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n. 1. a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Amanuenses [ L., fr. a, ab + manus hand. ] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Myth.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits to judgment, represented by a human figure with the head of a jackal, dog or fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods. [ Babylonian ]
Syn. -- Enuki [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + o'yra` a tail. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [ Written also anoura. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an amphibian of the order Anura; any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species; a frog or toad.
Syn. -- frog, toad, toadfrog, batrachian, salientian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. .
Syn. -- batrachian, salientian [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 inability to urinate.
Syn. -- anuria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. inability to urinate.
Syn. -- anuresis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to anuresis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [ Also written anourous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + o'y^ron urine. ] (Med.) Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., prob. for asnus: cf. Gr. &unr_; to sit, Skr. ās. ] (Anat.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Arcana [ L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See Ark. ] 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A secret remedy; an elixir. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Bojanus, the discoverer. ] (Zool.) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Cajanus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell. ] (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.
Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.
Syn. -- order Campanulales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.
Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. campanula a bell. ] (Zool.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Bell-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A Canadian. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., a., } a. See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as Hanukka; -- a variant spelling.
Syn. -- Hanukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

n. 1. the edible white meat of a coconut{ 3 }; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn. -- coconut meat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the cocoa palm.
Syn. -- coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of cyanuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A cyanide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cyanic + uric: Cf. F. cyanurique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.), an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almost tasteless; -- called also tricarbimide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + granule. ] (Bot.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, the Greek name of the River Po. ] (Anat.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. granulose. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A term applied by Brücke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. galbanum, Gr. &unr_;, prob. from Heb. klekb'n&unr_;h: cf. F. galbanum. ] A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule. ] Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a granular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Granular. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Granulated p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating ] [ See Granule. ] 1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. granulation. ] 1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being granulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) (a) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. (b) The act or process of the formation of such prominences. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. granulum, dim. of granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel. ] A little grain; a small particle; a pellet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Granule + -ferous. ] Full of granulations. [ 1913 Webster ]