# entries

word: False
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
   counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false
   colors; false jewelry.


word: False
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous;
   as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.


word: Falsehood
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or
   representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.


word: Falsehood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to
   be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.


word: Falseness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being false; contrariety to the fact;
   inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing;
   unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a
   drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.


word: Falsetto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which
   lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See
   Head voice, under Voice.


word: Falsification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of falsifying, or making false; a
   counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which
   it is not.


word: Falsify
wordtype: a.
definition:
To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to
   disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.


word: Falsism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement
   the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism.


word: Falter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or
   broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.


word: Faluns
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of
   France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his
   Miocene subdivision.


word: Falx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum;
   esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend
   into the great fissures of the brain.


word: Fame
wordtype: n.
definition:
Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public
   estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of
   Washington.


word: Familiar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion;
   well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the
   Scriptures.


word: Familiar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an
   intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.


word: Familiar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A confidential officer employed in the service of the
   tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.


word: Familiarity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent
   converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from
   ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable
   familiarity.


word: Familiarity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything said or done by one person to another
   unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions
   and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.


word: Familiarization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of making familiar; the result
   of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.


word: Familiarize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to
   accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to
   familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.


word: Familiarize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or
   study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
   science.


word: Familist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland,
   and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held
   that religion consists wholly in love.


word: Familistery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A community in which many persons unite as in one
   family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.


word: Family
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The collective body of persons who live in one house,
   and under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
   children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.


word: Family
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The group comprising a husband and wife and their
   dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization
   of society.


word: Family
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
   clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of
   Abraham; the father of a family.


word: Family
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a
   family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.


word: Family
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable,
   related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development,
   more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer
   or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less
   comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same
   thing as an order.


word: Famish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be
   exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.


word: Famous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked
   of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense,
   chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition,
   for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air,
   by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper,
   silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same
   pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the
   figure of a section of a circle.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of
   air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for
   checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan
   wheel.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain
   is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock
   windmill always in the direction of the wind.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in
   exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens;
   as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.


word: Fan
wordtype: n.
definition:
To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to
   stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.


word: Fanatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in
   opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on
   religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.


word: Fanatic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on
   religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of
   religion.


word: Fanaticism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and
   extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious
   frenzy.


word: Fancier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest
   in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and
   keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.


word: Fanciful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and
   experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.


word: Fanciful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or
   reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme;
   a fanciful theory.


word: Fancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a
   representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and
   modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of
   readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose
   of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.


word: Fancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason;
   as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.


word: Fancy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with,
   particularly on account of external appearance or manners.


word: Fandango
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in
   Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.


word: Fanega
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/
   to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land.


word: Fanfare
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;
   also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the
   chase.


word: Fanfoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large
   lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is
   believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.


word: Fang
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and
   held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile,
   venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.


word: Fang
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or
   the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it
   enters the handle.


word: Fangled
wordtype: a.
definition:
New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs.,
   except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled.


word: Fan-nerved
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating
   manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.


word: Fanon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar
   striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A
   maniple.


word: Fan palm
definition:
Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the
   Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax
   in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot
   tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the
   latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for
   umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and
   manuscripts.


word: Fantail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the
   tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the
   family of flycatchers.


word: Fantasia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A continuous composition, not divided into what are
   called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design,
   but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.


word: Fantastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full
   of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic
   mistress.


word: Fantastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or
   eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.


word: Fantasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
   conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.


word: Fantoccini
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic
   scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they
   are used.


word: Far
wordtype: a.
definition:
Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or
   spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.


word: Far
wordtype: a.
definition:
The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off
   side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the
   rider when he mounts.


word: Far
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he
   pushed his researches far into antiquity.


word: Farad
wordtype: n.
definition:
The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a
   condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is
   equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive
   force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which,
   charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.


word: Faradic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished
   electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity,
   as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, on account of
   Faraday's investigations of their laws.


word: Farce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by
   low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or
   method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.


word: Farcy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful
   ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the
   same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and
   farcimen.


word: Fare
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or
   bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events,
   fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.


word: Fare
wordtype: v.
definition:
The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
   conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river;
   the fare in a coach or by railway.


word: Farewell
wordtype: interj.
definition:
Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a
   person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart
   and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare
   you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only;
   as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you
   farewell.


word: Farina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the
   starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and
   used in cookery.


word: Farinose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves
   of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.


word: Farm
wordtype: a. & n.
definition:
Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes,
   under the management of a tenant or the owner.


word: Farm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the
   revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what
   it yields; as, to farm the taxes.


word: Farmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who
   cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.


word: Farmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to
   collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a
   farmer of the revenues.


word: Farming
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or
   engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
   community.


word: Faro
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players
   play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order
   in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.


word: Farse
wordtype: n.
definition:
An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin
   service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.


word: Farsighted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment
   regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.


word: Farther
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as,
   let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.


word: Farther
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as,
   farther, let us consider the probable event.


word: Farthing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great
   Britain, being a cent in United States currency.


word: Fasces
wordtype: pl.
definition:
A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade
   projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their
   authority.


word: Fascet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles,
   etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the
   mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee
   and punty.


word: Fascia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or
   broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the
   architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.


word: Fascia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat,
   immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue
   covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.


word: Fascicle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a
   fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.


word: Fascicled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the
   fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the
   dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.


word: Fascinate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate
   on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.


word: Fascinate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to
   charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.


word: Fascination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting;
   enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible
   influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable
   influence.


word: Fascine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound
   together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening
   ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and
   in mats for dams, jetties, etc.


word: Fasciole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on
   the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.


word: Fashion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The make or form of anything; the style, shape,
   appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of
   the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship;
   execution.


word: Fashion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom
   or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.;
   particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding;
   as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.


word: Fashionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conforming to the fashion or established mode;
   according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.


word: Fashionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Established or favored by custom or use; current;
   prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy;
   fashionable opinions.


word: Fashionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing
   or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.


word: Fast
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to
   abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the
   body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and
   penitence.


word: Fast
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a
   spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.


word: Fast
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a
   period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual
   fast.


word: Fast
wordtype: v.
definition:
Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose,
   unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.


word: Fast
wordtype: v.
definition:
Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by
   washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.


word: Fast
wordtype: v.
definition:
Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint;
   reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.


word: Fast
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly;
   wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.


word: Fast
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring
   rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow,
   head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around
   which hawsers are passed in mooring.


word: Fasten
wordtype: a.
definition:
To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock,
   bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or
   window.


word: Fasten
wordtype: a.
definition:
To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach
   or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave
   together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or
   cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.


word: Fasti
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals,
   courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.


word: Fastidious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
   difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious
   appetite.


word: Fastness
wordtype: a.
definition:
A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure
   retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the
   mountains.


word: Fat
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large
   wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.;
   as, a fat take; a fat page.


word: Fat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of
   the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of
   plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.


word: Fatal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive;
   calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal
   error.


word: Fatalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that
   they take place by inevitable necessity.


word: Fatality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny;
   invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and
   rational control.


word: Fatality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or
   danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.


word: Fata Morgana
definition:
A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear
   inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed
   particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.


word: Fate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed;
   the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by
   which all existence is determined and conditioned.


word: Fate
wordtype: n.
definition:
Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined
   event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.


word: Fate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen
   and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events;
   fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to
   struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.


word: Fate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes
   called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the
   course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff,
   a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.


word: Fathead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales
   promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.


word: Father
wordtype: n.
definition:
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
   especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the
   plural, fathers, ancestors.


word: Father
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
   affetionate care, counsel, or protection.


word: Father
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a
   confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest
   member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.


word: Father
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first
   centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers;
   as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.


word: Father
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a
   producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art,
   profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.


word: Father
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume
   as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible
   for (a statement, policy, etc.).


word: Fathom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to
   which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables,
   cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.


word: Fathom
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to
   measure by throwing the arms about; to span.


word: Fathom
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the
   depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom
   of.


word: Fatigue
wordtype: n.
definition:
To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to
   harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.


word: Fatling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for
   slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.


word: Faucal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat;
   faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural
   sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.


word: Fauces
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx,
   situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called
   also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two
   membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the
   tonsils.


word: Faucet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
   etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be
   desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout,
   stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.


word: Fault
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs
   excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.


word: Fault
wordtype: n.
definition:
A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a
   deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.


word: Fault
wordtype: n.
definition:
In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the
   seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.


word: Fault
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by
   displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.;
   as, the coal beds are badly faulted.


word: Faultless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from
   blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a
   faultless poem.


word: Faun
wordtype: n.
definition:
A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the
   satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.


word: Fausse-braye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the
   main rampart, and considerably below its level.


word: Fauteuil
wordtype: n.
definition:
An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils
   or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.


word: Favella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A group of spores arranged without order and covered with
   a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae.


word: Faveolate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling
   those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of countenancing, or the condition of being
   countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion;
   befriending.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence
   shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from
   justice or remuneration.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of
   good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a
   token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white
   ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment;
   as, your favor of yesterday is received.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the
   disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to
   countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show
   partiality or unfair bias towards.


word: Favor
wordtype: n.
definition:
To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a
   weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.


word: Favorer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who favors; one who regards with kindness or
   friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or
   prosperity.


word: Favorite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one
   treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one
   unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high
   rank or authority.


word: Favorite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most
   likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.


word: Favorite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or
   preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.


word: Favoritism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disposition to favor and promote the interest of
   one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others
   having equal claims; partiality.


word: Favosites
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and
   Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.


word: Favus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a
   honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila.


word: Fawn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog;
   to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.


word: Fay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood,
   so as to make the surface fit together.


word: Fealty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the
   tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath
   by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or
   to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the
   performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.


word: Fear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of
   evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety;
   solicitude; alarm; dread.


word: Fear
wordtype: n.
definition:
Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's
   wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.


word: Fear
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or
   alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.


word: Fear
wordtype: n.
definition:
To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to
   consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.


word: Feasibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being feasible; practicability; also,
   that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its
   feasibility.


word: Feast
wordtype: n.
definition:
A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous
   entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by
   tempting variety and abundance of food.


word: Feast
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight;
   something highly agreeable; entertainment.


word: Feast
wordtype: n.
definition:
To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions,
   particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.


word: Feast
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the
   table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.


word: Feat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as,
   feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.


word: Feather
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,
   belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.


word: Feather
wordtype: n.
definition:
Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase,
   "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.


word: Feather
wordtype: n.
definition:
A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object,
   to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby
   prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.


word: Feather
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts
   of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.


word: Feather
wordtype: n.
definition:
The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float,
   with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.


word: Feather
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often
   with out; as, the birds are feathering out.


word: Feather
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float
   about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers


word: Feathered
wordtype: a.
definition:
Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers
   or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.


word: Feathered
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian
   birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.


word: Feathered
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers
   are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.


word: Feather-edged/
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge
   thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only
   of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.


word: Feathering
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises
   from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See
   To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.


word: Feathery
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or
   as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.


word: Feature
wordtype: n.
definition:
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the
   whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.


word: Feature
wordtype: n.
definition:
The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and
   especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face,
   the countenance.


word: Feature
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a
   thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked
   peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the
   landscape.


word: February
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second month in the year, said to have been
   introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month
   contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has
   twenty-nine days.


word: Fecula
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply
   breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence.


word: Feculent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with
   sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.


word: Fecundate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in
   flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.


word: Fecundation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act by which, either in animals or plants,
   material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is
   brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a
   new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.


word: Fecundity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness;
   especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing
   rapidly and in great numbers.


word: Fecundity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility;
   richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power.


word: Federal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an
   agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations;
   constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their
   representatives.


word: Federal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Composed of states or districts which retain only a
   subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States,
   or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.


word: Federalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer.
   Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its
   formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored
   the administration of president Washington.


word: Federalize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite in compact, as different States; to
   confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal
   Constitution.


word: Federate
wordtype: a.
definition:
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations;
   joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.


word: Fee
wordtype: n.
definition:
Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be
   rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional
   amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the
   fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees;
   sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.


word: Fee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for
   services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.


word: Fee
wordtype: n.
definition:
An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately
   or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.


word: Fee
wordtype: n.
definition:
An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and
   transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition
   attached to the tenure.


word: Fee
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to
   recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.


word: Feeble
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
   expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a
   feeble color; feeble motion.


word: Feed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or
   wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a
   furnace with coal.


word: Feed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by
   cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.


word: Feed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for
   consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a
   steam boiler.


word: Feed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine;
   as, to feed paper to a printing press.


word: Feed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood
   and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool,
   or the tool to the work).


word: Feed
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed
   one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.


word: Feed
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture;
   hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.


word: Feed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be
   operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of
   producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a
   machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in
   the work.


word: Feed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam
   boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.


word: Feeder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stream that flows into another body of water; a
   tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which
   supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.


word: Feeder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line
   which increases the business of the main line.


word: Fee-faw-fum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and
   ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and
   ignorant.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means
   of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by
   those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing)
   with the body or limbs.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this
   piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to
   experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as,
   to feel pleasure; to feel pain.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything
   with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the
   body.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind,
   persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; --
   followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel
   assured, grieved, persuaded.


word: Feel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce
   an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective
   describing the kind of sensation.


word: Feel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon
   one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.


word: Feeler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects),
   which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food;
   an antenna; a palp.


word: Feeler
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or
   thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something
   tentative.


word: Feeling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing,
   sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.


word: Feeling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the
   body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself;
   that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of
   sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the
   sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.


word: Feeling
wordtype: n.
definition:
An act or state of perception by the sense above
   described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state
   of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.


word: Melanorrhoea
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a
   usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black
   varnish.


word: Melanoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument containing a combination of colored
   glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of
   other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is
   used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium,
   lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit.


word: Melanosperm
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or
   seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of
   kelp.


word: Melanotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion
   on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron;
   also, the process of making such a picture.


word: Melanuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous
   acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white
   crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.


word: Melassic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
   molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See
   Saccharic.


word: Melastoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from
   the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.


word: Melchite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which
   acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and
   ceremonies of the Eastern Church.


word: Melee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused
   mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.


word: Melene
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series,
   obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called
   also melissene, and melissylene.


word: Meliaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of
   which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the
   Spanish cedar.


word: Melilite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in
   the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.


word: Melilot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs
   having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue
   melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and
   flavor to sapsago cheese.


word: Melilotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or
   melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series,
   obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.


word: Melissic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif.,
   denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.


word: Melitose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from
   cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of
   certain species of Eucalyptus).


word: Mellite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and
   partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a
   mellitate of alumina.


word: Mellone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain
   sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called
   mellonides.


word: Mellow
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
   delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.


word: Melluco
wordtype: n.
definition:
A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes,
   having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.


word: Melodiograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by
   recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played
   upon.


word: Melodious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to
   the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.


word: Melodrama
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment
   to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in
   romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical
   accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
   In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive
   accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the
   gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".


