n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet. ]
Abecedarian psalms,
hymns
n.
n.
n. [ See Acarus. ] (Zool.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a mite. ] (Zool.) The order of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Of or caused by
n. (Med.) A member of the order
adv. In the manner of an accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Customarily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] Used in salads;
‖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.
n.
a. Of or pertaining to actuaries;
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. Hostile. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. agaricum, Gr. &unr_;, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia. ]
☞ The “female agaric” (Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the “male agaric” (Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Agaric mineral,
a. [ L. agrarius, fr. ager field. ]
His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
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. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Perh. fr. Ar. 'açārah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'açara to press. ] (Com.) The madder of the Levant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. LL. altarista, F. altariste. ] (Old Law)
a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amaritudo, fr. amarus bitter: cf. OF. amaritude. ] Bitterness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia;
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
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
n. [ LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr.
n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Annually. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Annular condition or form;
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
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
n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. --
a. Good against malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Antiquary ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity;