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a. [ F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; harmonic. ] (Math.) Not harmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The
anharmonic function or
anharmonic ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhélation. ] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation. ] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They anhele . . . for the fruit of our convocation. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anhelous; panting. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anhelus. ] Short of breath; panting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Brazilian name. ] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called screamers due to their harsh trumpeting call.
Syn. -- family Anhimidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + "isto`s web, tissue: cf. F. anhiste.] (Biol.) Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane. [1913 Webster]

a. Ahungered; longing. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anhydrous. ] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anhydrous. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; wanting water; 'an priv. + "y`dwr water.] Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids. [1913 Webster]

n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.

n. [ Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting. ] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -handled p. pr. & vb. n. -handling ] 1. To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (U. S. History) A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Copper Metal.) A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Man- + -hood. ] 1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manly quality; virility; courage; bravery; resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The genitalia of a male human. [ PJC ]

4. The condition of being a human being. [ PJC ]

n. def>An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. 1. to obtain by panhandling. [ PJC ]

2. To accost in a public place and ask for money from. [ PJC ]

v. i. To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg. -- pan"hand`ler n. -- pan"hand`ling n. [ PJC ]

. West Virginia; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Panhellenium. ] Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of Panhellenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. Panellh`nion; pa^s, pa^n, all + "E`llhnes the Greeks.] (Gr. Antiq.) An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. [ Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv. rataña. ] The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine. [ Written also ratany. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Heb. sanhedrīn, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; with + &unr_; a seat, fr. &unr_; to sit. See Sit. ] (Jewish Antiq.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of the sanhedrin. Schaeffer (Lange's Com.). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. samhita, properly, combination. ] A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absence or lack of manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Wane, and Hope. ] Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. “Wanhope and distress.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom. ] (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Womanhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]