n. [ L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet. ] 1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abecedarian psalms,
hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the order comprising sea anemones.
Syn. -- order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any sea anemone or related animal.
Syn. -- actinia, actinian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius. ] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agrarius, fr. ager field. ] 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agrarian law. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

n. [ LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. 'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches. ] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. opposed to authoritarian government. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

a. Good against malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Antiquary ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An antiquary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An admirer of antiquity. [ Used by Milton in a disparaging sense. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an aquarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. (assumed) Aquarianus, fr. aqua: cf. F. Aquarien. See Aqua. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Araucania, a territory south of Chili. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
Syn. -- family Araucariaceae, araucaria family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. L. aër. See Air. ] (Mus.) An air or song; a melody; a tune. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Italian term is now mostly used for the more elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a single voice, in operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, etc., and not so much for simple airs or tunes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Ethnol.) See Aryan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Arianus. ] Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n. One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius. Mosheim. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of the Arians. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert to Arianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Welsh mythology) a goddess famous for her beauty; the mother of Dylan.
Syn. -- Arianrhod. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an intestinal worm. ] (Med.) A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile. ] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]