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a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ NL. Anglicus English + -fly. ] To anglicize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqrax coal + -ferous. ] (Min.) Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arcus bow + -form. ] Having the form of an arch; curved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear. ] Producing berries. “ Bacciferous trees.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bacca berry + -form. ] Having the form of a berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the forms of vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets. It is an unsaturated alcohol (C28H43OH) found in foods such as milk and fish liver oils. It is used as a dietary supplement in milk.
Syn. -- vitamin D, ergocalciferol, cholecarciferol, D. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous. ] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -form. ] In the form of chalk or lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Calcified p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying. ] [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy. ] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calyx, calycis, calyx + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Capacified ] [ L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy. ] To quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small genus of perennial herbs of N temperate regions: bugbane.
Syn. -- genus Cimicifuga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. coccum a berry + -ferous. See Coccus. ] Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the same species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif&unr_;re. ] 1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a barklike c&unr_;nenchyms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark + -form: cf. F. corticiforme. ] Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cruciferous. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the family Cruciferæ. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers; the mustard family.
Syn. -- family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucifère. ] 1. Bearing a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crucifixes [ F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross + figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucify. ] 1. A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

And kissing oft her crucifix,
Unto the block she drew. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cross or religion of Christ. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do ye prove
What crucifixions are in love? Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crux, crucis, cress + -form: cf. F. cruciforme. ] Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crucified p. pr. & vb. n. Crucifying. ] [ F. crucifier, fr. (assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux, crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending -figere being changed to -ficare, F. -fier (in compounds), as if fr. L. facere to do, make. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucifix. ] 1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. Luke xxiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Gal. v. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To vex or torment. Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. culex a gnat + -form:cf. F. culiciforme. ] (Zool.) Gnat-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The removal of calcareous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decalcified p. pr. & vb. n. Decalcifying. ] To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

v. t. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + specificate. ] To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- + zinc + -fy. ] To deprive of, or free from, zinc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Disc- + -ferous. ] Bearing disks.

{ } a. [ See Disk, and Floral. ] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Discoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dulcification. ] The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sweetened; mollified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dulcified spirit or
Dulcified spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dulcis sweet + fluere to flow. ] Flowing sweetly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dulcified p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying. ] [ L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier. ] 1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please. [ 1913 Webster ]

As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Dunce + -fy. ] To make stupid in intellect. [ R. ] Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. vitamin D2, one of the D vitamins, a group of related substances that prevent rickets.
Syn. -- vitamin D, calciferol, cholecarciferol, D. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Eruca + -form. ] (Zoöl.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvæ.