao
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America
   and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds
   about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are
   prepared.


word: Cachalot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the
   top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after
   death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called
   spermaceti. See Sperm whale.


word: Cache
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and
   preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.


word: Cachexy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due
   to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid
   process (as cancer or tubercle).


word: Cachunde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and
   other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a
   stomachic and antispasmodic.


word: Cackerel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish
   considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.


word: Cacodyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid,
   As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely
   disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to
   the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines.


word: Cacolet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back
   or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous
   districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an
   army.


word: Antilegomena
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Certain books of the New Testament which were for
   a time not universally received, but which are now considered
   canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James
   and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of
   John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the
   Homologoumena.


word: Antilogarithm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word
   has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a
   given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given
   logarithmic sine.


word: Antimacassar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa,
   etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from
   the hair.


word: Antimere
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals;
   one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and
   plants.


word: Antimonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of
   those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest
   equivalence; as, antimonic acid.


word: Antimonious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of
   those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence
   next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.


word: Antimony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its
   appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations
   belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120.
   Symbol, Sb.


word: Antinomian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation,
   the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is
   necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John
   Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.


word: Antinomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or
   language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises
   from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or
   attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of
   experience.


word: Antiparallels
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Straight lines or planes which make angles in
   some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or
   planes.


word: Antipathetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional
   aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by
   to.


word: Antipeptone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion,
   differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued
   action of pancreatic juice.


word: Antiperiodic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the
   return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in
   intermittent fevers.


word: Antiperistaltic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; --
   applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.


word: Antiperistasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires
   strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action
   of an opposite principle or quality.


word: Antiphonal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing;
   sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.


word: Antiphonary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book
   in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are
   contained.


word: Antiphone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The response which one side of the choir makes to the
   other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.


word: Antiphony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or
   congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.


word: Antiphrasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper
   meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.


word: Antipope
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition
   to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided
   at Avignon during the Great Schism.


word: Antiquary
wordtype: n.
definition:
One devoted to the study of ancient times through their
   relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations,
   statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the
   relics of antiquity.


word: Antiquate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make
   old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or
   abrogate.


word: Antique
wordtype: a.
definition:
Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue.
   In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and
   Rome.


word: Antique
wordtype: a.
definition:
Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of
   time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.


word: Antique
wordtype: a.
definition:
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited
   sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the
   remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.


word: Antiquity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age;
   as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.


word: Antiquity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as,
   Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.


word: Antiquity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a
   statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the
   plural.]


word: Antirenter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those
   who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons
   from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.


word: Antiscii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The inhabitants of the earth, living on different
   sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite
   directions.


word: Antiseptical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a
   putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.


word: Antiseptic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or
   destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic
   acid, alcohol, cinchona.


word: Antisocial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse;
   averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial
   principles.


word: Antistrophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the
   chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right
   to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.


word: Antistrophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the
   master of the servant and the servant of the master.


word: Antithesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments
   occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the
   miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly
   aimed at the Queen."


word: Antithetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and
   sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.


word: Antitoxine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance (sometimes the product of a specific
   micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues
   of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or
   of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.


word: Antitragus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the
   concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.


word: Antitrochanter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An articular surface on the ilium of birds against
   which the great trochanter of the femur plays.


word: Antitropous
wordtype: a.
definition:
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the
   embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.


word: Antitype
wordtype: n.
definition:
That of which the type is the pattern or representation;
   that which is represented by the type or symbol.


word: Ant-lion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the
   sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is
   Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.


word: Antoecians
wordtype: n. pl
definition:
Those who live under the same meridian, but on
   opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.


word: Antonomasia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of some epithet or the name of some office,
   dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when
   his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,
   the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an
   appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent
   orator a Cicero.


word: Antozone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound formerly supposed to be modification of
   oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because
   apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.


word: Ant thrush
definition:
One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old
   World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and
   feeding chiefly on ants.


word: Anubis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits,
   represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.


word: Anxiety
wordtype: n.
definition:
Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event,
   future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state
   of painful uneasiness.


word: Anxiety
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general
   indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.


word: Anxious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or
   solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in
   painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a
   battle.


word: Any
wordtype: a. & pron.
definition:
One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one
   indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.


word: Any
wordtype: a. & pron.
definition:
Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are
   there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?


word: Anything
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of
   any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for
   anything.


word: Aorist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as
   completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly
   indeterminate.


word: Aorta
wordtype: n.
definition:
The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to
   all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial
   system.


word: Aoudad
wordtype: n.
definition:
An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus)
   having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the
   chamois of the Old Testament.


word: Apaches
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of nomadic North American Indians including
   several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.


word: Apagoge
wordtype: n.
definition:
An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the
   impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.


word: Aparejo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of pack saddle used in the American military
   service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed
   with hay, moss, or the like.


word: Apart
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction,
   as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought;
   separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.


word: Apathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or
   excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As
   applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of
   indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest
   or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.


word: Apatite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided
   prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.


word: Ape
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having
   teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a
   tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the
   genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all
   Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are
   often called anthropoid apes or man apes.


word: Apeak
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the
   cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the
   ship is them said to be hove apeak.


word: Aperture
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a
   passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.


word: Aperture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a
   telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch
   aperture.


word: Apex
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the
   apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.


word: Aphakia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of
   the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is
   the use of powerful convex lenses.


word: Aphanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of
   hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in
   perceptible grains.


word: Aphasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of
   words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being
   preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.


word: Aphelion
wordtype: n.
definition:
That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most
   distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.


word: Aphemia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power
   of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.


word: Aphesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a
   word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.


word: Aphetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the
   beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.


word: Aphis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and
   family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and
   green flies.


word: Aphis lion
definition:
The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds
   voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the
   ladybugs (Coccinella).


word: Aphlogistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of
   wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without
   flame.


word: Aphorism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few
   words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather
   than to practical matters.


word: Aphoristical
wordtype: a.
definition:
In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in
   the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.


word: Aphthae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth,
   on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly
   characteristic of thrush.


word: Aphthong
wordtype: n.
definition:
A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in
   spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.


word: Aphthous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by
   aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.


word: Apician
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence
   applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in
   cookery.


word: Apiece
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share
   of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.


word: Apis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the
   common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See
   Honeybee.


word: Apish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a
   servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected;
   trifling.


word: Aplacophora
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Amphineura in which the body is
   naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly
   plates.


word: Aplanatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so
   combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.


word: Aplustre
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern,
   usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.


word: Aplysia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata;
   the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep
   purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in
   Appendix.


word: Apneumona
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of holothurians in which the internal
   respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.


word: Apo
definition:
A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from,
   away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off),
   apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.


word: Apocalypse
wordtype: n.
definition:
The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of
   Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of
   the New Testament.


word: Apocalyptical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically,
   to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a
   prophetic revelation.


word: Apocarpous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels
   of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.


word: Apocrypha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful
   authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.


word: Apocrypha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some
   Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are
   rejected by others.


word: Apode
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
   esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.


word: Apodeme
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards
   and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.


word: Apodosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional
   sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the
   protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence,
   "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the
   protasis, and the latter the apodosis.


word: Apodyterium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the
   palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.


word: Apogean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which
   occur when the moon has passed her apogee.


word: Apollinarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the
   fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.


word: Apollinaris water
definition:
An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a
   table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near
   Bonn.


word: Apollo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of
   light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry,
   and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and
   beauty; -- called also Phebus.


word: Apollyon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel
   of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.


word: Apologetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in
   defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic
   essay.


word: Apologetics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of theology which defends the Holy
   Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.


word: Apologist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in
   defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who
   argues in defense of Christianity.


word: Apologize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment
   of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of
   amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering
   my letter.


word: Apology
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something said or written in defense or justification of
   what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to
   disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for
   Christianity.


word: Apology
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some
   improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong
   or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.


word: Aponeurosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae
   which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many
   muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin.
   See Fascia.


word: Apophasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take
   notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the
   effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius
   Caesar, iii. 2.]


word: Apophyge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of
   the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet;
   -- called also the scape.


word: Apophyllite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring
   in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage
   surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.


word: Apoplectical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or
   symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or
   temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.


word: Apoplexy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation,
   and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.


word: Aporia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss
   what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.


word: Aposiopesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off
   suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as,
   "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that,
   here."


word: Apostasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a
   total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party;
   esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from
   Christianity.


word: Apostate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to
   which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for
   another; a pervert; a renegade.


word: Apostatize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To renounce totally a religious belief once
   professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held,
   or the party to which one has previously adhered.


word: A posteriori
definition:
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives
   propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from
   facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from
   effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.


word: A posteriori
definition:
Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived
   from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.


word: Apostle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One
   of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions
   and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.


word: Apostle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any
   part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or
   first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success
   as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the
   apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald
   Mathew the apostle of temperance.


word: Apostle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to
   the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals
   in the admiralty courts.


word: Apostolical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their
   times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the
   apostolic age.


word: Apostolical
wordtype: a.
definition:
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered
   or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.


word: Apostolic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at
   various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.


word: Apostrophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure of speech by which the orator or writer
   suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and
   addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or
   present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third
   book of "Paradise Lost."


word: Apostrophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter
   or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where
   the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.


word: Apostrophe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted
   (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the
   possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the
   latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.


word: Apostrophize
wordtype: p. pr. & vb. n.
definition:
To contract by omitting a letter or
   letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.


word: Apotactite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed
   imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.


word: Apophthegm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark,
   conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.


word: Apothesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place on the south side of the chancel in the
   primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.


word: Apotome
wordtype: n.
definition:
The difference between two quantities commensurable only
   in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a
   square.


word: Apotome
wordtype: n.
definition:
The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller
   semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.


word: Appalachian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United
   States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.


word: Appall
wordtype: a.
definition:
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in
   such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome
   with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the
   stoutest heart.


word: Apparatus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or
   utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex
   instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action
   or operation; machinery; mechanism.


word: Apparel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dress with external ornaments; to cover with
   something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with
   flowers, or a garden with verdure.


word: Anelectrotonus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve
   in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a
   current of electricity through it.


word: Anemone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family;
   windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.


word: Anemorphilous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of
   plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind;
   wind-Fertilized.


word: Anemoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a
   wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance
   consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or
   index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.


word: Anethol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise,
   fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise
   camphor.


word: Aneurism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood,
   arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an
   artery.


word: Angel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and
   intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.


word: Angel
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the
   archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.


word: Angelical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling,
   characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly;
   divine.


word: Angelica
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis
   or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes
   candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an
   aromatic tonic.


word: Angelot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the
   image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English
   under Henry VI.


word: Angelus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated.
   It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.


word: Anger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism,
   excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others,
   or by the intent to do such injury.


word: Angienchyma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral
   vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.


word: Angina
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the
   quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to
   produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.


word: Angio-
definition:
A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually
   relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or
   covered by, a vessel.


word: Angiocarpous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not
   form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the
   acorn seated in its cupule.


word: Angle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet,
   the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.


word: Angle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line,
   hook, and bait, with or without a rod.


word: Angler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having
   a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar
   appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within
   reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish,
   allmouth, monkfish, etc.


word: Angles
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain,
   which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles
   probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of
   Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.


word: Anglican
wordtype: a.
definition:
English; of or pertaining to England or the English
   nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established
   church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual,
   etc.


word: Anglican
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party,
   or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.


word: Anglicanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principles of the established church of England;
   also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church
   party.


word: Anglicize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make English; to English; to anglify; render
   conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.


word: Anglo-
definition:
A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and,
   or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German,
   Anglo-Irish.


word: Anglo-Catholic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English
   Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or
   High Church section of the Church of England.


word: Anglo-Catholic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the Church of England who contends for
   its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.


word: Anglo-Saxon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one
   the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental
   (or "Old") Saxon.


word: Anglo-Saxon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of
   England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman
   Conquest.


word: Anglo-Saxon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The language of the English people before the Conquest
   (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.


word: Anglo-Saxon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the race or people who claim descent from the
   Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a
   person of English descent in its broadest sense.


word: Anglo-Saxonism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race;
   especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.


word: Angola pea
definition:
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a
   kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also
   pigeon pea and Congo pea.


word: Angor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the
   upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.


word: Angostura bark
definition:
An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a
   South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis).


word: Angoumois moth
definition:
A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very
   destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior
   of the grain, leaving only the shell.


word: Angry
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling
   resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and
   at before a thing.


word: Angry
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if
   moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones;
   an angry sky; angry waves.


word: Angular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or
   angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an
   angular figure.


word: Angular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
   in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an
   angular female.


word: Anhydride
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical,
   capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so
   called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of
   water.