word: Melodramatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a
   melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.


word: Melody
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the
   most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a
   musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical
   thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.


word: Meloe
definition:
A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval
   elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of
   cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.


word: Melon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the
   muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces
   the fruit.


word: Melop/ia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for
   a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.


word: Melotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
A picture produced by a process in which development
   after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit
   transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.


word: Melt
wordtype: v.
definition:
To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to
   liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.


word: Melt
wordtype: v.
definition:
Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to
   relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes,
   in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


word: Melt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the
   influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.


word: Melt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle;
   also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.


word: Melting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or
   figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.


word: Melton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and
   without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.


word: Member
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier,
   column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of
   moldings.


word: Member
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the persons composing a society, community, or the
   like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the
   society of Friends.


word: Membered
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having legs of a different tincture from that of the
   body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.


word: Membrane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a
   fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often
   secreting or absorbing certain fluids.


word: Memento
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory;
   that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.


word: Memnon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the
   property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.


word: Memoirs
wordtype: n.
definition:
A memorial account; a history composed from personal
   experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually
   written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See
   History, 2.


word: Memoirs
wordtype: n.
definition:
A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a
   biography written without special regard to method and completeness.


word: Memoirs
wordtype: n.
definition:
An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a
   record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings
   of a society.


word: Memorandum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief or informal note in writing of some
   transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument
   drawn up in a brief and compendious form.


word: Memorial
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or
   event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a
   monument.


word: Memorial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A written representation of facts, addressed to the
   government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often
   accompanied with a petition.


word: Memorialize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To address or petition by a memorial; to present a
   memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.


word: Memory
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge
   of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.


word: Memory
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reach and positiveness with which a person can
   remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and
   represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong.


word: Memory
wordtype: n.
definition:
The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past
   ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of
   foreign lands.


word: Memory
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence,
   character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or
   tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory.


word: Memphian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt;
   hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.


word: Men
wordtype: pron.
definition:
A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and
   corresponding to the present indefinite one or they.


word: Menaccanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting
   chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but
   occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and
   ilmenite.


word: Menace
wordtype: n.
definition:
The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or
   threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.


word: Menace
wordtype: n.
definition:
To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out
   a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually
   followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country
   with war.


word: Menaion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in
   the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.


word: Mend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced,
   decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or
   defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create;
   as, to mend a garment or a machine.


word: Mend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,
   to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.


word: Menhaden
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia
   tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of
   fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy,
   hardhead, whitefish, etc.


word: Menhir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or
   monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout
   Northern Europe.


word: Meniere's disease
definition:
A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo,
   resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon
   a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear.
   Named after Meniere, a French physician.


word: Meninges
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal
   cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.


word: Meniscus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp.,
   one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral
   column of birds.


word: Menispermaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of
   climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.


word: Menispermic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed
   (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta
   Cocculus.


word: Menispermine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained
   from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly
   Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; --
   called also menispermina.


word: Mennonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a small denomination of Christians, so called
   from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the
   New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin,
   that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to
   take oath, hold office, or render military service.


word: Menology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day
   in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not
   written.


word: Menses
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow
   of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.


word: Menstrual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a
   month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly
   changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.


word: Mensuration
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for
   finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of
   solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.


word: -ment
definition:
A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;
   the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that
   which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment;
   abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment;
   amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.


word: Mental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental
   faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.


word: Mentha
wordtype: n.
definition:
A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the
   peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually
   arranged in dense axillary clusters.


word: Menthene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of
   turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor
   and a cooling taste.


word: Menthol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling
   camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint
   camphor or peppermint camphor.


word: Mention
wordtype: n.
definition:
A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or
   cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.


word: Mentomeckelian
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bone or cartilage forming the anterior
   extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of
   others.


word: Mephistophelian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil
   Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish;
   crafty.


word: Mercantile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of
   merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of
   commodities; commercial.


word: Mercaptan
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of
   alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but
   containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the
   sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a
   strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to
   ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and
   other metals.


word: Mercaptide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur
   hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.


word: Mercer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now
   restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.


word: Merchandise
wordtype: n.
definition:
The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or
   sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.


word: Merchantable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or
   such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat;
   sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.


word: Merchantman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trading vessel; a ship employed in the
   transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.


word: Merciful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to
   pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.


word: Merciless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate
   beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant;
   merciless waves.


word: Mercurammonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the
   substitution of mercury for a portion of the hydrogen.


word: Mercurial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god
   Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a
   mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.


word: Mercurial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as,
   mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.


word: Mercuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing
   mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element
   enters in its lowest proportion.


word: Mercurify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which
   may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury
   in fumes, which are afterward condensed.


word: Mercurous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing
   mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present
   in its highest proportion.


word: Mercury
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets
   as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of
   souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.


word: Mercury
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from
   cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid
   (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers,
   ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight
   199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was
   named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his
   symbol, /.


word: Mercury
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the planets of the solar system, being the one
   nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000
   miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.


word: Mercury
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the
   leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.


word: Mercy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of
   provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate
   treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.


word: Meretricious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false
   show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious
   dress or ornaments.


word: Merganser
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They
   are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.


word: Meride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain
   isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher
   aggregates, termed zoides.


word: Meridian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or
   passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal
   course.


word: Meridian
wordtype: a.
definition:
A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of
   the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun
   at midday.


word: Meridian
wordtype: a.
definition:
A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing
   through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle
   included between the poles.


word: Meringue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites
   of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.


word: Merismatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by
   separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of
   internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into
   many.


word: Merit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or
   approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.


word: Merit
wordtype: n.
definition:
To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim
   as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to
   merit punishment.


word: Mermaid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having
   the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea
   nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.


word: Meroblast
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of
   germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an
   albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast.


word: Meroblastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting only in part of germinal matter;
   characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in
   which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic
   segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.


word: Merosome
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the
   bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.


word: Merostomata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It
   includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct
   except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.


word: Merry
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good
   spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.


word: Merry-andrew
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose business is to make sport for others; a
   buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack
   doctor.


word: Mesam/boid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in
   the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.


word: Mesaticephalic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of
   the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.


word: Mesembryanthemum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants,
   chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and
   f/eshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.


word: Mesenteron
wordtype: n.
definition:
All that part of the alimentary canal which is
   developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is
   distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the
   canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at
   the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with
   epiblast.


word: Mesentery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a
   fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the
   intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal
   cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium,
   the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum,
   etc.


word: Mesentery
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which
   divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.


word: Mesh
wordtype: n.
definition:
The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between
   knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.


word: Mesitylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the
   benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with
   sulphuric acid.


word: Mesmerism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state
   of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the
   actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See
   Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.


word: Mesne
wordtype: a.
definition:
Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who
   holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in
   which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the
   second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.


word: Mes-
definition:
denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl
   derivatives. Also used adjectively.


word: Mesoderm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and
   endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.


word: Mesogaster
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the
   dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.


word: Mesognathous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the jaws slightly projecting; between
   prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.


word: Mesohippus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger
   than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.


word: Mesolabe
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean
   proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem
   of the duplication of the cube.


word: Mesolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring
   in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous
   silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.


word: Meson
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar
   right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface
   has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the
   ventrimeson.


word: Mesonephros
wordtype: n.
definition:
The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal
   organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.


word: Mesophl/um
wordtype: n.
definition:
The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark,
   usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.


word: Mesorchium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the
   dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.


word: Mesoscutum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic
   segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.


word: Mesoseme
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a medium orbital index; having orbits neither
   broad nor narrow; between megaseme and microseme.


word: Girder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening
   or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or
   built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a
   compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under
   Double.


word: Girdle
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference;
   a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body
   usually at the waist; a cestus.


word: Girdle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut
   diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of
   Brilliant.


word: Girdle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.)
   through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.


word: Girdler
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which
   lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch
   by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food
   for the larvae.


word: Girlish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to
   girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish
   grief.


word: Girondist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the moderate republican party formed in the
   French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called
   because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.


word: Girt
wordtype: v.
definition:
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to
   measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.


word: Girt
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two
   anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the
   current or tide.


word: Girth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by
   which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.


word: Gisarm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long
   sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.


word: Gist
wordtype: n.
definition:
The main point, as of a question; the point on which an
   action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.


word: Gittith
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by
   some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by
   David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and
   lxxxiv.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without
   compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or
   permission; to yield up or allow.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in
   exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to
   pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a
   shout, etc.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as,
   the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred
   to each ship.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply
   one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this
   sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are
   given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.


word: Give
wordtype: n.
definition:
To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a
   premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form
   given.


word: Give
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less
   rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.


word: Gizzard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which
   the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular
   stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.


word: Glabella
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space between the eyebrows, also including the
   corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.


word: Glacial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice;
   frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.


word: Glacial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of
   ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or
   acetic acids.


word: Glaciate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of
   rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.


word: Glacier
wordtype: n.
definition:
An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of
   perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as
   in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.


word: Glacis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank;
   especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered
   way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).


word: Glad
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed
   to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed
   by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with,
   introducing the cause or reason.


word: Glad
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or
   exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.


word: Gladiator
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with
   weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in
   the arena, for public amusement.


word: Gladiolus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate
   leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and
   valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.


word: Gladstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats,
   calash top, and seats for driver and footman.


word: Glairin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of
   certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; --
   called also baregin.


word: Glaive
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed
   on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a
   light lance with a long sharp-pointed head.


word: Glama
wordtype: n.
definition:
A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in
   consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.


word: Glamour
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an
   object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.


word: Glance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which
   have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called
   copper glance.


word: Glance
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to
   be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to
   twinkle.


word: Gland
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organ for secreting something to be used in, or
   eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the
   salivary glands of the mouth.


word: Gland
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true,
   gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the
   functions of which are very imperfectly known.


word: Gland
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular,
   which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.


word: Gland
wordtype: n.
definition:
The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is
   compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing
   box, under Stuffing.


word: Glanders
wordtype: n.
definition:
A highly contagious and very destructive disease of
   horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of
   sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the
   glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs,
   goats, sheep, and to human beings.


word: Glass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
   substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by
   fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide.
   It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and
   culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.


word: Glass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a
   conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.


word: Glass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an
   hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of
   its sand.


word: Glass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
   contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took
   a glass at dinner.


word: Glass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural,
   spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.


word: Glass-crab
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus
   and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness,
   and transparency. See Phyllosoma.


word: Glasseye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is
   bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.


word: Glassite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century
   by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who
   taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the
   divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English
   and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after
   Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.


word: Glass-rope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema,
   first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of
   long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.


word: Glass-snake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of
   the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail
   easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three
   feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old
   World.


word: Glass-sponge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and
   allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; --
   called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.


word: Glasswort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia
   herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the
   same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the
   ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.


word: Glassy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness,
   brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface;
   the glassy deep.


word: Glauber's salts
definition:
Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a
   white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and
   is commonly called "salts."


word: Glaucic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; --
   formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric
   acid.


word: Glaucodot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and
   containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.


word: Glaucoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of
   transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the
   eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked
   increase of tension within the eyeball.


word: Glauconite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of
   the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and
   potash. See Greensand.


word: Glaucophane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to
   amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.


word: Glaucous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily
   rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.


word: Glaucus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer
   latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully
   colored with blue and silvery white.


word: Glase
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface,
   consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence,
   to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder,
   and the like.


word: Glaze
wordtype: n.
definition:
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used
   as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.


word: Glazer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.;
   one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer
   or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.


word: Glazer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing,
   etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery,
   or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.


word: Glazing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with
   a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.


word: Glazing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any
   surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or
   porcelain, or of paper.


word: Glean
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or
   fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left
   after the gathering.


word: Gleet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the
   urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.


word: Glenoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression;
   socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the
   glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the
   humerus articulates.


word: Gleucometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and
   ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.


word: Gliadin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the
   constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance,
   which resembles animal glue or gelatin.


word: Glib
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
   fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.


word: Glide
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise,
   violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a
   smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a
   skater over ice.


word: Glide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the
   changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and
   with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the
   begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant
   or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other
   of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, //
   19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final
   element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal
   vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see
   Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191).


word: Glimmer
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine
   faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
   glimmering lamp.


word: Glioma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue
   of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.


word: Glissette
wordtype: n.
definition:
The locus described by any point attached to a curve
   that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve
   having no rotation at any instant.


word: Glisten
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild,
   subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to
   gleam; as, the glistening stars.


word: Glitter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
   broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.


word: Glitter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
   brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.


word: Gloat
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a
   bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire,
   lust, or avarice.


word: Globe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
   surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.


word: Globe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as,
   the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.


word: Globe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
   the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called
   also artificial globe.


word: Globe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
   circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the
   modern infantry square.


word: Globefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and
   allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the
   body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and
   sea hedgehog. See Diodon.


word: Globeflower
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in
   the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped
   flowers.


word: Globigerina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly
   at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the
   bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths
   below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of
   Foraminifera.


word: Globule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph,
   and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.


word: Globuliferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and
   denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions
   are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the
   rock.


word: Globulin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in
   dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles
   united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the
   crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes
   called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of
   proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all
   insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.


word: Glomeration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round
   mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.


word: Glomerule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by
   condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.


word: Gloomy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or
   darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.


word: Gloria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the
   Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the
   Roman Catholic and other churches.


word: Gloria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to
   God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In
   the Episcopal Church the version in English is used.


word: Glorify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer
   honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to
   celestial glory.


word: Glorify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by
   ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage
   to; to magnify in worship; to adore.


word: Glorious
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy
   of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid;
   illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.


word: Glory
wordtype: n.
definition:
Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by
   common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame;
   renown.


word: Glory
wordtype: n.
definition:
That quality in a person or thing which secures general
   praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride
   or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.


word: Glory
wordtype: n.
definition:
The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the
   divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor;
   heaven.


word: Glory
wordtype: n.
definition:
An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of
   peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the
   like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.


word: Gloss
wordtype: n.
definition:
Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth
   surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it
   a gloss.


word: Gloss
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interpretation, consisting of one or more words,
   interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running
   commentary.


word: Gloss
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and
   plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.


word: Glossary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of glosses or explanations of words and
   passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an
   author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or
   other uncommon words.


word: Glossic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present
   values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent
   one sound only.


word: Glossohyal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; --
   applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. --
   n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.


word: Glossopharyngeal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; --
   applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are
   distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the
   glossopharyngeal nerves.


word: Glossy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
   surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.


word: Glove
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a
   separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic
   distinguishes the glove from the mitten.


word: Glow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if
   with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes,
   etc.


word: Glow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin,
   from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.


word: Glow
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense
   love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with
   love, zeal, or patriotism.


word: Glowworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the
   wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca,
   and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal
   segments.


word: Gloxinia
wordtype: n.
definition:
American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome
   bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.


word: Glucinum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low
   specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally
   in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or
   alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or
   emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina,
   which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic
   weight 9.1. Called also beryllium.


word: Glucose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as
   in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from
   starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as
   sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar,
   and starch sugar. See Dextrose.


word: Glucose
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose
   proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.


word: Glucose
wordtype: n.
definition:
The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable
   reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in
   addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is
   used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.


word: Glucoside
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline
   substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in
   animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and
   disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but,
   by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always
   break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol,
   phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the
   name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and
   ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.


word: Glue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
   jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with
   water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for
   uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous
   substances.


word: Glue
wordtype: n.
definition:
To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick
   or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.


word: Gluepot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot
   holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is
   heated to soften the glue.


word: Glume
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and
   grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.


word: Glut
wordtype: n.
definition:
Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often,
   a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut
   of the market.


word: Glutaeus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals,
   and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.


word: Glutazine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder,
   white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.


word: Glutton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family
   Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed
   to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a
   native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.


word: Glyceride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides
   exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.


word: Glycerine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and
   odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats
   and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric,
   stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also
   called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.


word: Glyceryl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential
   radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.


word: Glycide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of
   glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called
   also glycidic alcohol.


word: Glycocoll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet
   taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and
   present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin
   by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid.
   Called also glycin, and glycocin.


word: Glycogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling
   starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly
   in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and
   tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar
   when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the
   action of amylolytic ferments.


word: Glycol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste,
   produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid
   alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.


word: Glycoluric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as,
   glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.


word: Glycolyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the
   essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related
   compounds.


word: Glyconic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; --
   applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.


word: Glyconin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an
   ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.


word: Glycosine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a
   white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.


word: Glycyrrhiza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one
   species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which
   have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.


word: Glycyrrhizin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in
   monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and
   extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.


word: Glynne
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in
   locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]


word: Glyoxal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained
   by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between
   glycol and oxalic acid.


word: Glyoxaline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by
   the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large
   class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline
   is a type; -- called also oxaline.


word: Glyoxime
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by
   the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of
   oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime
   proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.


word: Glyphography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process similar to etching, in which, by means of
   voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can
   be used to print from.


word: Glyptodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to
   the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated
   scales, and had fluted teeth.


word: Glyptodont
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South
   American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty
   species are known.


word: Gnaphalium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry
   and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.


word: Gnat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing
   a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with
   needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are
   wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes.
   See Mosquito.


word: Gnat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in
   America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the
   buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.


word: Gnathite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They
   are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds.


word: Gnathopodite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified
   wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.


word: Gnathastegite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the
   outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth
   organs.


word: Gnathostoma
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including
   all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and
   marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.


word: Gnaw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily
   separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to
   wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to
   nibble at.


word: Gnaw
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort,
   as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or
   unmanageable.


word: Gneiss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,
   feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica,
   arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs
   or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is
   then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related
   rocks are also called gneiss.


word: Gneissoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of
   gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between
   granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.


word: Gnome
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit
   the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines,
   quarries, etc.


word: Gnomon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of
   the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.


word: Gnomon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon,
   formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to
   find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.


word: Gnomon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space included between the boundary lines of two
   similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in
   common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The
   parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.


word: Gnomonics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials
   to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.


word: Gnostic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of
   Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the
   Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek
   philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all
   natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the
   Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.


word: Gnu
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two species of large South African antelopes of the
   genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in
   both sexes.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in
   a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make
   progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both
   animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the
   movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate;
   hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on
   or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to
   succeed; to turn out.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product;
   to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to
   contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an
   act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence
   the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in
   opposition to stay and come.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to
   perish; to decline; to decease; to die.


word: Go
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the
   street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.


word: Go
wordtype: n.
definition:
That condition in the course of the game when a player can not
   lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above
   thirty-one.


word: Goad
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or
   to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to
   stimulate.


word: Goaf
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially
   or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .


word: Goal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the
   constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the
   place at which a race or a journey is to end.


word: Goal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or
   which a person aims to reach or attain.


word: Goal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football,
   a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to
   score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal
   posts.


word: Goa powder
definition:
A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the
   interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used
   as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.


word: Goat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
   species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is
   raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.


word: Goatee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is
   allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.


word: Goatsucker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of insectivorous birds,
   belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
   (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it
   sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat
   chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat
   hawk, and dorhawk.


word: Gobelin
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin
   works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.


word: Gobemouche
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his
   mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.


word: Gobline
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the
   dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.


word: Go-by
wordtype: n.
definition:
A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting
   away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.


word: God
wordtype: n.
definition:
A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to
   be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an
   object of worship; an idol.


word: God
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the
   Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.


word: Godchild
wordtype: n.
definition:
One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and
   whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or
   goddaughter. See Godfather.


word: Godfather
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and
   makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.


word: Godliness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of
   God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.


word: Godly
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient
   to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character;
   conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life.


word: Godwit
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
   genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit
   (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian
   godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called
   also godwin.


word: Master
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to
   become an adept in; as, to master a science.


word: Masterly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating
   thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's
   hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy.


word: Masterpiece
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a
   capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.


word: Mastersinger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg
   and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They
   bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.


word: Mastic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus),
   growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing
   a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.


word: Mastic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by
   incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a
   faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an
   ingredient in varnishes.


word: Mastic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and
   linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.


word: Masticate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and
   prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.


word: Masticator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for
   toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or
   similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of
   manufacture.


word: Masticin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling
   caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.


word: Mastiff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage.
   There are various strains, differing in form and color, and
   characteristic of different countries.


word: Mastigure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the
   genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.


word: Masting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a
   vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of
   masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.


word: Mastodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the
   elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of
   lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species
   were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly
   all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late
   Quaternary time.


word: Mastoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied
   specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.


word: Mat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or
   similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for
   covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.


word: Mat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant
   houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging
   from friction, and the like.


word: Mat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
   resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.


word: Mat
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc.,
   put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a
   daguerreotype.


word: Matador
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal
   trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third,
   and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red
   one.


word: Match
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating
   fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains
   burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one
   end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a
   preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.


word: Match
wordtype: v.
definition:
A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to
   mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.


word: Match
wordtype: v.
definition:
A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as
   for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like


word: Match
wordtype: v.
definition:
Suitable combination or bringing together; that which
   corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and
   curtains are a match.


word: Match
wordtype: v.
definition:
A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc.,
   in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving
   shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.


word: Match
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,
   against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in
   competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.


word: Match
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly
   similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to
   match cloth.


word: Match
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
   specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as,
   to match boards.


word: Match
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or
   quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.


word: Matchable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being matched; comparable on equal
   conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.


word: Matchlock
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the
   priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.


word: Mate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly
   (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable
   bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.


word: Mate
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an
   associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar
   object.


word: Mate
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower
   animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their
   young.


word: Mate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the
   captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called,
   respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a
   subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.


word: Mate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual
   companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate
   with that one.


word: Material
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature
   of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to
   the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.


word: Material
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of
   cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.


word: Materialism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tendency to give undue importance to material
   interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.


word: Materialist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who denies the existence of spiritual substances
   or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the
   result of some peculiar organization of matter.


word: Materialize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To invest with material characteristics; to make
   perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the
   medium of material objects.


word: Materialize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the
   laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.


word: Materialize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to assume a character appropriate to
   material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize
   thought.


word: Materially
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it
   materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.


word: Materia medica
definition:
Material or substance used in the composition of
   remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents
   in medicine.


word: Materia medica
definition:
That branch of medical science which treats of the
   nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the
   cure of diseases.


word: Materiel
wordtype: n.
definition:
That in a complex system which constitutes the materials,
   or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as,
   the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings,
   libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its
   officers.


word: Maternal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother;
   motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.


word: Mathematical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to
   mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical
   geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.


word: Mathematics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That science, or class of sciences, which treats of
   the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of
   the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities
   sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the
   science of spatial and quantitative relations.


word: Matico
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Peruvian plant (Piper, / Artanthe, elongatum), allied to
   the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.


word: Matriculate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to
   enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a
   college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.


word: Matriculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To go though the process of admission to
   membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.


word: Matrimonial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage;
   connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.


word: Matrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it
   shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.


word: Matrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or
   crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.


word: Matrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable,
   situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.


word: Matrix
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns.
   The symbols may express quantities or operations.


word: Matron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic
   economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the
   matron of a school or hospital.


word: Matronal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady
   or to a married woman; grave; motherly.


word: Matross
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's
   mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the
   gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.


word: Matte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately
   roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated
   iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the
   grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a
   fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.


word: Matte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is
   not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived
   of gloss.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
That of which anything is composed; constituent substance;
   material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent
   elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the
   essence; the pith; the embodiment.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies
   are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is
   perceptible by the senses; body; substance.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place
   or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of
   action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or
   the like; theme.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance;
   significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no
   matter, and the like.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything
   disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is
   thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent
   substance.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in
   or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical
   processes and relations; -- opposed to form.


word: Matter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy;
   also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in
   printing.


word: Matter-of-fact
wordtype: a.
definition:
Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute
   realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.


word: Matting
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
The act of interweaving or tangling together so as
   to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.


word: Matting
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a
   matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the
   like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc.


word: Mattock
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two
   long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or
   the point of a pickax.


word: Mattowacca
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar
   to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for
   food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad
   herring.


word: Mattress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other
   suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened.


word: Mattress
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a
   bank from being worn away by currents or waves.


word: Maturation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity;
   hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the
   formation of pus or matter.


word: Mature
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth
   and development; fitted by growth and development for any function,
   action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.


word: Mature
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared;
   ready for action; made ready for destined application or use;
   perfected; as, a mature plan.


word: Mature
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in;
   to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.


word: Mature
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
   matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.


word: Maturity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full
   development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of
   judgment; the maturity of a plan.


word: Maturity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due;
   termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.


word: Matweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed
   (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of
   the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum
   Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.


word: Maucaco
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the
   White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs.


word: Maudeline
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the
   South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.


word: Maurist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of
   the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the
   seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their
   interest in literature.


word: Mauveine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a
   mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it
   forms.


word: Maverick
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock
   or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said
   to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected
   to brand his cattle.


word: Maw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by
   swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals,
   exept humorously or in contempt.


word: Mawmet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the
   Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped
   images representing Mohammed.


word: Mawworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common
   round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.


word: Maxilliped
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next
   behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower
   Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.


word: Maxillo-palatine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions
   of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also
   used as n.


word: Maxim
wordtype: n.
definition:
An established principle or proposition; a condensed
   proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom;
   an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.


word: Maximilian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d.
   sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.


word: Maximum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case;
   or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and
   then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to
   minimum.


word: Maximum
wordtype: a.
definition:
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or
   attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum
   heat.


word: May
wordtype: v.
definition:
An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by
   expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
   expressed by can.


word: Maya
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,
   in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.


word: Mayflower
wordtype: n.
definition:
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing
   arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.


word: Mayhem
wordtype: n.
definition:
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any
   of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.


word: Mayonnaise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with
   olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar,
   pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish
   dressed with this sauce.


word: Mayor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer
   of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city
   court of which the major is chief judge.


word: Maypole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with
   flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.


word: Maypop
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of
   the North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as
   large as a small apple.


word: Mayweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor;
   dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in
   the United States.


word: Mazame
wordtype: n.
definition:
A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits
   the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also
   mountain goat.


word: Mazdean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent
   deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.


word: Mazurka
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually
   in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.


word: Mazy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate;
   confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.


word: Me
wordtype: pers. pron.
definition:
The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a
   pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of
   the pronoum I; as, he struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the
   money to me; he got me a hat, or he got a hat for me.


word: Mead
wordtype: n.
definition:
A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring
   extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.


word: Meadow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown
   for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.


word: Meadow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near
   rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark
   Bay.


word: Meadow
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
   produced, growing, or living in, a meadow.


word: Meadowwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea,
   especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European
   and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant
   white flowers in compound cymes.


word: Meagre
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
   defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in
   ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.


word: Meagre
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S.
   aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.


word: Meal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portion of food taken at a particular time for the
   satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with
   the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a
   meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was
   silence during the meal.


word: Meal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and
   unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.;
   sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.


word: Mealy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft,
   dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a
   mealy potato.


word: Mealy-mouthed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly
   delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.


word: Mean
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to
   intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?


word: Mean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes,
   or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during
   one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.


word: Mean
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of
   place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or
   degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation;
   measure.


word: Mean
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity having an intermediate value between several
   others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the
   resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple
   average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their
   number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the
   square root of the product of the quantities.


word: Mean
wordtype: n.
definition:
That through which, or by the help of which, an end is
   attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency
   or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.


word: Mean
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered
   as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command
   for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.


word: Meaning
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim;
   object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.


word: Meaning
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is signified, whether by act lanquage;
   signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.


word: Meanness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of
   excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.


word: Measles
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal
   symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption
   of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form,
   are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the
   eruption gradually decline; rubeola.


word: Measles
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled
   with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.


word: Measles
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus
   stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or
   extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which
   anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is
   adjusted or judged.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument by means of which size or quantity is
   measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according
   to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated
   extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a
   quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or
   amount.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds;
   moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with
   measure; without or beyond measure.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted
   share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying
   and selling; as, to give good or full measure.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which
   the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and
   stately dance, like the minuet.


word: Measure
wordtype: a.
definition:
The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or
   long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in
   iambic measure.


word: Measure
wordtype: a.
definition:
A number which is contained in a given number a number of
   times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the
   greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.


word: Measure
wordtype: a.
definition:
A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy;
   a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object;
   as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.


word: Measure
wordtype: n.
definition:
To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute
   or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a
   certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to
   estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.


word: Measure
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a
   certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according
   to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a
   tree measures three feet in diameter.


word: Measured
wordtype: a.
definition:
Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal;
   uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured
   steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.


word: Measurement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
   ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.


word: Meat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by
   man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a
   lobster, a nut, or an egg.


word: Meat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a
   breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.


word: Mechanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who
   practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and
   uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure,
   machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.


word: Mechanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having to do with the application of the laws of motion
   in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to
   mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.


word: Mechanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the
   class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.


word: Mechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with,
   mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative
   relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital,
   chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory;
   mechanical deposits.


word: Mechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools;
   made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision;
   mechanical products.


word: Mechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or
   emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special
   intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses;
   mechanical service.


word: Mechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made and operated by interaction of forces without a
   directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.


word: Mechanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate;
   empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.


word: Mechanico-chemical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent
   upon, both mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those
   sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws
   both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism.


word: Mechanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine;
   the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation
   of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the
   mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism
   of a seed pod.


word: Mechanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies
   constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative
   movements.


word: Mechanographic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced
   by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of
   temperature; mechanographic prints.


word: Hydra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the
   Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut
   off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was
   cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.


word: Hydra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources;
   not to be overcome by a single effort.


word: Hydra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually
   found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.


word: Hydrachnid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The
   hydrachnids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.


word: Hydracid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to
   distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which
   contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid.


word: Hydracrylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of
   lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.


