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n. 1. 1 huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.
Syn. -- order Aepyorniformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.
Syn. -- order Apodiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.
Syn. -- order Apterygiformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Auto- + transformer. ] (Elec.) A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + form. ] Having two forms. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of ratite birds comprising the cassowaries and emus.
Syn. -- order Casuariiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters; shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on animal life.
Syn. -- order Charadriiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn. -- order Ciconiiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an order of birds, including the family Podicipedidae, which consitutes the grebes.
Syn. -- Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) an order of birds including the rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee-eaters; todies.
Syn. -- order Coraciiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fishes including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as Cyprinoidea, a suborder of Ostariophysi.
Syn. -- order Cypriniformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deforms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Same as Paté or Patté. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., fr. AS. forma. See Foremost. ] First. [ Obs. ] “Adam our forme father.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Formed material (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF., fr. Latin. So called because the plaintiff claimed “by the form of the gift, ” L. per formam doni. ] (O. Eng. Law) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of F. forme the female of a bird of prey. ] (Zool.) The female of a hawk or falcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) (a) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. (b) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. (c) A cutting die. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ A compar. due to OE. formest. See Foremost. ] 1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past. [ 1913 Webster ]

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. Job. viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

The latter and former rain. Hosea vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the former merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. Pope.

Syn. -- Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. An order of large aquatic birds, including loons and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- order Gaviiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An order of inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food, including cranes, rails, and bustards.
Syn. -- order Gruiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. (Grammar) not grammatical; ungrammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage. Opposite of grammatical.
Syn. -- ungrammatical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Informed stars. See under Unformed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Inform, v. ] 1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [ Obs. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature, informer of the poet's art. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common informer (Law), one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives untrue or incorrect information. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A transformer connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. The largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae; Oscines or Passeres.
Syn. -- order Passeriformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pelican, and -form. ] (Zool.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the sparoids (Sparidæ); the serranoids (Serranidæ), and some other related families. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) for changing phase. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. See Picus, and -form. ] (Zool.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ After N. Tesla, American electrician. ] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (1990's) a toy consisting of a figure or representation of an object, constructed of interlocking parts in such a way that a series of turning or twisting motions of the parts can transform the object from one type of object to a different type of object, such as from an animal to an automobile. [ PJC ]

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Multiple transformer. (Elec.) (a) A transformer connected in multiple or in parallel with the primary circuit. (b) A transformer with more than one primary or more than one secondary coil. --
Parallel transformer (Elec.), a transformer connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. turdus a thrush + forma form. ] (Zool.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ In sense 1 properly p. p. of un form; in senses 2 and 3 pref. un- not + formed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unformed stars (Astron.), stars not grouped into any constellation; informed stars. See Sporades. [ 1913 Webster ]