a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;. &unr_;. a short cloak. ] (Zool.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + chlorine. ] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation. See also anti-inflammatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not inflammable; 'a priv. + &unr_; set on fire. See Phlogiston. ] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; from + &unr_; full of phlegm. See Phlegmatic. ] (Med.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. -- n. An apophlegmatic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, Galen. ] 1. (Med.) The action of apophlegmatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apophlegmatic. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impossible to be approached. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. archiluth, It. arciliuto. ] (Mus.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. ascheler, achiler, OF. aiseler, fr. aiselle, dim. of ais plank, fr. L. axis, assis, plank, axle. See Axle. ] 1. (Masonry) (a) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. athleta, Gr. &unr_; prizefighter, fr. &unr_; to contend for a prize, &unr_;, Hom. &unr_;, contest, &unr_; prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athlète. ] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. athleticus, Gr. &unr_;. See Athlete. ] 1. Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts. “Athletic soundness.” South. -- Ath*let"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aurum + chloride. ] (Chem.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shameless; unblushing. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel; -- of a shore or shoreline. Opposite of cliffy. [ Narrower terms: gravelly, pebbly, shingly ]
Syn. -- beachy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Heb. bēth-lekhem house of food; bēth house + lekhem food, lākham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam. ] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + chloride. ] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in two months. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + monthly. ] Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. A bimonthly publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of mean extraction. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without blemish; spotless. [ 1913 Webster ]

A life in all so blemishless. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having no limbs. Opposite of limbed.
Syn. -- limbless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. lacking a bough or boughs. Opposite of boughed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a boyish manner; like a boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Branch + -let. ] A little branch; a twig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Dead; as, a breathless body. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a breathless manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being breathless or out of breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A firearm which receives its load at the breech. [ 1913 Webster ]

For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber. Rep. Sec. War (1860). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ German: end of burning. ] (Rocketry) the time at which the engines of a rocket stop firing; the termination of the firing of the rocket engines, whether due to intentional shutdown of the engines or exhaustion of the fuel. This term was used mostly in the early days of rocketry when only one firing sequence occurred for rockets, which were used as ballistic missiles or for experiments in rocketry or atmospheric science. [ PJC ]

n. a genus of grasses comprising buffalo grass.
Syn. -- genus Buchloe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) See Bulbul. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From A. Ch. Boule, a French carver in wood. ] Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [ Written also boule, boulework. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from bushes; bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Chich + -ling. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. chlamydatus dressed in a military cloak. See Chlamys. ] (Zool.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a coccoid rickettsia which may infect birds and mammals; it causes infections of eyes and lungs and the genitourinary tract. [ WordNet 1.5 ]