word: Hydractinian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus
   Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their
   rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on
   spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.


word: Hydramine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually
   produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene
   oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines.


word: Hydrangea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and
   large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H.
   hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan.


word: Hydrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may
   be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.


word: Hydranth
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also
   applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust.
   of Hydroidea.


word: Hydrastine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal
   (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline
   substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge.


word: Hydrate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound formed by the union of water with some other
   substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized
   salts.


word: Hydrate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which does not contain water as such, but has
   its constituents (hydrogen, oxygen, hydroxyl) so arranged that water
   may be eliminated; hence, a derivative of, or compound with, hydroxyl;
   hydroxide; as, ethyl hydrate, or common alcohol; calcium hydrate, or
   slaked lime.


word: Hydraulic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion;
   conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.


word: Hydraulics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats
   of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and
   canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use
   as a prime mover, and the like.


word: Hydrazine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the
   amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo
   compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are
   derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido
   group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a
   peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called
   also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc.


word: Hydria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small
   neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of
   this form.


word: Hydriodic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and iodine; --
   said of an acid produced by the combination of these elements.


word: Hydriodide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; --
   distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine combines with
   the base.


word: Hydr-
definition:
A combining form of hydrogen, indicating hydrogen as an
   ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by
   hydrogen, as hydroquinone.


word: Hydrobranchiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive artificial division of gastropod
   mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the
   Pulmonifera.


word: Hydrobromide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; --
   distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the
   base.


word: Hydrocarbon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as
   methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.


word: Hydrocarbostyril
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon,
   C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely
   related to quinoline and carbostyril.


word: Hydrocaulus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or
   branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea.


word: Hydrocele
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of
   the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac,
   investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.


word: Hydrocephalus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the
   cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the
   brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in
   infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously.


word: Hydrochloride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; --
   distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the
   base.


word: Hydrocorallia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Hydroidea, including those genera
   that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of
   zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those
   of other hydroids. See Millepora.


word: Hydrocyanide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of hydrocyanic acid with a base; --
   distinguished from a cyanide, in which only the cyanogen so combines.


word: Hydrodynamical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, the dynamical
   action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power.


word: Hydrodynamics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of the science of mechanics which
   relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of
   motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated
   mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of
   dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.


word: Hydro-electric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the
   evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam
   is used.


word: Hydro-extractor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth,
   sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal.


word: Hydroferricyanic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from,
   hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferricyanic acid. See
   Ferricyanic.


word: Hydroferrocyanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from,
   hydrogen, ferrous iron, and cyanogen; as, hydroferrocyanic acid. See
   Ferrocyanic.


word: Hydrofluosilicic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or denoting, a compound consisting
   of a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon; silicofluoric. See
   Silicofluoric.


word: Hydrogalvanic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of,
   electricity evolved by the action or use of fluids; as, hydrogalvanic
   currents.


word: Hydrogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless,
   the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter
   than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand
   times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of
   water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or
   vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly
   obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc,
   iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and
   water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights,
   and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight
   1.


word: Hydrogenize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To combine with hydrogen; to treat with, or subject
   to the action of, hydrogen; to reduce; -- contrasted with oxidize.


word: Hydrographer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or
   draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the
   adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.


word: Hydrography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of measuring and describing the sea, lakes,
   rivers, and other waters, with their phenomena.


word: Hydrography
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of surveying which embraces the
   determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet
   of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals,
   with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars.


word: Hydrokinetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the
   forces which produce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic.


word: Hydromechanics
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of physics which treats of the
   mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion.


word: Hydromedusa
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding
   from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and naked-eyed
   medusae.


word: Hydrometallurgical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving
   the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.


word: Hydrometeor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the
   vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous
   phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.


word: Hydrometeorology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of meteorology which relates to, or
   treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds,
   snow, hail, storms, etc.


word: Hydrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining the specific gravities of
   liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions,
   etc.


word: Hydrometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument, variously constructed, used for
   measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from
   reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its
   construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum,
   etc.; a current gauge.


word: Hydrometrograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for determining and recording the
   quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given
   time.


word: Hydrometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids,
   and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.


word: Hydronephrosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the
   kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.


word: Hydropathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the
   copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.


word: Hydrophid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera.
   These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail
   for swimming.


word: Hydrophobia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with
   the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a
   sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in
   deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing
   convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed
   in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.


word: Hydrophobic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused
   by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.


word: Hydrophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining
   specimens of water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or
   the ocean.


word: Hydropneumatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and
   gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus for collecting gases
   over water or other liquids.


word: Hydroquinone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by
   the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and
   metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy
   benzene.


word: Hydrorhiza
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is
   attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.


word: Hydroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring
   time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated
   tube.


word: Hydrosoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively,
   including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.


word: Hydrosorbic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
   sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.


word: Hydrostatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in
   accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.


word: Hydrostatics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The branch of science which relates to the pressure
   and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the
   principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.


word: Hydrosulphide
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen
   sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic
   radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are
   analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans.


word: Hydrosulphuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and
   sulphur; as, hydrosulphuric acid, a designation applied to the solution
   of hydrogen sulphide in water.


word: Hydrosulphurous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by
   the reduction of sulphurous acid. See Hyposulphurous acid, under
   Hyposulphurous.


word: Hydrotheca
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea
   (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and
   Campanularian.


word: Hydrothermal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with
   reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing,
   and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.


word: Hydroxide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen,
   made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by
   elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl,
   united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide
   ethyl hydroxide.


word: Hydroxyl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting
   of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part
   of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.


word: Hydroxylamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling
   ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is
   usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as
   a strong reducing agent.


word: Hydrozoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates,
   including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.


word: Hyena
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which
   three living species are known. They are large and strong, but
   cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their
   habits.


word: Hyetograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chart or graphic representation of the average
   distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.


word: Hygiene
wordtype: n.
definition:
That department of sanitary science which treats of the
   preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of
   principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.


word: Hygrine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves
   (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a
   pungent taste and odor.


word: Hygrodeik
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb
   thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage
   of moisture in the air, etc.


word: Hygrometrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or
   according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations.


word: Hygrometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of physics which relates to the
   determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the
   atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for
   this purpose.


word: Hygroplasm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition
   to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed
   to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.


word: Hygroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which shows whether there is more or less
   moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.


word: Hygroscopic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope;
   not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the
   hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic
   moisture.


word: Hygroscopic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from
   the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture,
   as glass, etc.


word: Hygroscopicity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property possessed by vegetable tissues of
   absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.


word: Hylaeosaurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest,
   England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the
   skin, and armed with spines.


word: Hylodes
wordtype: n.
definition:
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree
   frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches,
   sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.


word: Hylotheism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that
   there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See
   Materialism.


word: Hylozoism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and
   sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.


word: Hymen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and
   Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of
   marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.


word: Hymenogeny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The production of artificial membranes by contact of
   two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are
   surrounded by a thin film of the former.


word: Hymenomycetes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the great divisions of fungi, containing
   those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.


word: Hymn
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a
   religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended
   to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.


word: Hymnology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a
   particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth
   century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular
   church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.


word: Hyo-
definition:
A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection
   with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental,
   etc.


word: Hyoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which
   supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.


word: Hyomandibular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the
   mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a
   segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull
   in fishes.


word: Hyomental
wordtype: a.
definition:
Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to
   them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front
   of the neck.


word: Hyoscine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also
   isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid
   substance.


word: Hyoscyamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
   regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids
   in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white
   crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is
   isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine
   for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.


word: Hyosternal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining
   to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck.


word: Hyostylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or
   upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly
   articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.


word: Hypallage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from
   their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus
   austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus
   austris, to give the fleets to the winds.


word: Hypanthium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle,
   enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the
   pear.


word: Hypapophysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed
   from the ventral side of the centrum, as haemal spines, and chevron
   bones.


word: Hyparterial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches
   of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery
   crosses the bronchus.


word: Hyper-
definition:
A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical,
   hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as,
   hyperaemia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.


word: Hyperbaton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figurative construction, changing or inverting the
   natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the
   hills echoed."


word: Hyperbola
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting
   plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone
   makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances
   from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a
   given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to
   cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an
   hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola.
   See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.


word: Hyperbole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident
   exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things
   are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they
   really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or
   for effect.


word: Hyperbolical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to, containing, or of the nature of,
   hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the
   truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.


word: Hyperboloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain
   planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a
   surface.


word: Hyperborean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in
   very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a
   hyperborean coast or atmosphere.


word: Hyperdulia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the
   most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.


word: Hypericum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and
   yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.


word: Hyperinosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of the blood, characterized by an
   abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.


word: Hyperion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified
   with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.


word: Hypermetamorphosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in
   which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and
   structure during its growth.


word: Hypermetropy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of
   the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to
   a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia.
   Cf. Emmetropia.


word: Hyperoartia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys.
   The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in
   the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth.
   See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.


word: Hyperotreta
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine
   or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the
   mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal
   aperture and the throat. See Hagfish.


word: Hypernoea
wordtype: n.
definition:
Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient
   arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See
   Eupnoea, and Dispnoea.


word: Hyperpyrexia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of
   temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in
   that disease.


word: Hypersthene
wordtype: n.
definition:
An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a
   grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike
   luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.


word: Hypertrophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of
   an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.


word: Hyphae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium
   (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are
   also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of
   their structure.


word: Hyphen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line
   which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is
   carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word;
   as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate
   the syllables of words.


word: Hyphomycetes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
One of the great division of fungi, containing
   those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate
   threads.


word: Hypidiomorphic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only
   of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.


word: Hypnocyst
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily
   inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of
   drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore
   formation seems to occur within such cysts.


word: Hypnogenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the
   so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to
   cause an attack of hypnotic sleep.


word: Hypnotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism;
   liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.


word: Hypnotism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial
   means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an
   unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves,
   through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble
   organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the
   eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.


word: Hypo-
definition:
A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree,
   of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under
   or beneath.


word: Hypo-
definition:
A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is
   prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization,
   usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous
   acid.


word: Hypo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is
   used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.


word: Hypoblast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called
   also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of
   Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.


word: Hypobole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem
   to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of
   them being refuted in order.


word: Hypocarpium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the
   stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.


word: Hypocaust
wordtype: n.
definition:
A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small
   chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of
   a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in
   bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.


word: Hypochondriasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy
   views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own
   health.


word: Hypocist
wordtype: n.
definition:
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit
   of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus,
   a small European shrub.


word: Hypocleidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of
   many birds, where it is connected with the sternum.


word: Hypocraterimorphous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Salver-shaped; having a slender tube,
   expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in
   the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.


word: Hypocrisy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be
   what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or
   a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives;
   especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a
   simulation of goodness.


word: Hypocrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the
   purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside
   seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false
   pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.


word: Hypocritical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as,
   a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.


word: Hypocycloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a
   circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf.
   Epicycloid, and Trochoid.


word: Hypoderma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and
   performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal
   tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.


word: Hypoderma
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous
   cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.


word: Hypogene
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; --
   said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is
   believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying
   rocks. Opposed to epigene.


word: Hypogeum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The subterraneous portion of a building, as in
   amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean
   galleries, as the catacombs.


word: Hypoglossal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher
   vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are
   distributed to the base of the tongue.


word: Hypogynous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of
   sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens
   inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.


word: Hypohyal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean
   arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.


word: Hypophosphoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing,
   phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds;
   as, hypophosphoric acid.


word: Hypophosphorous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a
   lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as,
   hypophosphorous acid.


word: Hypoptilum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of
   the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also
   aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.


word: Hypostasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying
   principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an
   existing being or thing.


word: Hypostasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality;
   -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three
   subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.


word: Hypostasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in
   speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the
   three principles of all material bodies.


word: Hypostatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as,
   hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by
   gravitation.


word: Hypostyle
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns;
   -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.


word: Hyposulphuric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower
   state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric
   acid.


word: Hypothec
wordtype: n.
definition:
A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over
   the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as
   security for payment of rent.


word: Hypotheca
wordtype: n.
definition:
An obligation by which property of a debtor was made
   over to his creditor in security of his debt.


word: Hypothecate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or
   engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to
   pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other
   personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation,
   Bottomry.


word: Hypothecation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or contract by which property is
   hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his
   debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price
   appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or
   jus in re.


word: Hypothecation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contract whereby, in consideration of money
   advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo
   is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety.
   It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.


word: Hypothenar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of
   the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part
   in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.


word: Hypothesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supposition; a proposition or principle which is
   supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or
   inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but
   assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an
   occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue
   steamer.


word: Hypothesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted
   to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others;
   hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.


word: Hypothetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis;
   conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and
   deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.


word: Hypotrochoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius
   produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed
   circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid.


word: Hypoxanthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related
   to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body,
   but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.


word: Hypsometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring heights by observation of
   barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining
   the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a
   lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the
   temperature of ebullition.


word: Hypsometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do
   with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to
   the sea level, or relatively.


word: Hyrax
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species
   are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species
   are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis)
   of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the
   former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.


word: Hyrcan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or
   province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the
   Hyrcanian) Sea.


word: Hysteresis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces
   acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal
   friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously
   induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of
   polarity.


word: Hysteria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in
   women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated,
   and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient
   loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary
   sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.


word: Hysteroepilepsy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and
   characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can
   often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon
   other definite points in the body.


word: Hysterogenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure
   points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to
   produce and arrest an attack of hysteria.


word: Hysterology
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is
   inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron
   proteron.


word: Hysteron proteron
definition:
A figure in which the natural order of sense is
   reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."


word: Hysteron proteron
definition:
An inversion of logical order, in which the
   conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the
   evidence.


word: Hythe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small haven. See Hithe.
   I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from
   the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter
   was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same
   as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is
   most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L.
   bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon,
   dungeon.


word: I
wordtype: object.
definition:
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the
   word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.


word: Iambic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or
   of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.


word: Iambic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written
   in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.


word: Iambus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long
   one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented
   one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.


word: Ianthina
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various
   species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and
   violet snail.


word: Iatrochemist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A physician who explained or treated diseases upon
   chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.


word: Iatrochemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used
   especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians
   in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the
   proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored
   to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.


word: Iatromathematician
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a school of physicians in Italy, about
   the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of
   mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager
   student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.


word: Ibex
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of wild goats having very large,
   recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.


word: Ibis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the
   family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous
   species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved
   beak, and feed largely on reptiles.


word: -ic
definition:
A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic
   of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.


word: -ic
definition:
A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into
   certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence
   relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends
   in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of
   pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.


word: Ice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by
   cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance,
   crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that
   of water at 4¡ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.


word: Ice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or
   white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.


word: Icebound
wordtype: a.
definition:
Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of
   advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with
   ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.


word: Icelandic
wordtype: n.
definition:
The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the
   Scandinavian group, and is more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any
   other language now spoken.


word: Iceland moss
definition:
A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the
   Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious
   jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a
   demulcent.


word: Iceland spar
definition:
A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is
   obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope,
   because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.


word: Ice plant
definition:
A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with
   pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along
   the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is
   said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in
   making glass.


word: Icequake
wordtype: n.
definition:
The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of
   masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.


word: Ichneumon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and
   family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The
   Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is
   noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as
   various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the
   ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as
   the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted
   for killing the cobra.


word: Ichneumon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonidae, of
   which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.


word: Ichnography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A horizontal section of a building or other object,
   showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground
   plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.


word: Ichthus
wordtype: n.
definition:
In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic
   fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the
   Greek words /, /, / /, /, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.


word: Ichthyology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology
   which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and
   habits.


word: Ichthyornis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the
   American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
   vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well
   developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.


word: Ichthyosauria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including
   Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They
   have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.


word: Ichthyosaurus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named
   from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes.
   Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known
   from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.


word: Icicle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by
   freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.


word: Iconography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or representation by pictures or images; the
   description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons;
   as, the iconography of the ancients.


word: Iconolatry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from
   idolatry, the worship of images themselves.


word: -ics
definition:
A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences,
   systems, etc., as acoustics, mathematics, dynamics, statistics,
   politics, athletics.


word: Id
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus
   idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is
   called orfe in Germany.


word: -ide
definition:
A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative,
   element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride.
   (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any
   one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.


word: Idea
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that
   is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever,
   whether sensible or spiritual.


word: Idea
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by
   the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is
   conceived or thought of.


word: Idea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or
   controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.


word: Idea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rational conception; the complete conception of an object
   when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the
   necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when
   conceived in the abstract.


word: Idea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the
   same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be
   reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived
   by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind
   of the Deity.


word: Idealism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The system or theory that denies the existence of
   material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to
   believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.


word: Idealization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc.,
   in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the
   study of the ideal.


word: Idealize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to
   attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize
   real life.


word: Ideate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea;
   the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.


word: Ideation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas;
   the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of
   sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.


word: Identical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the
   predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject;
   tautological.


word: Identify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a
   manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose
   or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.


word: Identify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same
   with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen
   property.


word: Identism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind,
   and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also
   the system / doctrine of identity.


word: Identity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of being the same with something described
   or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the
   identity of stolen goods.


word: Ideogram
wordtype: n.
definition:
An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of
   hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.


word: Ideographical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas
   by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word
   "nine," but the idea of the number itself.


word: Ideography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or
   in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing,
   etc.


word: Ideologist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or
   idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the
   doctrines of ideology.


word: Ideo-motor
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which
   are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of
   distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in
   speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of
   the sentence.


word: Idioblast
wordtype: n.
definition:
An individual cell, differing greatly from its
   neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.


word: Idiocracy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state
   of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.


word: Idiocy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or
   marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.


word: Idioelectric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties;
   capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric.


word: Idiom
wordtype: n.
definition:
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar
   structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned
   by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the
   logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar
   to a particular author.


word: Idiomatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of
   expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an
   idiomatic phrase.


word: Idiopathical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease
   arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or
   injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic.


word: Idioplasma
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat
   of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary
   transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed
   nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.


word: Idiosyncrasy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or
   temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an
   individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.


word: Idiot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers,
   whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person
   without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an
   innocent.


word: Idiotical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by
   idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or
   action.


word: Idioticon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and
   phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.


word: Idle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often
   followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.


word: Idleness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various
   senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality;
   inactivity; laziness.


word: Idol
wordtype: n.
definition:
An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity
   or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a
   similitude of a false god.


word: Idol
wordtype: n.
definition:
That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively)
   set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved
   or adored.


word: Idolater
wordtype: n.
definition:
A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to
   images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who
   worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.


word: Mechitarist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic
   Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.


word: Mechoacan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to
   be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan);
   -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.


word: Meconic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium;
   specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in
   opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.


word: Meconidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow
   amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.


word: Meconidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus
   Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa,
   but remains attached by a pedicel.


word: Meconin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid,
   existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also
   erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an
   alkaloid.


word: Meconinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in
   opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.


word: Medal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a
   device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or
   an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.


word: Medallion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet
   bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.


word: Meddle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or
   impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with
   another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's
   property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.


word: Meddler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with
   things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.


word: Media
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of
   their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between
   the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, /
   (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes
   soft mute.


word: Mediaevalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to
   the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the
   Middle Ages.


word: Mediaevalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history
   of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the
   Middle Ages.


word: Median
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a
   bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs
   and parts; as, median coverts.


word: Mediant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third above the keynote; -- so called because it
   divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.


word: Mediastinum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the
   pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax
   into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of
   the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives
   passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.


word: Mediate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument;
   not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening
   agent or condition.


word: Mediate
wordtype: a.
definition:
To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each,
   esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to
   mediate between nations.


word: Mediate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about
   as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.


word: Mediately
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent;
   not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.


word: Mediation
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act of mediating; action or relation of anything
   interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument;
   interposition; intervention.


word: Mediation
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance,
   with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.


word: Mediatize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to act through an agent or to hold a
   subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the
   annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to
   a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his
   rank.


word: Mediator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between
   parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an
   intercessor.


word: Medic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is
   the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.


word: Medical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of
   healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical
   profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical
   jurisprudence.


word: Medicinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having curative or palliative properties; used for the
   cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures,
   plants, or springs.


word: Medicommissure
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large transverse commissure in the third
   ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.


word: Medina epoch
definition:
A subdivision of the Niagara period in the American
   upper Silurian, characterized by the formations known as the Oneida
   conglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Mediostapedial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear
   which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the
   columella.


word: Meditate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell
   on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to
   reflect.


word: Meditation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the
   turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation;
   reflection; musing.


word: Medium
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which lies in the middle, or between other things;
   intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or
   degree; mean.


word: Medium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one
   thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The
   condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of
   motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished,
   conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism,
   spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being
   is said to be manifested and transmitted.


word: Medium
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate;
   medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.


word: Medlar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the
   fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a
   bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and
   it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.


word: Medley
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients,
   usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used
   contemptuously.


word: Medoc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from
   the district of Medoc in the department of Gironde.


word: Medulla
wordtype: n.
definition:
The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ
   or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney;
   specifically, the medula oblongata.


word: Medullin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or
   pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose.


word: Medusa
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed
   into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into
   stone.


word: Medusoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a
   medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile
   gonophores of hydroids.


word: Meek
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated;
   patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing;
   submissive.


word: Meek
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized
   by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.


word: Meerschaum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough
   when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of
   magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into
   tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact
   with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against,
   front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and
   overtaking.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to
   encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship
   met opposing winds and currents.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come into the presence of without contact; to come
   close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or
   recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or
   persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the
   ear.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal
   acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid
   sight; he met his fate.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to
   satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets
   the demand.


word: Meet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in
   contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to
   join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met
   in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.


word: Meet
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for
   the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.


word: Meeting
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday;
   -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the
   worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.


word: Meetinghouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in
   England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.


word: Megalo-
definition:
A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million
   meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.


word: Megafarad
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the larger measures of electrical capacity,
   amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.


word: Megalethoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed
   through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined
   with the stereoscope.


word: Megalocyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the
   ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in
   profound anaemia.


word: Megalops
wordtype: n.
definition:
A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the
   development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal
   appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes
   are large. Also used adjectively.


word: Megaphone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given
   direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear
   trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.


word: Megapode
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
   birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and
   other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.


word: Megascope
wordtype: n.
definition:
A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for
   throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or
   artificial light being used.


word: Megaseme
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the orbital index relatively large; having the
   orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.


word: Megasthene
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a group which includes the higher orders of
   mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.


word: Megatherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the
   ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.


word: Megatheroid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a family of extinct edentates found in America.
   The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.


word: Megilph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish,
   used by artists as a vehicle for colors.


word: Megrim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by
   unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild
   form of apoplexy.


word: Melamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several
   cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, --
   formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called
   also cyanuramide.


word: Melampyrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because
   found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.


word: Melanaemia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid condition in which the blood contains black
   pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood
   corpuscles.


word: Melancholia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme
   depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over
   one particular subject or train of ideas.


word: Melancholy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a
   considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.


word: Melancholy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection;
   calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.


word: Melaniline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially
   (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white,
   crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.


word: Melanin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the
   skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells
   of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer
   layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from
   the decomposition of hemoglobin.


word: Melanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin
   or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.


word: Melanochroite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red
   color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.


word: Jew
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah;
   after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new
   state; a Hebrew; an Israelite.


word: Jewbush
wordtype: n.
definition:
A euphorbiaceous shrub of the genus Pedilanthus (P.
   tithymaloides), found in the West Indies, and possessing powerful
   emetic and drastic qualities.


word: Jewel
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and
   having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.


word: Jewel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress,
   a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels.


word: Jewfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of
   Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five
   hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous
   brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.


word: Jewish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of
   or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.


word: Jew's-ear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, /
   Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.


word: Jew's-harp
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of music, which, when placed between the
   teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a
   sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump.


word: Jharal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wild goat (Capra Jemlaica) which inhabits the loftiest
   mountains of India. It has long, coarse hair, forming a thick mane on
   its head and neck.


word: Jib
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from
   the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large
   vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib;
   etc.


word: Jibe
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one
   side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter.
   See Gybe.


word: Jig
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and
   having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a
   shield or templet to work to, as in filing.


word: Jigger
wordtype: n. & v.
definition:
One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner
   who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used
   in jigging.


word: Jigger
wordtype: n. & v.
definition:
A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which
   earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.


word: Jigger
wordtype: n. & v.
definition:
A light tackle, consisting of a double and single
   block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the
   purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.


word: Jigging
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a
   jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.


word: Jingle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little
   bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.


word: Jingle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
   verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.


word: Jinnee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil
   spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of
   assuming various forms.


word: Job
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work
   undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a
   thousand dollars.


word: Job
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public transaction done for private profit; something
   performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private
   gain; a corrupt official business.


word: Job
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or
   manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job
   goods.


word: Job
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
   turn public matters to private advantage.


word: Jobber
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who turns official or public business to private
   advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office,
   politics, or intrigue.


word: Jockey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose
   upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.


word: Joe-Pye weed
definition:
A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E.
   purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.


word: Jog
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp.,
   to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention,
   or to warn.


word: Jog
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot;
   to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on,
   sometimes with over.


word: Jog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity
   in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the
   surface of a plane.


word: Joggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as
   to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.


word: Joggle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of
   building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly,
   applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the
   like.


word: Johannes
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars,
   named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted
   into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.


word: Johnnycake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian
   corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked.


word: Johnsonese
wordtype: n.
definition:
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed
   in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting
   classical words.


word: Johnson grass
definition:
A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable
   in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks
   are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba
   grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.


word: Join
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in
   contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to
   add; to append.


word: Join
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To associate one's self to; to be or become connected
   with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to
   join the church.


word: Join
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together;
   to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join;
   two rivers join.


word: Joiner
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining
   pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs,
   etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.


word: Joint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
   united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a
   close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of
   timber; a joint in a pipe.


word: Joint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
   an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a
   node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.


word: Joint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes,
   or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of
   the leg.


word: Joint
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined
   and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin
   joint.


word: Joint
wordtype: a.
definition:
United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not
   solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or
   with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint
   debtor, etc.


word: Joint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to
   prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.


word: Joint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
   joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.


word: Joint-fir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems
   conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are
   about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to
   California.


word: Jointure
wordtype: n.
definition:
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after
   husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.


word: Jointweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum
   articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.


word: Jointworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma
   hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat,
   usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it
   does great damage to the crop.


word: Joist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which
   the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling,
   are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist,
   bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of
   Double-framed floor, under Double, a.


word: Joke
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something
   witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than
   jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.


word: Jolt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
   carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.


word: Jolt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in
   a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as,
   the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the
   passengers.


word: Jonah
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who
   endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.


word: Jongler
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who,
   for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See
   Troubadour.


word: Jonquille
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla),
   allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or
   white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes
   called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.


word: Joseph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's
   riding habit, buttoned down the front.


word: Jostle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to
   elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.


word: Jougs
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in
   Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.


word: Joule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C.
   G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the
   energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a
   resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot
   pounds.


word: Journal
wordtype: a.
definition:
A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and
   grouped statement of the daily transactions.


word: Journal
wordtype: a.
definition:
A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the
   winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.


word: Journal
wordtype: a.
definition:
A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly
   newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing
   events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.


word: Journal
wordtype: a.
definition:
That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle,
   spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle
   box.


word: Journalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The periodical collection and publication of current
   news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or
   newspapers; as, political journalism.


word: Journalist
wordtype: n.
definition:
The conductor of a public journal, or one whose
   business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other
   professional writer for a periodical.


word: Journalistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained
   in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic
   literature or enterprise.


word: Journeyman
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now,
   commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished
   from apprentice and from master workman.


word: Jovial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious;
   characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial
   company; a jovial poem.


word: Jovinianist
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of
   the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the
   asceticism of his time.


word: Joy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or
   expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by
   success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of
   possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits;
   delight.


word: Joyous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy;
   with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.


word: Jubilate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the
   introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the
   words, "Jubilate Deo."


word: Jubilee
wordtype: n.
definition:
Every fiftieth year, being the year following the
   completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the
   slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been
   alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners.


word: Jubilee
wordtype: n.
definition:
The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary
   of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of
   the American Board of Missions.


word: Jubilee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at
   stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of
   twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the
   sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of
   granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the
   eucharist.


word: Judaize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of
   the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism.


word: Judaizer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically,
   pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered
   to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.


word: Judas
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous
   person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear
   and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between
   parties in courts held for that purpose.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient
   to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of
   anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and
   readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed,
   etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse
   race.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military
   powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.


word: Judge
wordtype: a.
definition:
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a
   judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.


word: Judge
wordtype: a.
definition:
To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in
   judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon
   others. See Judge, v. t., 3.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations
   and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to
   determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.


word: Judge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a
   court, or a controversy between two parties.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of judging; the operation of the mind,
   involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the
   values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual
   concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by
   careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments
   he forfeited confidence.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The power or faculty of performing such operations
   (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding
   rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a
   politician without judgment.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is
   conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or
   sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or sentence of God as
   the judge of all.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas
   which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of
   ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may
   be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of
   concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two
   judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as
   analytic, synthetic, and identical.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
That power or faculty by which knowledge dependent
   upon comparison and discrimination is acquired. See 2.


word: Judgment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of
   recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.


word: Judicatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing
   justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.


word: Judicature
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or profession of those employed in the
   administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of
   justice.


word: Judicial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a
   judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice;
   sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial
   proceedings; a judicial sale.


word: Judicial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from
   legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.


word: Judiciary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal
   tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.


word: Judiciary
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of government in which judicial power is
   vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken
   collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the
   judiciary.


word: Judicious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound
   judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet.


word: Jug
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly
   and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.


