n. An insoluble solid alcohol (
a. [ L. abdicans, p. pr. of abdicare. ] Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]
Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abdicates. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn, fr. &unr_; point. See Acute. ]
a.
a. [ L. acanthinus, Gr. &unr_;, thorny, fr. &unr_;. See Acanthus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a spine, thorn + &unr_; head. ] (Zool.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine +
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; wing, fin. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; spine + &unr_; wing. ]
a. (Zool.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch. --
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fin, dim. fr. &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
n.;
n. same as Akocanthera.
n. One versed in æsthetics. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African. ] Of or pertaining to Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]
African hemp,
African marigold,
African oak
African teak
African violet
African-American,
n. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n.
n. One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
n. A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans. “The knotty Africanisms . . . of the fathers.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [ Amer. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
adj.
a. [ L. albicans, p. pr. of albicare, albicatum, to be white, fr. albus white. ] Growing or becoming white. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. alcana, alhe&unr_;a, fr. Ar. al-hinnā. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet. ] (Bot.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Astron.)
n. [ F. almucantarat, almicantarat, ultimately fr. Ar. al-muqantarāt, pl., fr. qantara to bend, arch. ] (Astron.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Almucanter staff,
a. [ Named from
American ivy.
American Party (U. S. Politics),
Native american Party (U. S. Politics),
n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]
The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
adj.
n.
n. The process of Americanizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
. In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with
. A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to