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n. [ L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell. ] One who lives near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a worm. ] (Med.) Anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live. ] (Paleon.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The “curd, ” or flowering head, is the part used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bucolicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; cowherd, herdsman; &unr_; ox + (perh.) &unr_; race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal. ] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Bucolicôn poëma. ] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bucolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + -lite: cf. F. coccalite. ] (Min.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + -lith. ] (Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon. ] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. --
Intestinal colic, or
Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. --
Lead colic,
Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. --
Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. --
Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder; a colicky baby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas. ] (Zool.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of birds including the New World quail and the bobwhites.
Syn. -- genus Colinus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum. ] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [ Written also Colosseum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + -itis. ] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a round plate + -lith. ] (Biol.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about 1/50000 of an inch in its longest diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; colon. ] (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; cf. It. francolino, Sp. francolin. ] (Zool.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + colic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycol + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [ Written also glycollide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ignis fire + colere to worship. ] A worshiper of fire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. indicum indigo + -lite: cf. F. indicolithe. ] (Min.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cistern + -lite, -lith. ] (Geol.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Leuc- + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut. ] An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.
Syn. -- arecholine; arecaline; methylarecaidin; methyl N-methyltetrahydronicotinate; 1, 2, 5, 6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid methyl ester. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. malako`s soft + -lite. ] (Min.) A variety of pyroxene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from NL. niccolum nickel. ] (Min.) A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fako`s lentil + -lite. ] (Min.) A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon drug, poisonous drug + -lite: cf. F. pharmacolithe. ] (Min.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine. ] (Chem.) Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pinacone + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type. [ Written also pinacoline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plebs the common people + colere to cultivate. ] One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who draughts protocols. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Rock-inhabiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the country + colere to inhabit. ] An inhabitant of the country. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh. ] (Min.) Flesh-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. skolio`s crooked. ] (Med.) A lateral curvature of the spine. [ 1913 Webster ]