word: Juglandin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green
   shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used medicinally as an
   alterative, and also as a black hair dye.


word: Juglans
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of valuable trees, including the true walnut of
   Europe, and the America black walnut, and butternut.


word: Juglone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone,
   extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called
   also nucin.


word: Jugular
wordtype: a.
definition:
One of the large veins which return the blood from the
   head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an
   internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein.


word: Jugular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of
   the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes
   (Jugulares).


word: Juice
wordtype: n.
definition:
The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal
   substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the
   fluid part which separates from meat in cooking.


word: Jujube
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several
   Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus
   Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z.
   Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the
   ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.


word: Julep
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other
   spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; --
   called also mint julep.


word: Jumble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together
   without order; -- often followed by together or up.


word: Jump
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of
   the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to
   bound; to leap.


word: Jumper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners
   which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.


word: Jumper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic
   Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent
   convulsions.


word: Juncaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of. pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of
   plants (Juncaceae), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.


word: Junco
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species
   of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.


word: Junction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union;
   combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments;
   the junction of paths.


word: Junction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place or point of union, meeting, or junction;
   specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or
   cross.


word: Juncture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a
   joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the
   bones.


word: Juncture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by
   a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.


word: Jungermannia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed,
   but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes
   therefore called Jungermanniaceae.


word: Jungle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.;
   an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation,
   as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.


word: Junior
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior
   partner; junior counsel; junior captain.


word: Junior
wordtype: a.
definition:
Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing;
   as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class.
   See Junior, n., 2.


word: Junior
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in
   American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the
   fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one
   in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years'
   course.


word: Junk
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets,
   mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling
   the seams of ships.


word: Junk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge
   masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays,
   etc., in navigating their waters.


word: Junket
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; --
   sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the
   public cost.


word: June
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the
   goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.


word: Junto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or
   politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a
   cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.


word: Jupiter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be
   the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.


word: Jupiter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and
   the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It
   revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028
   from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity.


word: Juppon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
   century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.


word: Jurassic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided
   in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from
   certain rocks of the Jura mountains.


word: Jurat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature
   of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England.


word: Jurat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit,
   or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in
   English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed.


word: Jura-trias
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in
   which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear
   to be blended.


word: Jurel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
   (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food
   fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack,
   skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel.
   Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.


word: Juridical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the
   distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law;
   legal; as, juridical law.


word: Jurisconsult
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man learned in the civil law; an expert in
   juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.


word: Jurisdiction
wordtype: a.
definition:
The legal power, right, or authority of a particular
   court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute
   justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as,
   certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are
   within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the
   limits of its authority or commission.


word: Jurisdiction
wordtype: a.
definition:
The authority of a sovereign power to govern or
   legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of
   exercising authority.


word: Jurisdiction
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sphere of authority; the limits within which any
   particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a
   court has authority.


word: Jurisprudence
wordtype: a.
definition:
The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the
   laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for
   the due administration of justice.


word: Jurist
wordtype: a.
definition:
One who professes the science of law; one versed in the
   law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international
   law.


word: Jury
wordtype: a.
definition:
A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law,
   impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to
   render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced.
   See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.


word: Jury
wordtype: a.
definition:
A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes
   at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first
   prize.


word: Jussi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an
   unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.


word: Just
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing
   wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous;
   honest; true; -- said both of persons and things.


word: Just
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety;
   conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard;
   exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just
   inference.


word: Just
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or
   time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.


word: Justice
wordtype: a.
definition:
The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of
   righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral
   obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in
   the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.


word: Justice
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and
   in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit;
   honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of
   a judgment; historical justice.


word: Justice
wordtype: a.
definition:
The rendering to every one his due or right; just
   treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which
   is due to one's conduct or motives.


word: Justice
wordtype: a.
definition:
A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and
   decide controversies and administer justice.


word: Justification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of justifying or the state of being
   justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law,
   justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments
   in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits
   justification.


word: Justification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason
   why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to
   answer.


word: Justification
wordtype: n.
definition:
Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it
   exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place;
   also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.


word: Justify
wordtype: a.
definition:
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or
   defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.


word: Justify
wordtype: a.
definition:
To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove
   to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to
   exonerate; to clear.


word: Justify
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing;
   to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.


word: Justly
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or
   propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately.


word: Justness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being just; conformity to truth,
   propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness;
   fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a
   description or representation; the justness of a cause.


word: Jute
wordtype: n.
definition:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus
   olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much
   used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.


word: Jutes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of
   which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.


word: Juvia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia
   excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.


word: Juxtaposition
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A placing or being placed in nearness or
   contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.


word: Junold
wordtype: a.
definition:
See Gimmal.
   K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal
   consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which
   used the letter but little except in the early period of the language.
   It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a
   Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian.
   Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).


word: Kafal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron,
   which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.


word: Kafir
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen,
   inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony,
   the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between
   Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.


word: Kagu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus),
   native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the
   feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black,
   and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.


word: Kahau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of
   Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the
   under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the
   top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis
   monkey.


word: Kainite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride
   and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in
   Prussian Saxony.


word: Kairine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from
   quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.


word: Kaiser
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King
   William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in
   1871.


word: Kakapo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native
   of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at
   night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has
   large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot,
   night parrot, and night kaka.


word: Kakaralli
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt
   water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and
   barnacle.


word: Kalasie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus).
   It has a tuft of long hair on the head.


word: Kale
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head,
   being nearly the original or wild form of the species.


word: Kaleege
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic
   pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the
   firebacks.


word: Kaleidophone
definition:
An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone,
   consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin
   plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected
   from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes
   produced by the vibrations.


word: Kaleidoscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which
   contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting
   surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in
   an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has
   been much employed in arts of design.


word: Kali
wordtype: n.
definition:
The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --
   considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.


word: Kalmia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
   foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy
   bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.


word: Kalpa
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years.
   At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.


word: Kamala
wordtype: n.
definition:
The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
   (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic,
   and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.


word: Kami
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical
   dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty,
   and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the
   mikado.


word: Kamichi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea,
   cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry,
   which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender,
   hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing.
   Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds,
   it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese
   (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
   also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.


word: Kamptulicon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber,
   gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.


word: Kanchil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T.
   pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent
   islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.


word: Kangaroo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
   family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent
   islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while
   the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo
   (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or
   fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the
   genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus
   Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the
   genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.


word: Kansas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and
   Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of
   Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.


word: Kantian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher;
   conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of
   Immanuel Kant.


word: Kaoline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an
   impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay;
   porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common
   feldspar.


word: Kapelle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's
   chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral.


word: Karaite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the
   Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding
   authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.


word: Karma
wordtype: n.
definition:
One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future
   existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of
   cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.


word: Karpholite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow
   color. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.


word: Karreo
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often
   rise terracelike to considerable elevations.


word: Karyokinesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The indirect division of cells in which, prior to
   division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the
   nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to
   karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally
   the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become
   disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis.
   See Cell development, under Cell.


word: Karyomiton
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the
   nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton,
   or the network in the body of the cell.


word: Karyoplasma
wordtype: n.
definition:
The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell:
   nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the
   cell.


word: Karyostenosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Direct cell division (in which there is first a
   simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure,
   followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of
   nuclear division.


word: Katabolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to katabolism; as, katabolic processes,
   which give rise to substances (katastates) of decreasing complexity and
   increasing stability.


word: Katabolism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive
   metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.


word: Kathetal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two
   sides of a triangle, which include a right angle.


word: Kattinumdoo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A caoutchouc like substance obtained from the milky
   juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement.


word: Katydid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect
   (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United
   States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front
   wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a
   peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did,
   whence the name.


word: Kauri
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara,
   australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar
   resin.


word: Kava
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper,
   from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the
   Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.


word: Kawaka
wordtype: n.
definition:
a New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana),
   having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood.


word: Kayak
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and
   usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses
   a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic
   tribes.


word: Keckle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its
   surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend
   from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.


word: Kedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat,
   dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.


word: Kedge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed
   witch. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.


word: Keel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together,
   extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the
   principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on
   each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a
   combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship.
   See Illust. of Keelson.


word: Keel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from
   Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.


word: Keel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous
   flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See
   Carina.


word: Keeler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding
   materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.


word: Keelhaul
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to
   the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in
   the Dutch and English navies.


word: Keelson
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the
   floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel;
   in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a
   timber ship.


word: Keen
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
   mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen
   features.


word: Keen
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to
   cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
   go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain;
   to detain.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
   maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
   keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records,
   etc. ) in a book.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
   like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
   assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
   intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to
   keep one's word; to keep possession.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
   or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be
   faithful to.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
   to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.


word: Keep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide;
   to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to
   keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep
   out of company, or out reach.


word: Keep
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a
   castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle,
   often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle,
   especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.


word: Mesothelium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium
   cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation
   of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum.


word: Mesotrochal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of
   cilia; -- said of the larvae of certain marine annelids.


word: Mesotype
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite,
   scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype.


word: Mesozoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites,
   including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.


word: Mesozoic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian
   age, or the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of
   Geology.


word: Mesquit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
   America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.


word: Mess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of
   food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also,
   the food given to a beast at one time.


word: Mess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is
   prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval
   service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess.


word: Mess
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a
   situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he
   made a mess of it.


word: Mess
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat
   (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.


word: Message
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made
   in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message.


word: Messenger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or
   written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to
   another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears
   messages.


word: Messenger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two
   ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used
   for heaving in the cable.


word: Messenger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties
   under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate
   of the bankrupt or insolvent.


word: Messidor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating
   from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See
   VendEmiaire.


word: Messuage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and
   curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the
   household.


word: Met-
definition:
A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about,
   reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct
   time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.


word: Met-
definition:
Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence,
   metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.


word: Met-
definition:
That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the
   relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6
   and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-.


word: Met-
definition:
Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said
   of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.


word: Metabolism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process, by which living tissues or cells
   take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive
   material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their
   cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for
   excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the
   digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive
   (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).


word: Metacarpus
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot
   between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See
   Illust. of Artiodactyla.


word: -tre
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point of intersection of a vertical line through the
   center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is
   tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the
   inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the
   body when in equilibrium.


word: Metacetone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O,
   obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called
   because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.


word: Metachrosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power og changing color at will by the expansion
   of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many
   reptiles, fishes, etc.


word: Metacrolein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by
   heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an
   aromatic odor.


word: Metadiscoidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to
   the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been
   derived from a diffused placenta.


word: Metagenesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The change of form which one animal species undergoes
   in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the
   one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence,
   metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual
   means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations.
   Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.


word: Metagraphy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet
   of one language into the possible equivalents of another;
   transliteration.


word: Metal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper,
   whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as
   contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be
   drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of
   both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.


word: Metal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The substance of which anything is made; material; hence,
   constitutional disposition; character; temper.


word: Metalammonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the
   substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen.


word: Metalbumin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous
   fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.


word: Metaldehyde
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and
   obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible
   into the same.


word: Metalepsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The continuation of a trope in one word through a
   succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a
   different kind in one word.


word: Metallic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal;
   resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.


word: Metallic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and
   implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or
   metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.


word: Metalline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance of variable composition, but resembling a
   soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for
   obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.


word: Metallochrome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coloring produced by the deposition of some
   metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by
   depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.


word: Metallography
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of transferring impressions of the grain of
   wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action.


word: Metalloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or
   alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and
   some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to
   be not well defined.


word: Metalloid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Now, one of several elementary substances which in the
   free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce
   acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon,
   phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are
   metalloids.


word: Metallurgy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole
   process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting,
   refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the
   process of extracting metals from their ores.


word: Metalorganic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of
   compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc
   methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.


word: Metamer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance,
   or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has
   three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene.


word: Metamere
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and
   plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a
   vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a
   somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.


word: Metameric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the same elements united in the same proportion
   by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a
   different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and
   ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.


word: Metamorphic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain
   changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original
   deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which
   sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and
   pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.


word: Metamorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being metamorphic; the
   process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less
   recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary
   limestone to marble.


word: Metamorphosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A change in the form or function of a living
   organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the
   metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or
   of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction
   in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external
   form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these
   intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they
   ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union
   of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of
   changes. See Transformation.


word: Metamorphosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The change of material of one kind into another
   through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.


word: Metanauplius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A larval crustacean in a stage following the
   nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.


word: Metantimonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly
   called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained
   as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (HSbO3).


word: Metantimonic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formerly, designating an acid, which is now properly
   called pyroantimonic acid, and analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.


word: Metaphor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transference of the relation between one set of
   objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a
   compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.


word: Metaphorical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor;
   not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a
   metaphorical sense.


word: Metaphosphoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid,
   HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid,
   obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric
   acid.


word: Metaphrase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A verbal translation; a version or translation from one
   language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.


word: Metaphysics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal
   being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its
   abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of
   determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and
   relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being;
   phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first
   principles.


word: Metapophysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular
   processes of some vertebr/; a mammillary process.


word: Metasilicic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the
   removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.


word: Metasomatism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when
   involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to
   serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a
   recrystallization.


word: Metastannic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin
   (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic
   acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.


word: Metastasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells
   or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or
   process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the
   constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of
   organic matter; metabolism.


word: Metastatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a
   metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.


word: Metatarsus
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb
   between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human
   foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Metathesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a
   word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.


word: Metathesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution,
   or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives
   up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a
   metal or base, and forms a salt.


word: Metatungstic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only
   in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or
   pyrotungstic, acid.


word: Metaxylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which
   the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each
   other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid.


word: Metayer
wordtype: a.
definition:
One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of
   its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.


word: Metazoa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass,
   constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are
   metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is
   commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in
   two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly
   all animals except the Protozoa.


word: Metecorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his
   customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and
   faithful service.


word: Metempirics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The concepts and relations which are conceived as
   beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.


word: Metempsychosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at
   the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living
   body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.


word: Metemptosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent
   the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression
   of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the
   proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another
   every 2,400 years.


word: Metencephalon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The posterior part of the brain, including the
   medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.


word: Meteor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in
   the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.


word: Meteoric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
   as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.


word: Meteoroid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small body moving through space, or revolving about
   the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated
   and appear as a meteor.


word: Mandrake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade
   family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a
   man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when
   pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in
   the Mediterranean region.


word: Mandrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to
   hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.


word: Mandrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor
   of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.


word: Mandrill
wordtype: n.
definition:
a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio,
   mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked,
   grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.


word: Manducus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or
   grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.


word: Mane
wordtype: n.
definition:
The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or
   about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion,
   etc. See Illust. of Horse.


word: Man-eater
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh;
   specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti);
   also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon
   human flesh.


word: Maneh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred
   shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.


word: Manes
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead
   ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.


word: Manoeuvre
wordtype: n.
definition:
Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or
   naval evolution, movement, or change of position.


word: Manoeuvre
wordtype: n.
definition:
To perform a movement or movements in military or naval
   tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting
   advantage in attack or defense.


