‖n. [ F.., fem. of accoucher. ] A midwife. [ Recent ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aculei [ L., dim. of acus needle. ] 1. (Bot.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A sting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alvei [ L. ] The channel of a river. Weate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; one who breathes, &unr_; to breathe. ] (Zool.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. ancon elbow. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. archēus, Gr. 'archai^os ancient, primeval, fr. 'archh` beginning. See Archi-, pref. ] The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit., a female sweeper. ] A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect; a cradle song. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. caduceum, caduceus; akin to Gr. &unr_; a herald's wand, fr. &unr_; herald. ] (Myth.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. causer to talk. ] A kind of sofa for two persons. A tête-à-tête. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fem. of chauffeur. ] A woman chauffeur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Clypei [ L., a shield. ] (Zool.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; grain, seed + &unr_; bone. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman hairdresser. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a sheath; -- referring to the manner in which the stamens are united. ] (Bot.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-&ebreve_;z), L. Coryphei [ L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. koryfh` head. ] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

That noted corypheus [ Dr. John Owen ] of the Independent faction. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Med.) An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. danser to dance. ] A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; a. See Deuce, Deuced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
Syn. -- genus Eleusine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Eleusinius, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., an implanting, fr. &unr_; to plant or improve land; &unr_; in + &unr_; to plant. ] (Rom. Law) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; to breathe. ] (Zoöl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the family Erinaceidae, composed of hedgehogs.
Syn. -- genus Erinaceus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574. ] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eustachian catheter, a tubular instrument to be introduced into the Eustachian tube so as to allow of inflation of the middle ear through the nose or mouth. --
Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. --
Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; with pillars at the best distances; e'y^ well + &unr_; pillar: cf. F. eustyle. ] (Arch.) See Intercolumnlation. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The Marxian socialism and programme of reform through revolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules Basile Guesde 1845- ). -- Guesd"ist n. & a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖ n. [ NL. See Gluteal. ] (Anat.) Any of several muscles in the buttocks of man and most mammals, especially the great muscle of the buttock (the gluteus maximus); also, the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ In man, the gluteus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) Same as Glutæus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to roll up. ] (Med.) A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac passion or iliac passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of tropical American cacti, usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.
Syn. -- genus Lemaireocereus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. Carolus Linnaeus, also called Karl von Linné. Born at Råshult, Småland, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala, Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778. A celebrated Swedish botanist and naturalist, founder of the Linnean system in botany. He made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands 1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany) at Upsala in 1741. Among his works are “Systema naturæ” (1735), “Fundamenta botanica” (1736), “Genera plantarum” (1737), “Flora lapponica” (1737), “Philosophia botanica” (1751), and “Species plantarum” (1753). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

‖n.; pl. Mallei [ L., hammer. See Mall a beetle. ] 1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Masseuses /plu>. [ F. ] A woman who practices massage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. 1. A European river, flowing into the North Sea.
Syn. -- Meuse River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.
Syn. -- Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.
Syn. -- Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne operation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. mitrailler to fire grapeshot, fr. mitraille old iron, grapeshot, dim. of OF. mite a mite. ] (Mil.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. Morfey`s prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. morfh` form, shape. ] (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Nucleuses L. Nuclei [ L., a kernel, dim. fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf. Newel post. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The body or the head of a comet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) (a) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue. (b) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biol.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a eukaryotic cell, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents, which contains the chromosomal genetic material, including the chromosomal DNA. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The nucleus is sometimes termed the endoplast or endoblast, and in the protozoa is supposed to be concerned in the female part of the reproductive process. See Karyokinesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell. (b) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum. (c) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of North American deer.
Syn. -- genus Odocoileus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ L. Orpheus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Myth.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + nucleus. ] (Biol.) Some as Nucleolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Classical Mythology) A king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he was the son of Aeachus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ L., from Gr. Persey`s. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖n. m. ‖n. f. } [ F. ] One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]