word: Anhydrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually
   massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in
   not containing water (whence the name).


word: Ano
wordtype: n.
definition:
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida
   (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic
   nesting.


word: Annicut
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the
   purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.


word: Anil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original
   sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.


word: Anilic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; --
   applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.


word: Anilide
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as
   amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by
   phenyl.


word: Aniline
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be
   regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the
   radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained
   from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar
   or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.


word: Animal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organized living being endowed with sensation and the
   power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food
   into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic
   acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by
   increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to
   maturity.


word: Animal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
   distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as,
   the animal passions or appetites.


word: Animalculism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The theory which seeks to explain certain
   physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.


word: Animalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere
   animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.


word: Animation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and
   vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great
   animation.


word: Anime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea
   courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.


word: Animism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper
   principle of life and development in the body.


word: Animism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of
   nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an
   extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart
   from matter.


word: Anion
wordtype: n.
definition:
An electro-negative element, or the element which, in
   electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to
   cation.


word: Anise
wordtype: n.
definition:
An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally
   in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and
   aromatic seeds.


word: Anisodactyls
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by
   having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant,
   rhinoceros, etc.


word: Anisodactylous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward
   and one backward, as in most passerine birds.


word: Anisopleura
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A primary division of gastropods, including those
   having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally
   developed.


word: Anisopoda
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Crustacea, which, in some its
   characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.


word: Anisotropic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not isotropic; having different properties in
   different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are
   optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.


word: Anker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch
   anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old
   wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.


word: Annat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the
   incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.


word: Annals
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A relation of events in chronological order, each event
   being recorded under the year in which it happened.


word: Annals
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A periodic publication, containing records of
   discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."


word: Annates
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment,
   anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England,
   they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.


word: Anneal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as
   glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering
   it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.


word: Annealing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less
   brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high
   heat.


word: Annelida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of the Articulata, having the body formed
   of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The
   principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or
   earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or
   leeches. See Chaetopoda.


word: Annex
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.;
   as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.


word: Annex
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation
   to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.


word: Annexation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding,
   or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas
   to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.


word: Annexation
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The union of property with a freehold so as to
   become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands
   or rents to the crown.


word: Annihilate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive
   properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
   annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.


word: Annihilate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute
   of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as,
   to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.


word: Annihilation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or
   the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a
   thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the
   annihilation of a corporation.


word: Annihilationist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes that eternal punishment consists
   in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.


word: Anniversary
wordtype: n.
definition:
The annual return of the day on which any notable
   event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of
   the Declaration of Independence.


word: Anniversary
wordtype: n.
definition:
The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a
   deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the
   dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.


word: Annotation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; --
   usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word
   or a passage.


word: Arnotto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the
   pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the
   tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter,
   etc.


word: Annoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated
   acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his
   remarks.


word: Annoy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one
   dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.


word: Annual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season;
   requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual
   tickets.


word: Annual
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object,
   said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.


word: Annuity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given
   number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.


word: Annul
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do
   away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of
   courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like,
   which are made void by component authority.


word: Annular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a
   ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.


word: Annulata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to
   Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea,
   Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.


word: Annulet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by
   itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated,
   under the Doric capital.


word: Annuloida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of the Articulata, including the annelids
   and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and
   echinoderms.


word: Annulosa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to
   the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some
   zoologists it is applied to the former only.


word: Annulus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which
   is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.


word: Annunciation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of
   England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that
   day; Lady Day.


word: Annunciator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the
   church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of
   the festivals to be celebrated.


word: Anoa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to
   the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.


word: Anode
wordtype: n.
definition:
The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly
   the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to
   the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.


word: Anodyne
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic;
   anything that soothes disturbed feelings.


word: Anolis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae.
   They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and
   in America are often called chameleons.


word: Anomaliped
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe
   more or less united to the outer and inner ones.


word: Anomalous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy;
   abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.


word: Anomaly
wordtype: n.
definition:
The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as
   seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a
   corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet.
   The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular
   motion were uniform.


word: Anomia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called
   from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for
   attachment.


word: Anonymous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed
   authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or
   letter.


word: Anophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having
   usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.


word: Anoplotherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata,
   whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized
   by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the
   name).


word: Anorthite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in
   small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is
   a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.


word: Anorthoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or
   pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted
   figures are painted.