word: Mamgabey
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several African monkeys of the genus
   Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty
   black.


word: Manganese
wordtype: n.
definition:
An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a
   hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily
   oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals
   pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.


word: Manganic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese;
   specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence
   as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.


word: Manganite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray
   manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black
   crystals, also massive.


word: Manganite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide;
   so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.


word: Manganous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of
   manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with
   manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide.


word: Mangel-wurzel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as
   food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary
   beet. See Beet.


word: Manger
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships
   high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running
   over it.


word: Mangle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making
   a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to
   cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.


word: Mangle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining;
   as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.


word: Mangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets,
   tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.


word: Mango
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an
   apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious,
   and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled
   for market.


word: Mangostan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G.
   Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears
   fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of
   which is very delicious food.


word: Mangrove
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.
   Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting
   muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial
   roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems.
   The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent
   plant.


word: Manhole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a
   drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or
   repairing.


word: Mania
wordtype: n.
definition:
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting
   one or many people; as, the tulip mania.


word: Manicate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and
   interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.


word: Manichee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the
   third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as
   the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.


word: Manifest
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent;
   distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to
   the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.


word: Manifest
wordtype: a.
definition:
A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a
   description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be
   exhibited at the customhouse.


word: Manifest
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, --
   usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to
   exhibit.


word: Manifestation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state
   of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding;
   also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the
   manifestation of God's power in creation.


word: Manifesto
wordtype: n. & a.
definition:
A public declaration, usually of a prince,
   sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his
   intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to
   some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the
   purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives.


word: Manifold
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral
   outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.


word: Manikin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other
   material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different
   parts and organs, their relative position, etc.


word: Manilla
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the
   Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.


word: Manilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as
   money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.


word: Manioc
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from
   which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.


word: Maniple
wordtype: a.
definition:
A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive
   of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.


word: Maniple
wordtype: a.
definition:
Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf
   worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the
   Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church
   service.


word: Manipulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat, work, or operate with the hands,
   especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand
   work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.


word: Manipulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To control the action of, by management; as, to
   manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market;
   also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts,
   or election returns.


word: Manipulate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand
   work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in
   scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,
   specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.


word: Manipulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of manipulating, or the state of
   being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands,
   in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.


word: Manipulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Artful management; as, the manipulation of political
   bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception
   or fraud.


word: Manis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular
   scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof.
   They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants.
   Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.


word: Manitu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great
   spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.


word: Manlike
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the
   qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.


word: Manly
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or
   womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.


word: Manna
wordtype: n.
definition:
The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through
   the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.


word: Manna
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes
   blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and
   used as food.


word: Manna
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable
   flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a
   gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F.
   rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.


word: Manna croup
definition:
The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour
   by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for
   puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.


word: Manner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's
   self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.


word: Manner
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having
   the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.


word: Mannerism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a
   characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to
   excess, especially in literature or art.


word: Mannerist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action,
   bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess.
   See citation under Mannerism.


word: Mannheim gold
definition:
A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains
   eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.


word: Mannide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by
   dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into,
   mannitan.


word: Mannite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained
   from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus
   ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.


word: Mannite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp,
   especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.


word: Mannitose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of
   mannite, and closely resembling levulose.


word: Manometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force
   of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing
   the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an
   open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed
   tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic
   or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See
   Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.


word: Manor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as
   a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and
   subsistence of his family.


word: Manor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent
   to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing
   certain stipulated services.


word: Mansard roof
definition:
A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides
   two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.


word: Mansion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:
   Any house of considerable size or pretension.


word: Manslaughter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/
   or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without
   specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.


word: Manstealing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human
   beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.


word: Mantel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast
   in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the
   fireplace, and its supports.


word: Mantelet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is
   sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while
   attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly
   written mantlet.


word: Mantic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one
   inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.


word: Mantilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon
   the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.


word: Mantis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous
   insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for
   their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior
   legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American
   species is M. Carolina.


word: Mantispid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and
   allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively.
   See Illust. under Neuroptera.


word: Mantle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an
   enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing
   envelope.


word: Mantle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane
   of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the
   gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.


word: Mantling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and
   around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.


word: Manual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as,
   manual labor; the king's sign manual.


word: Manual
wordtype: a.
definition:
A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or
   conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the
   Roman Catholic Church.


word: Manual
wordtype: a.
definition:
A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as
   distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.


word: Manual
wordtype: a.
definition:
A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a
   weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of
   the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).


word: Manubrium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment
   of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the
   malleus.


word: Manucode
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New
   Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.


word: Manductor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave
   the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and
   regulated the music.


word: Manufacture
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by
   machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery,
   saddlery, etc.


word: Manufacture
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make (wares or other products) by hand, by
   machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass,
   etc.


word: Manufacture
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into
   suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.


word: Manufacturing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a
   manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.


word: Manul
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored
   fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among
   rocks.


word: Manure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing
   substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying
   animal or vegetable substances, etc.


word: Manyplies
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third division, or that between the reticulum, or
   honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach
   of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous
   folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.


word: Many-sided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence,
   presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a
   many-sided topic.


word: Many-sided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike
   pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.


word: Manzanita
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but
   mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc.,
   with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves,
   and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite
   food of the grizzly bear.


word: Map
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some
   portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented;
   -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the
   celestial sphere, or of some part of it.


word: Map
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which represents graphically a succession of events,
   states, or acts; as, an historical map.


word: Map
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and
   map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or
   indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or
   map out, a journey; to map out business.


word: Maple
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A.
   saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which
   sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by
   evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A.
   dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A.
   Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A.
   campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway
   maple is A. platanoides.


word: Maplike
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the
   maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.


word: Maqui
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes
   strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its
   berries.


word: Mar
wordtype: v.
definition:
To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or
   defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.


word: Mara
wordtype: n.
definition:
A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on
   their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.


word: Marabou
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia),
   esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn
   as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the
   adjutant. See Adjutant.


word: Maranatha
wordtype: n.
definition:
"Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at
   the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This
   word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much
   as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes."
   See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.


word: Maranta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America,
   and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a
   large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)
   arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.


word: Maraschino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and
   flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.


word: Maravedi
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils
   American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish
   gold coin.


word: Marble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable
   of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes.
   The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and
   green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also
   given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd
   antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.


word: Marble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art,
   or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works;
   as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.


word: Marble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance,
   used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game
   played with marbles.


word: Marble
wordtype: n.
definition:
To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to
   marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.


word: Marbleize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover
   with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or
   iron.


word: Marbrinus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble;
   -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.


word: Marc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver,
   used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was
   equal to eight ounces.


word: Marcasite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron
   pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.


word: March
wordtype: n.
definition:
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a
   boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English
   history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between
   England and Scotland, and England and Wales.


word: March
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a
   grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.


word: March
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
   soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops;
   to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause
   to go by peremptory command, or by force.


word: March
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one
   stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.


word: March
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that
   of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward
   movement.


word: March
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
   the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.


word: Merchet
wordtype: n.
definition:
In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord
   of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's
   daughters.


word: Marcionite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century,
   who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and
   imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly
   good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the
   Jewish dispensation.


word: Marcosian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called
   from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.


word: Mardi gras
wordtype: n.
definition:
The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some
   cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.


word: Mare
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a
   sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the
   incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.


word: Mare's-tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's
   tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.


word: Margarin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain
   vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin
   and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination
   of tristearin and teipalmitin.


word: Margate fish
definition:
A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of
   Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.


word: Margay
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico
   to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.


word: Margin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him
   from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial,
   as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.


word: Margosa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in
   India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is
   expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk.
   The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the
   Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of
   China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered
   anthelmintic.


word: Marguerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied
   also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.


word: Marigold
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms,
   especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the
   cultivated species of Tagetes.


word: Marinate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil
   or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.


word: Marine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean,
   or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions
   or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.


word: Marine
wordtype: a.
definition:
A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a
   body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.


word: Marine
wordtype: a.
definition:
The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of
   navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as,
   the mercantile marine.


word: Mariposa lily
definition:
One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous
   herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly
   lily. Most of them are natives of California.


word: Maritime
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with
   the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a
   navy; as, maritime states.


word: Maritime
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to
   navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.


word: Marjoram
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about
   twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly
   aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of
   Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to
   23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred
   pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything;
   esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so
   as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation;
   a token; a trace.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the
   maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a
   traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not
   regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this
   pencil makes a fine mark.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a
   significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent
   impression of one's activity or character.


word: Mark
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are
   placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms.
   The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."


word: Mark
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to
   make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise;
   to mark clothing.


word: Mark
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used
   literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where
   Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.


word: Mark
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or
   any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked
   the floor.


word: Mark
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark
   the points in a game of billiards or cards.


word: Marked
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence;
   noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked
   instance.


word: Market
wordtype: n.
definition:
A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place,
   for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by
   private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in
   the town every week.


word: Market
wordtype: n.
definition:
A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large
   building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp.,
   a place where provisions are sold.


word: Market
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by
   price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the
   demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market
   for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.


word: Market
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell
   in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most
   of the farmes have marketed their crops.


word: Marketable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be
   justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.


word: Markhoor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge
   flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and
   Cashmere.


word: Marking
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or
   marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the
   marking of a bird's plumage.


word: Expressive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative;
   communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his
   gratitude.


word: Expressive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or
   feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive
   looks or words.


word: Expressly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct
   purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.


word: Expropriate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the
   ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.


word: Expropriation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim
   to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary
   rights.


word: Expugn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish;
   as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.


word: Expulsion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary
   removal from membership, association, etc.


word: Expunge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface
   designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words,
   lines, or sentences.


word: Expurgate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive,
   or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.


word: Expurgation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing;
   purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.


word: Exquisite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of
   distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully
   excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.


word: Exquisite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of delicate perception or close and accurate
   discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as,
   exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.


word: Exquisite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external
   appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.


word: Exsect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The removal by operation of a portion of a limb;
   particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a
   joint; the act or process of cutting out.


word: Exsiccation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or
   expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.


word: Exsiccator
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them
   from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed
   to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric
   acid.


word: Exstrophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its
   inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.


word: Extemporaneous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the
   moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore;
   extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.


word: Extempore
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Without previous study or meditation; without
   preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as,
   to write or speak extempore.


word: Extemporize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse
   without special preparation; to make an offhand address.


word: Extemporize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to
   prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or
   unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.


word: Extend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or
   continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord
   across the street.


word: Extend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to
   spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling
   them.


word: Extend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to
   extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend
   power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as,
   to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.


word: Extend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
   satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.


word: Extendible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being extended, susceptible of being
   stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.


word: Extensibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being extensible; the capacity of
   being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of
   metal.


word: Extensible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being extended, whether in length or
   breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the
   opposite of contractible or compressible.


word: Extension
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of extending or the state of being extended;
   a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length;
   increase; augmentation; expansion.


word: Extension
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Capacity of a concept or general term to include a
   greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.


word: Extension
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to
   bring the fragments into the same straight line.


word: Extensive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having wide extent; of much superficial extent;
   expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an
   extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive
   benevolence; extensive greatness.


word: Extensometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the extension of a body,
   especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or
   other material, when subjected to a tensile force.


word: Extensor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of
   the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.


word: Extent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence,
   superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or
   of line; extent of information or of charity.


word: Extent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the
   crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to
   secure payment.


word: Extent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a
   debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.


word: Extenuate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force
   of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills,
   accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.


word: Extenuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of axtenuating or the state of being
   extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating;
   diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of
   punishment.


word: Exterior
wordtype: a.
definition:
External; outward; pertaining to that which is external;
   -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.


word: Exterior
wordtype: a.
definition:
External; on the outside; without the limits of;
   extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within,
   or in his mind.


word: Exterminate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to
   annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a
   nation; to exterminate error or vice.


word: Extermination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exterminating; total destruction;
   eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes,
   of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.


word: External
wordtype: a.
definition:
Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body;
   being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the
   external form or surface of a body.


word: External
wordtype: a.
definition:
Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations;
   as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or
   kingdom.


word: External
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something external or without; outward part; that which
   makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; --
   usually in the plural.


word: Externalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals
   only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism;
   phenomenalism.


word: Externe
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing
   in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.


word: Extinction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting
   an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life,
   activity, influence, etc.


word: Extinction
wordtype: n.
definition:
State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be;
   destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a
   quarrel, of claim.


word: Extinguish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to
   stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to
   extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.


word: Extinguisher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow
   cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or
   candle.


word: Extinguishment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or
   quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression;
   destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of
   discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.


word: Extirpate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to
   eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to
   extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to
   extirpate error or heresy.


word: Extirpation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of
   being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the
   extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of
   men, of heresy.


word: Extol
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify;
   as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.


word: Extort
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force,
   menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or
   ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to
   exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort
   confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.


word: Extortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting
   anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise
   of power; undue exaction; overcharge.


word: Extortion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims
   and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due,
   or more than is due, or before it is due.


word: Extra-
definition:
A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often
   used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides,
   or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.


word: Extra
wordtype: a.
definition:
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary;
   additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as,
   extra work; extra pay.


word: Extra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something in addition to what is due, expected, or
   customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation,
   or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels
   lights are extras.


word: Extract
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly
   from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract
   a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the
   finger.


word: Extract
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
   mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf.
   Abstract, v. t., 6.


word: Extract
wordtype: n.
definition:
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out
   from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic
   virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any
   substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is
   obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.


word: Extract
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of
   a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an
   abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.


word: Extract
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the
   basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive
   principle.


word: Extract
wordtype: n.
definition:
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the
   proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for
   execution.


word: Extraction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the
   extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump
   from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.


word: Extraction
wordtype: n.
definition:
Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent;
   birth; the stock from which one has descended.


word: Extractive
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by
   extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as
   xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.


word: Extradition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by
   one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.


word: Extrados
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved
   face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.


word: Extrajudicial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or
   judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required.


word: Extraneous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without
   or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate
   gold from extraneous matter.


word: Extraordinary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Beyond or out of the common order or method; not
   usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils;
   extraordinary remedies.


word: Extraordinary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition;
   hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents
   or grandeur.


word: Extraordinary
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in
   the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent
   success.


word: Extrastapedial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear,
   which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes.


word: Extraterritoriality
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fiction by which a public minister, though
   actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the
   territory of his own sovereign or nation.


word: Extravagance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal
   beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess;
   especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense;
   prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination,
   demands.


word: Extravagant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
   as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.


word: Extravagant
wordtype: n.
definition:
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at
   first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon
   law.


word: Extravaganza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed
   to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.


word: Extravasation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of forcing or letting out of its proper
   vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood
   after a rupture of the vessels.


word: Extreme
wordtype: a.
definition:
At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost;
   farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.


word: Extreme
wordtype: a.
definition:
The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest;
   immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme
   folly.


word: Extreme
wordtype: a.
definition:
Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of
   intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.


