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a. [ Antenna + -form. ] Shaped like antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family name used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia.
Syn. -- family Avicenniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an East Indian annual erect herb (Sesamum indicum); the source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil. Same as benne
Syn. -- sesame, benne, benny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a slang name for Benzedrine, a trademark for one brand of amphetamine; -- also used generically for any brand of amphetamine. [ slang ] [ Also spelled benny. ]
Syn. -- Benzedrine. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. the small oval seed of the sesame plant.
Syn. -- sesame seed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centennial. ] 1. Consisting of two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occurring every two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. Annual. ] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in two years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillenary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the year 2000 a. d. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L. ] An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Blenny + -oid ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Burningly; ardently. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centum a hundred + annus year. ] 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

That opened through long lines
Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See under Tennis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Decennary. ] Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tenth year or tenth anniversary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Decenniums L. Decennia [ L. ] A period of ten years. “The present decennium.” Hallam. “The last decennium of Chaucer's life.” A. W. Ward.

a. [ L. duodecennis; duodecim twelve + annus year. ] Consisting of twelve years. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place in a niche. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in fens; fenny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Fescenninus, fr. Fescennia, a city of Etruria. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines. -- n. A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fescennine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ken, v. t. ] 1. Range of sight. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The limit of vision at sea, being a distance of about twenty miles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Ethnol.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium{ 2 }; millenarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in the millennium{ 2 }. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL., fr. L. mille a thousand + annus a year. See Mile, and Annual. ] 1. A period of one thousand years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The period of a thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: A long period of happiness, righteousness, and prosperity, usually considered as being in the indefinite future. [ PJC ]

4. A thousandth anniversary; especially, Each first day of January falling in a year which is a multiple of one thousand, such as in 1000 a. d. or 2000 a. d.; as, the second millenium will be celebrated on January 1, 2000; also used attributively, as a millenium celebration. Technically, if the calendar of the Common Era (Anno Domini) is considered as beginning on January 1, 1 a. d., then the millenium will fall in each year ending in 001, as in 1001 a. d. or January 1, 2001 a. d.. However in the common culture, the change of the first digit of the year from 1 to 2, as from 1999 to 2000 is considered as the more symbolic event, especially since the dating of the beginning of the Christian era is somewhat arbitrary, having been an attempt to fix the date of the birth of Christ, and being considered by scholars as being in error by as much as five years. [ PJC ]

n. (Computers) An error in the coding of certain computer programs which store the year component of the date as two digits, assuming that the first two digits are 19, rather than as a complete number of four digits; when such programs are used after January 1, 2000, the date may be misinterpreted, causing serious errors or total failure of the program; -- called also year 2000 bug, year 2000 problem and Y2K bug. In the several years leading up to the year 2000, large corporations and other users of computers in total spent many billions of dollars correcting this error in the programs they use. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year. ] Done or recurring every ninth year. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octennium a period of eight years; octo eight + annus year. ] Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years. Johnson. -- Oc*ten"ni*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. penna feather + -form: cf. F. penniforme. ] Having the form of a feather or plume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Bearing feathers or quills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Penny. ] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. penna feather + E. nerve. ] Pinnately veined or nerved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pennipotens; penna wing + potens strong. ] Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [ Poetic ] Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perennis that lasts the whole year through; per through + annus year. See Per-, and Annual. ] 1. Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a perennial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Perennial, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus. [ 1913 Webster ]