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a. [ From the city Accad. See Gen. x. 10. ] Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ac*ca"di*an, n., Ac"cad n. Sayce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a type of parasite of worms. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'adi`anton, maidenhair; 'a priv. + diai`nein to wet. ] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a red-skinned member of a race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived.
Syn. -- Indian, native American, Amerindian, Red Indian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to American Indians
Syn. -- Amerindian, Amerind, Amerindic, Indian, native American [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. relating to British India or the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a person of English citizenship born or living in India. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. antemeridianus; ante + meridianus belonging to midday or noon. See Meridian. ] Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n. One of the aphides; an aphid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., the tree of Diana, or silver. ] (Chem.) A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Arcadius, Arcadicus, fr. Arcadia: cf. F. Arcadien, Arcadique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bladder, pouch. ] (Zool.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea. -- n. A starfish; one of the Asterioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. badiane, fr. Per. bādiān anise. ] (Bot.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bermuda.
Syn. -- Bermudan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Burundi; as, the Burundi capital. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Burundian people; as, the Burundian population. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Burundi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canadian period (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology. --
Canadian goose, an erroneous variant of Canada goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chalcis a lizard, Gr. chalki`s. ] (Zool.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidæ), having four small or rudimentary legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + meridian. ] About, or near, the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. comédien. ] 1. An actor or player in comedy. “The famous comedian, Roscius.” Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A writer of comedy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Custody. ] One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or duty of a custodian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Zool.) Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. desmo`s chain + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiæ, a group of unicellular algæ in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Diana. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Diana. ] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. [ 1913 Webster ]

And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diana monkey (Zool.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, a male. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having two stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Diandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. diandre. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. Diana; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in OE. as a name of silver. ] (Chem.) Same as Columbium. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; dia` through + &unr_; to revolve in the mind. ] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thought + -logy. ] The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, gen. &unr_;, Zeus + 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ From Skr. Drāvi&dsdot_;a, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India. ] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dravidian languages, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important; Telegu, Malayalam, and Kannada are included. These languages are distinct from the Indo-European family of languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

a. Epicedial. -- n. An epicede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euclidian space (Geom.), the kind of space to which the axioms and definitions of Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; -- called also flat space, and homaloidal space. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Falcidius. ] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. [ 1913 Webster ]

Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a resident of Florida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. of or pertaining to Sigmund Freud; as, Freudian theories. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. (Zool.) Ganoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Naut.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk. [ 1913 Webster ]