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n. 1. 1 one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.
Syn. -- class Aphasmidia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Archon; Plasma. ] (Biol.) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Eritrea. Population (2000) = 400, 000. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. a- + smear. ] Smeared over. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [ Written also Asmonæan. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + pla`sma form, mold, fr. pla`ssein to mold. ] (Biol.) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of white egrets.
Syn. -- genus Casmerodius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; down + &unr_; to break. ] A breaking asunder; disruption. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to besprinkle; kata` down, wholly + &unr_; to strew, or sprinkle. ] (Med.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cataplasma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to spread over; kata` down, wholly + &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Med.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chasma, Gr. cha`sma, fr. chai`nein to gape, to open wide. See Chaos. ] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. [ 1913 Webster ]

That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having gaps or a chasm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. chi`asma two lines placed crosswise, fr. &unr_; to mark with a χ. ] (Anat.) A commissure; an intersection or crossing of two tracts; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- Chi*as"mal a.. [1913 Webster]

adj. of or pertaining to a chiasma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chiasmo`s a placing crosswise, fr. chia`zein. See Chiasm. ] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, [ 1913 Webster ]

If e'er to bless thy sons
My voice or hands deny,
These hands let useful skill forsake,
This voice in silence die. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;. See Chiliad. ] 1. The millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; to be green. ] (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. Korybantiasmo`s a corybantic frenzy. ] (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to break. ] (Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tropical shrub (Tabernaemontana divaricata), native to India, having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; Northern India to Thailand.
Syn. -- crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a mold. ] (Biol.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic a. [1913 Webster]

n. See Demonianism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deuto- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] (Biol.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diapasma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;; dia` through + &unr_; to sprinkle: cf. F. diapasme. ] Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ecto- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii. -- n. One of the Elasmobranchii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii. -- n. One of the Elasmobranchii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + L. branchia a gill. ] (Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + &unr_; a lizard. ] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. empasme, fr. Gr. &unr_; to sprinkle in or on; &unr_; in + &unr_; to sprinkle. ] A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed or molded. ] (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Endoplasm. ] (Biol.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inspiration; enthusiasm. [ R. ] “Religious entheasm.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_; to be inspired or possessed by the god, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, inspired: cf. enthousiasme. See Entheal, Theism. ] 1. Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Lively manifestation of joy or zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed. ] (Biol.) (a) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) Endosarc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; from, fr. &unr_; to mold. ] (Biol.) See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Eyas + muske the brid. ] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phantasm, Fancy. ] Same as Phantasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mask with a filter which protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases. It is used in warfare, and also by police to allow them to effectively use tear gas or other disabling gas to disperse a crowd or force fugitives to leave a building.
Syn. -- respirator, gas helmet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Biol.) See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed or molded. ] An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed, fr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Biol.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wet + &unr_; form, mold. ] (Biol.) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]