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a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. acouchi, from the native name Guiana. ] (Zool.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. aërenchyma. See Aëro-; Enchyma. ] (Bot.) A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a., n., a., n. See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. anarchie. See Anarch. ] 1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their re&unr_;koning of years. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Anchylosed p. pr. & vb. n. Anchylosing. ] [ Cf. F. ankyloser. ] To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [ Spelt also ankylose. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'agky`lwsis, fr. 'agkyloy^n to crook, stiffen, fr. 'agky`los crooked: cf. F. ankylose. ] 1. (Med.) The process of formation of a stiff joint; also, the abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint which has become stiff. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Anat.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anchylosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; receptacle + &unr_;. Formed like Parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Arched; as, archy brows. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; chief. See Arch-, pref. ] A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Severely criticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Severe criticism. [ Obs. ] Sir J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; independence; a'yto`s self + 'arkei^n to be sufficient. ] 1. Self-sufficiency, especially economic self-sufficiency as applied to nations. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. same as autarky.
Syn. -- autarky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beachy girdle of the ocean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to beeches. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. marked by or arising from malice. [ slang ]
Syn. -- catty, cattish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having blotches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. “This botchy business.” Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; pit + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; brachy`s short + &unr_; to leave off; cf. &unr_; incomplete. ] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. Brachycéphalie ] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; head. ] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) Having short antennæ, as certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal. ] Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer in short hand; a stenographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie. ] Stenography. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; : brachy`s short + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. brachylogie. ] (Rhet.) Conciseness of expression; brevity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid. ] (Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; short-winged; brachy`s short + &unr_; feather, wing. ] (Zool.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Brachyptera. ] (Zool.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; : cf. F. brachyptère. ] (Zool.) Having short wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of brachy`s short) + &unr_; time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.
Syn. -- brachydactylia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; stamp, form. ] (Min.) Of a short form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [ Also spelt Brachyoura. ] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Brachyura. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Cf. F. brachyure. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Brachyura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Swelling out in bunches. [ 1913 Webster ]

An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled. Phaer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine. Page. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]