a. [ L. ala wing + E. nasal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖n. [ NL., from Gr.
a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. --
‖n. [ NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. azā mastic, Ar. asā healing, isā remedy. ] An ancient name of a gum. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; indistinct, uncertain. ] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. asarum + bacca a berry. See Asarone. ] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr.
a. Relating to, or forming, the base. [ 1913 Webster ]
Basal cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.),
a. (Bot.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. basaltes (an African word), a dark and hard species of marble found in Ethiopia: cf. F. basalte. ]
☞ It is usually of a greenish black color, or of some dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where the columns are as regular as if the work of art. It is a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best materials for macadamizing roads. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. basaltique. ] Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Basalt + -form. ] In the form of basalt; columnar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Basalt + -oid. ] Formed like basalt; basaltiform. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Basil, a sheepskin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. basanites lapis, Gr.
‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; a vaulted chamber + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin. ] A house or mansion. [ Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands ]
I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a winter melon having a yellowish rind; -- called also
a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to case;
n.
n. any of several plants of the genus
a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.;
[ OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible. ] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. defesance, fr. defesant, F. défaisant, p. pr. of defaire, F. défaire, to undo. See Defeat. ]
After his foes' defeasance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Mortgages were usually made in this manner in former times, but the modern practice is to include the conveyance and the defeasance in the same deed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency. ] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease. ] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [ Obs. ] Speed. --
a. Capable of being erased. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ See Extravasate, v. t. ] (Physiol.) To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. extravasation. ]
n. [ Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier. ] A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
n. Hazard. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From Lady
☞ They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species (Lophophorus Impeyanus) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Incapable of being appeased or satisfied; unappeasable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being increased. Sherwood. --
An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas. Bp. Law. [1913 Webster]
a. (Anat.) Between the nasal cavities;
n. (Ethnol.) Same as Cossack. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. the capital city of Zaire, formerly named
a. [ Labium + nasal. ] (Phonetics) Formed by the lips and the nose. --
a. [ From 2d Lease. ] Such as can be leased. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The capital city of Tibet; it is the sacred city of Lamaism.
n. any of various perennial South American plants of the genus
n. A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and Southern Arabia.
n. See Malfeasance. [ 1913 Webster ]