word: Extreme
wordtype: n.
definition:
Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable;
   hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in
   the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most
   widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue
   and vice; extremes meet.


word: Extremely
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree;
   to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.


word: Extremity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or
   remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.


word: Extremity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering;
   greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.


word: Extricate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to
   disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt,
   peril, etc.


word: Extrication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a
   freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.


word: Extrinsic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not contained in or belonging to a body; external;
   outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.


word: Extrinsic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some
   other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.


word: Extrorse
wordtype: a.
definition:
Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said
   esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.


word: Exuberance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity;
   a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness;
   as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.


word: Exuberant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous;
   rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant
   goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.


word: Exudation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors,
   moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the
   substance exuded.


word: Exult
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to
   rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.


word: Exultation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory,
   or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.


word: Exuviae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts
   of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the
   shells of lobsters, etc.


word: Exuviation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rejecting or casting off of some part, more
   particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans,
   skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.


word: Eyalet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces
   of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.


word: Eyas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from
   the nest, not able to prey for itself.


word: Eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
   generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but
   the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the
   years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous
   ocelli. See Ocellus.


word: Eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
   judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as,
   to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.


word: Eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision;
   hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed
   or confronted; immediate presence.


word: Eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters
   and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when
   used as food, as in the scallop.


word: Eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything,
   to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a
   tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end
   of rope.


word: Eye
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe;
   particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to
   hold in view.


word: Eyebright
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly
   much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.


word: Eyecup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to
   fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid
   remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.


word: Eyed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as
   sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.


word: Eyelet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends
   of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to
   line an eyelet hole.


word: Eyelid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with
   which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.


word: Eyepiece
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a
   telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed
   by the mirror or object glass is viewed.


word: Eye-splice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and
   fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under
   Splice.


word: Eye-spot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates,
   consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.


word: Eyestone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum
   of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a
   foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the
   eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner,
   bringing with it the substance.


word: Eyra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to
   Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but
   with a more slender body and shorter legs.


word: Eysell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Same as Eisel.
   F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal
   consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed
   the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of
   English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the
   Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically
   f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte;
   E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit,
   brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178,
   179, 188, 198, 230.


word: F
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of
   C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.


word: Fabian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,
   Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a
   decisive contest.


word: Fable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a
   fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept;
   an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.


word: Fabric
wordtype: n.
definition:
The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of
   a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful
   fabric.


word: Fabric
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either
   vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.


word: Fabricate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame;
   to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.


word: Fabrication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing;
   construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church,
   or a government.


word: Fabulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
   invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous
   hero.


word: Fac
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at
   the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book.


word: Facade
wordtype: n.
definition:
The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having
   some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its
   facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which
   presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or
   surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a
   spectator.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen
   from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one
   of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley;
   the principal flat surface of a part or object.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to
   end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes,
   cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or
   confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face
   of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or
   against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of,
   directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which
   work is progressing or was last done.


word: Face
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other
   mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for
   discount.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or
   to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to
   encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front
   toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the
   park.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put
   a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as,
   to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with better, or better appearing, material than
   the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box
   of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.


word: Face
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress
   the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or
   smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical
   surface.


word: Faser
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or
   stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.


word: Facies
wordtype: n.
definition:
The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of
   species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.


word: Facile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty,
   austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.


word: Facilitate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make easy or less difficult; to free from
   difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the
   execution of a task.


word: Facility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being easily performed; freedom from
   difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.


word: Facility
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or
   use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing
   works of art.


word: Facility
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which promotes the ease of any action or course of
   conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as,
   special facilities for study.


word: Facing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an
   exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea
   wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed
   surface.


word: Facing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The finishing of any face of a wall with material different
   from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material
   so used.


word: Facing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect.,
   applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to
   give a fine smooth surface to the casting.


word: Facing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the
   right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl.


word: Facsimile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or
   so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or
   likeness.


word: Fact
wordtype: n.
definition:
An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes
   to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.


word: Fact
wordtype: n.
definition:
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing;
   sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning,
   for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or
   asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.


word: Faction
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the divisions or parties of charioteers
   (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.


word: Faction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A party, in political society, combined or acting in
   union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to
   a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or
   clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests,
   especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.


word: Factious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise
   dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent;
   seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of
   persons.


word: Factious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction;
   indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or
   expressions; as, factious quarrels.


word: Factitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by
   nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or
   conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not
   natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.


word: Factitive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the
   act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but
   produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water
   wine.


word: Factor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a
   substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and
   transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or
   consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and
   sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and
   control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.


word: Factor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which
   contribute to produce a result; a constituent.


word: Factorage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for
   his services; -- called also a commission.


word: Factorial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to the factors of a continued product when
   the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by
   successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the
   independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . .
   F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take
   the name of factorials.


word: Factorize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose
   hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the
   effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the
   defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the
   plaintiff.


word: Factory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A house or place where factors, or commercial agents,
   reside, to transact business for their employers.


word: Factory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to
   the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in
   fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton
   factory.


word: Facture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used
   of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.


word: Faculae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the
   sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They
   are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are
   supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere.


word: Faculty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated;
   capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power
   or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity;
   psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of
   soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment
   or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul.


word: Faculty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence,
   to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation.


word: Faculty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is
   granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a
   university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom
   was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the
   department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a
   profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.


word: Faculty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The body of person to whom are intrusted the government
   and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its
   departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college.


word: Fade
wordtype: a.
definition:
To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to
   perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.


word: Fade
wordtype: a.
definition:
To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in
   hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.


word: Fag
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
   for another, as in some English schools.


word: Fagend
wordtype: n.
definition:
An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the
   coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.


word: Fagot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used
   for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in
   fortification; a fascine.


word: Fagot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into
   bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.


word: Fagotto
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts
   for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.


word: Faham
wordtype: n.
definition:
The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands
   of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese
   tea.


word: Fahrenheit
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel
   Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to
   Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in
   any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in
   the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply;
   to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
   deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
   etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
   be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill
   expectation.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
   be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to
   become bankrupt or insolvent.


word: Fail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
   superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.


word: Failing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure;
   deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a
   mental failing.


word: Failure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing;
   deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.


word: Faint
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous;
   cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."


word: Faint
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the
   senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a
   faint color, or sound.


word: Faint
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner;
   not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts;
   faint resistance.


word: Faint
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to
   lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental
   functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.


word: Fainthearted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily
   discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.


word: Fainting
wordtype: n.
definition:
Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden
   arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the
   respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.


word: Faints
wordtype: n.pl.
definition:
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the
   distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints,
   and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This
   crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.


word: Fair
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious;
   favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky;
   a fair day.


word: Fair
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed;
   unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a
   fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.


word: Fair
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth;
   fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water
   lines, and other lines.


word: Fair
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or
   candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; --
   said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a
   fair statement.


word: Fair
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular
   place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by
   special appointment, for trade.


word: Fair
wordtype: n.
definition:
A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for
   some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair.


word: Fair
wordtype: n.
definition:
A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not
   primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an
   agricultural fair.


word: Fairness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as
   of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.


word: Fairway
wordtype: n.
definition:
The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which
   vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept
   open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.


word: Fair-weather
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances
   involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage.


word: Fairy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to
   assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to
   meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and
   Demon.


word: Faith
wordtype: n.
definition:
Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is
   declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and
   veracity; reliance on testimony.


word: Faith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of
   another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm
   and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in
   regard to important moral truth.


word: Faith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture
   narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes
   called historical and speculative faith.


word: Faith
wordtype: n.
definition:
The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a
   practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate
   belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character
   and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical,
   evangelical, or saving faith.


word: Faith
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is believed on any subject, whether in science,
   politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious
   belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially,
   the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also,
   the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.


word: Faithful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe,
   especially in the declarations and promises of God.


word: Faithful
wordtype: a.
definition:
True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person
   to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as
   to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty;
   loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.


word: Faithful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot
   fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.


word: Faithless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious;
   trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or
   a wife.


word: Fake
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
   lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.


word: Fake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately
   in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight
   form,, to prevent twisting when running out.


word: Fake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear
   better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning
   his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.


word: Falanaka
wordtype: n.
definition:
A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii),
   allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.


word: Falcade
wordtype: n.
definition:
The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his
   haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick
   curvets.


word: Falcated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a
   falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or
   crescent-formed.


word: Falchion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and
   lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.


word: Falchion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given generally and poetically to a sword,
   especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.


word: Falciform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a
   reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.


word: Falcon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds,
   characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful
   flight.


word: Falcon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a
   toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus
   trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.


word: Falconer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or
   game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.


word: Faldage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for
   sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often
   reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.


word: Faldstool
wordtype: n.
definition:
A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in
   the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a
   bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to
   descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls;
   the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent
   posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a
   tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;
   -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose
   strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to
   become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight,
   value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two
   points.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded;
   to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to
   apostatize; to sin.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be
   worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into
   difficulties.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or
   appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our
   spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state
   of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion;
   to fall in love; to fall into temptation.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution,
   inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the
   kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.


word: Fall
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded
   expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of
   gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he
   was walking on ice, and had a fall.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
   termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the
   fall of the Roman empire.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as,
   the fall of prices; the fall of rents.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down
   a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the
   singular; as, the falls of Niagara.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean,
   or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the
   water of a stream has a fall of five feet.


word: Fall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically:
   The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the
   forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.


word: Marl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a
   pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.


word: Marl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime,
   clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly
   designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.


word: Marlin
wordtype: n.
definition:
The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied
   also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).


word: Marline
wordtype: v.
definition:
A small line composed of two strands a little twisted,
   used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being
   weakened by fretting.


word: Marlstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated
   with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.


word: Marmalade
wordtype: n.
definition:
A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as
   the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought
   to a jamlike consistence.


word: Marmoration
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of
   marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.


word: Marmoratum opus
definition:
A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of
   plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.


word: Marmoset
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small South American
   monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have
   long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as
   pets. Called also squirrel monkey.


word: Marmot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European
   marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the
   higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European
   species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.


word: Marmot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers
   of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.


word: Marmottes oil
definition:
A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus
   brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.


word: Maronite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic
   language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria.
   They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.


word: Maroon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a
   scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.


word: Marque
wordtype: n.
definition:
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary
   of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.


word: Marquis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next
   below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty
   was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has
   ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.


word: Marriage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of marrying, or the state of being married;
   legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;
   wedlock; matrimony.


word: Marron
wordtype: a.
definition:
A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong
   twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to
   make a noise like a cannon.


word: Marrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the
   medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the
   smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.


word: Marrowbone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones
   or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.


word: Marry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony
   of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a
   woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.


word: Marry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife,
   or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.


word: Marry
wordtype: interj.
definition:
Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to
   have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.


word: Mars
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order
   from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about
   4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000
   miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.


word: Marsdenia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody
   climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish
   valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.


word: Marseilles
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are
   formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming
   double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in
   Marseilles, France.


word: Marsh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
   wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.


word: Marshal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of
   ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like


word: Marshal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and
   provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.


word: Marshal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other
   assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.


word: Marshal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient
   times, to regulate combats in the lists.


word: Marshal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial
   district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of
   the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a
   sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers
   of a city.


word: Marshal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings
   on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an
   achievement.


word: Marshalsea
wordtype: n.
definition:
The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in
   Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.


word: Marsh marigold
definition:
A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris),
   growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United
   States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.


word: Marsipobranchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes,
   characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous
   skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws.
   It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.
   Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.


word: Marsupialia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the
   mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the
   opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the
   corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their
   young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young
   for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called
   also Marsupiata.


word: Marsupiate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with
   a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and
   Crustacea.


word: Marsupium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen,
   in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in
   other animals, as certain Crustacea.


word: Martel de fer
definition:
A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of
   the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break
   armor.


word: Martello tower
definition:
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually
   erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a
   traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.


word: Marten
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus
   Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species
   are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine
   marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana),
   which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.


word: Martin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
   less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.


word: Martinet
wordtype: n.
definition:
In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in
   general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of
   discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.


word: Martingal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his
   fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two
   rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the
   head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.


word: Martingal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying
   jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also,
   the dolphin striker itself.


word: Martingal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been
   lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically
   derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.


word: Martlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to
   represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.


word: Martyr
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the
   gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the
   first Christian martyr.


word: Martyr
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is
   of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a
   cause.


word: Martyr
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp.
   Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.


word: Martyrdom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the
   suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or
   to any cause.


word: Mascagnite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic
   districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.


word: Mascotte
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the
   household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.


word: Masculine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or
   characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong;
   robust.


word: Masculine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the inflections of, or construed with, words
   pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine
   and neuter. See Gender.


word: Mash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by
   beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
   Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat,
   corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and
   stirred in hot water for making the wort.


word: Mash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by
   beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill,
   or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt,
   or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.


word: Mask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or
   protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.


word: Mask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where
   all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive
   show.


word: Mask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the
   actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.


word: Mask
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other
   prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called
   also mascaron.


word: Mask
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
   against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.


word: Mask
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or
   a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being
   carried out.


word: Masked
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in
   color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.


word: Mason
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also,
   one who prepares stone for building purposes.


word: Mason
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over,
   etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to
   mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.


word: Masonry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of
   the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.
   Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.


word: Masoola boat
definition:
A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The
   planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a
   wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach
   through surf is much reduced.


word: Masora
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew
   Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of
   Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.


word: Masquerade
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing
   themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.


word: Masquerade
wordtype: n.
definition:
Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of
   something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.


word: Mass
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as
   a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the
   Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the
   Benedictus.


word: Mass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one
   body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make
   one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore,
   metal, sand, or water.


word: Mass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump,
   of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.


word: Mass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective
   body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.


word: Massacre
wordtype: n.
definition:
The killing of a considerable number of human beings
   under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages
   of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.


word: Massacre
wordtype: n.
definition:
To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can
   not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity,
   and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; --
   limited to the killing of human beings.


word: Massicot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous
   powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge;
   lead ocher. It is used as a pigment.


word: Massive
wordtype: a.
definition:
In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure,
   but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.


word: Massy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk
   and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as,
   a massy shield; a massy rock.


word: Mast
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set
   upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc.
   A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron
   bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.


word: Mastax
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny
   pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei,
   or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.


word: Master
wordtype: n.
definition:
A male person having another living being so far subject to
   his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; --
   formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The
   employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom
   an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a
   chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a
   household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male
   teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony
   or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a
   dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
   supernatural being.


word: Master
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has attained great skill in the use or application
   of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.


word: Master
wordtype: n.
definition:
A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister,
   except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually
   abbreviated to Mr.


word: Master
wordtype: n.
definition:
The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called
   captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above
   ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who
   had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.


word: Master
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person holding an office of authority among the
   Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a
   similar office in other civic societies.


word: Master
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To become the master of; to subject to one's will,
   control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.


word: Gazelle
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of
   antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel,
   corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster
   and soft expression of their eyes.


