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{ } a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the petals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Arum + -oid. ] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).
Syn. -- araceous [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cassis helmet. ] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n. (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given to God. ] (Old Eng. Law) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name, fr. Skr. dēvadāru, prop., timber of the gods. ] (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing given. ] A gift or offering to God. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. See Onerate. ] To unload; to disburden. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to deontology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in deontology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; gen. &unr_;, necessity, obligation (p. neut. of &unr_; it is necessary) + -logy. ] The science which relates to duty or moral obligation. J. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Deobstruent; aperient. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deordinatio depraved morality. ] Disorder; dissoluteness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Excess of riot and deordination. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. deosculatus, p. p. of deosculari. See Osculate. ] To kiss warmly. [ Obs. ] -- De*os`cu*la"tion n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a nucleic acid, usually of very high molecular weight, consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides, occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands, wound together in the form of a double helix; it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity, transmitted from parent to progeny, and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material; -- usually referred to by the acronym DNA.
Syn. -- DNA, desoxyribonucleic acid. [ PJC ]

☞ The monomer units making up the DNA each contain one of four heterocyclic bases: thymine, adenine, cytosine, or guanine. The genetic information is contained in the precise sequence of these monomer units, which ultimately specify the sequence of proteins to be made by the organism's biosynthetic processes, mediated through the synthesis of RNA having a base sequence corresponding to that of the DNA. The DNA sequence also specifies the sequence of the various RNA molecules the RNA base sequence being a copy of that on one of the DNA strands. Most of the RNA synthesized is involved in protein synthesis. In the double-helical form of DNA, the thymine on one strand is paired with the adenine on the opposite strand, and cytosine of one strand is paired with guanine on the opposite strand. There is in DNA also certain controlling information concerning the timing and amount of RNA to be made, encoded within the sequence of the DNA in ways that are still being elucidated.
When this structure is replicated in the course of cell multiplication, two identical double-helical molecules are formed, each containing one strand from the original molecule. Each resulting molecule is distributred to either the parent or progeny organism, and this is the basic mechanism for transmission of hereditary information. In RNA-based viruses, or those having single strands of DNA (as certain viruses), the genetic information transmission occurs through a double-stranded intermediate by a similar mechanism.
In some organisms slight modifications of the bases of DNA are found, such as methylcytosine or, in some viruses, uracil or hydroxymethyluracil; these unusual bases act analogously to the normal bases in their genetic coding function. A small percentage of methylcytosine is found in many organisms, and it serves in some cases as a special signal, as for restriction enzymes. [ PJC ]

n. an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP). [ PJC ]

n. a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen. [ PJC ]

n. same as deoxyribonucleic acid. [ Rare ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + chlamy`s, chlamy`dos, a cloak. ] (Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidī horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid. ] 1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. “A piteous and hideous spectacle.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. “Hideous cries.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hateful; shocking. “Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver.” Shak.

Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.

-- Hid"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Hid"e*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
Syn. -- hideaway, den. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. hordeolus, dim. of hordeum barley. ] (Med.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from the Gr. &unr_;, an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. &unr_;, birth: cf. F. idéogénie. ] The science which treats of the origin of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme. ] 1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, &unr_;, $, &unr_;, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A phonetic symbol; a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ideogram.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. idéographique. ] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine, ” but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. idéologique. ] Of or pertaining to ideology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. concerned with or suggestive of ideas; as, an ideologic argument.
Syn. -- ideological. [ WordNet 1.5 ]