word: Another
wordtype: pron. & a.
definition:
One more, in addition to a former number; a second
   or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.


word: Anseres
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of
   webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order
   were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to
   answer a charge; to answer an accusation.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or
   question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply
   to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
   of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or
   satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my
   claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or
   proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.


word: Answer
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To render account, or to be responsible; to be
   accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer
   for the money intrusted to his care.


word: Answer
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment,
   reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum
   answers as a manure on some soils.


word: Answer
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation,
   correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to
   suit; -- usually with to.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something said or written in reply to a question, a call,
   an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.


word: Answer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a
   confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive
   declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the
   usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.


word: Answerable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account;
   liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable;
   responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be
   answerable for a debt, or for damages.


word: -ant
definition:
A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant,
   covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.


word: Ant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is
   now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.


word: Anta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its
   termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and
   base.


word: Antagonist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a
   flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which
   extends it.


word: Antagonist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine
   or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.


word: Antanaclasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure which consists in repeating the same word in
   a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you
   may live without craft.


word: Antanaclasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a
   long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but
   which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.


word: Antarctic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the
   southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a
   circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole,
   circle, ocean, region, current, etc.


word: Ant-bear
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir),
   living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.


word: Ant-cattle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants
   for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.


word: Ante-
definition:
A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti,
   Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.
   Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally
   used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and
   the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.


word: Ant-eater
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of edentates and monotremes that
   feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.


word: Antecedent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as,
   an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.


word: Antecedent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the
   sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the
   antecedent of who.


word: Antecedent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical
   proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.


word: Antecedent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first of the two propositions which constitute an
   enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore
   the king must die.


word: Antecedent
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or
   third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the
   antecedent, and b the consequent.


word: Antechamber
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and
   leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber.
   See Lobby.


word: Antecommunion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy
   for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.


word: Antedate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier
   date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior
   to the true time of its execution.


word: Antediluvian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in
   Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.


word: Anteflexion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus,
   in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.


word: Ant egg
definition:
One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the
   ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be
   eggs.


word: Antelope
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate
   between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or
   ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.


word: Antelucan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Held or being before light; -- a word applied to
   assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before
   light in the morning.


word: Antemural
wordtype: n.
definition:
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in
   front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.


word: Antenicene
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the
   first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.


word: Antenna
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the
   heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and
   usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in
   some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the
   basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also
   feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of
   other arthropods and of annelids.


word: Antepredicament
wordtype: n.
definition:
A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the
   predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.


word: Anterior
wordtype: a.
definition:
Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior
   part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.


word: Antero-
definition:
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as,
   antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior
   and at the side.


word: Anteversion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in
   such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.


word: Anthelion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or
   rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a
   cloud or on an opposite fog bank.


word: Anthem
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage,
   a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the
   liturgy, set to sacred music.


word: Anther
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or
   fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation
   of the ovary.


word: Antheridium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower,
   consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are
   produced; -- called also spermary.


word: Anthobranchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which
   the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back.
   See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.


word: Anthocarpous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached
   to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the
   mulberry, and the pineapple.


word: Anthodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many
   florets are gathered into a involucrate head.


word: Anthological
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful
   extracts from different authors, especially the poets.


word: Anthology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of flowers of literature, that is,
   beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; --
   particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.


word: Anthotaxy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of
   the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.


word: Anthozoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The class of the Coelenterata which includes the
   corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are
   Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.


word: Anthracene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies
   naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its
   chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.


word: Anthracite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high
   luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no
   bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous
   flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called
   glance coal and blind coal.


word: Anthraconite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell
   when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.


word: Anthraquinone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining
   yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.


word: Anthrax
wordtype: n.
definition:
A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis),
   resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]


word: Anthrax
wordtype: n.
definition:
An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed
   to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the
   spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted
   to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled
   with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.


word: Anthrenus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the
   larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The
   common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A.
   scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.


word: Anthropocentric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; --
   applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar
   system.


word: Anthropography
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of anthropology which treats of the
   actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as
   distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and
   customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically
   of the origin and filiation of races and nations.


word: Anthropology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited
   sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as
   an animal.


word: Anthropology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That manner of expression by which the inspired
   writers attribute human parts and passions to God.


word: Anthropometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Measurement of the height and other dimensions of
   human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races,
   occupations, etc.


word: Anthropomorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of the Deity, or of a
   polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and
   affections.


word: Anthropomorphist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who attributes the human form or other human
   attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.


word: Anthropomorphite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who ascribes a human form or human attributes
   to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a
   sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc.
   Tillotson.


word: Anthroposcopy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of discovering or judging of a man's
   character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible
   features.


word: Anti
definition:
A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or
   in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often
   shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.


word: Antialbumid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric
   digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.


word: Antiar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of
   one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).


word: Antiattrition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a
   compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago,
   with some greasy material; antifriction grease.


word: Antichlor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used
   in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after
   bleaching.


word: Antichrist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great
   antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second
   coming.


word: Anticipate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the
   proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as,
   the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.


word: Anticipate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or
   impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to
   anticipate the evils of life.


word: Anticipation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or
   considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural
   order.


word: Anticipation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Previous view or impression of what is to happen;
   instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the
   joys of heaven.


word: Anticipation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with
   or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.


word: Anticlastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved
   longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite
   direction, as the surface of a saddle.


word: Anticlimax
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less
   important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It
   produces a ridiculous effect.


word: Anticyclone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
   regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure,
   to that of a cyclone.


word: Antidote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of
   anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or
   to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.


word: Antidote
wordtype: n.
definition:
Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to
   counteract evil which something else might produce.


word: Anti-federalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of party opposed to a federative government;
   -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the
   constitution of the United States.


word: Antiguggler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the
   neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the
   sediment or causing a gurgling noise.


word: Apparent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
   necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion
   or diameter of the sun.


word: Apparition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after
   having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an
   inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on
   account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say,
   the cause was appealed from an inferior court.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a
   private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to
   appeal a person of felony.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to
   a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for
   decision.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To call upon another to decide a question controverted,
   to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I
   appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call
   on one for aid; to make earnest request.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An application for the removal of a cause or suit from
   an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An accusation; a process which formerly might be
   instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime
   demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than
   for the offense against the public.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his
   accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See
   Approvement.


word: Appeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A call upon a person or an authority for proof or
   decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for
   help or a favor; entreaty.


word: Appealable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed
   to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.


word: Appealable
wordtype: a.
definition:
That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as,
   a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.


word: Appear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or
   superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to
   present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a
   person to be tried.


word: Appear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be
   known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing
   proved; to be obvious or manifest.


word: Appearance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of
   becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.


word: Appearance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl.
   Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression
   or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a
   thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.


word: Appearance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in
   society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a
   particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an
   historian, an artist, or an orator.


word: Appearance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The coming into court of either of the parties; the
   being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an
   action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal
   entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by
   which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and
   submits to its jurisdiction.


word: Appease
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace;
   to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the
   tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.


word: Appellative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A
   common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or
   species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of
   all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of
   things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand,
   stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.


word: Appellatively
wordtype: adv.
definition:
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner
   to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used
   appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.


word: Append
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing
   is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was
   appended to the column.


word: Appendage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or
   greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.


word: Appendant
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage
   for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to
   another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson,
   common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to
   a freehold, a seat in church to a house.


word: Appendicularia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped
   somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae
   of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia.
   See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Appendix
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily
   essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement,
   which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.


word: Apperception
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mind's perception of itself as the subject or
   actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself;
   sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.


word: Appetency
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity
   in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in
   aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an
   organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.


word: Applause
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly
   expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet,
   acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.


word: Apple
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus)
   cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.


word: Apple
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
   supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a
   tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.


word: Appliance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an
   apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical
   appliance; a machine with its appliances.


word: Applicable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be
   applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the
   case under consideration.


word: Application
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense;
   as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.


word: Application
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of directing or referring something to a
   particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement,
   fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to
   make the application; the application of a theory.


word: Application
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or
   discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are
   applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the
   principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting
   another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.


word: Application
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's
   self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by
   application to study.


word: Application
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an
   application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.


word: Applique
wordtype: a.
definition:
Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of
   another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as,
   applique lace; applique work.


word: Apply
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);
   -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments
   to a diseased part of the body.


word: Apply
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose,
   or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money
   to the payment of a debt.


word: Apply
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable,
   fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply
   an epithet to a person.


word: Apply
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or
   analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.


