‖n. [ F., a watering place. ] (Masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher. See Accouchement. ] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F.., fem. of accoucher. ] A midwife. [ Recent ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
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interj. & adv. [ OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. &unr_; dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God. ] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
n. The state of being aërial; unsubstantiality. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. “A murmur heard aërially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aër air + -ferous: cf. F. aérifère. ] Conveying or containing air; air-bearing;
n. [ Cf. F. aérification. See A&unr_;rify. ]
a. [ L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme. ] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. aër air + -fly. ]
n. An aëroplane, airship, or the like. [ Colloq. in 1900, now obsolescent. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, air. ] The combining form of the Greek word meaning air. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Biol.) Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies;
n. pl. [ Aëro- + Gr.
a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies;
n. [ Aëro- + boat. ] A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Aëro- + bus. ] An aëroplane or airship designed to carry passengers. Now called a
n. [ Aëro- + club. ] A club or association of persons interested in aëronautics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Aëro- + curve. ] (Aëronautics) A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Aëro- + cyst. ] (Bot.) One of the air cells of algals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; shaken, &unr_; to shake. ] (Aëronautics) The science of gliding and soaring flight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a running. ] (Aëronautics)
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wheaten flour + -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie. ] Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour + -meter. ] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Aleurone. ] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour. ] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. Same as Aleutian, n.
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n. [ F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love. ] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. --
n. Behavior that demonstrates a lack of professional competency. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or character of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. amœbaeus, Gr. &unr_;, alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. &unr_; &unr_;, a responsive song, fr. &unr_; change. ] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. ancon elbow. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as thiamin; a B vitamin (vitamin B1) that prevents beriberi.
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