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n. 1. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetophenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; to gape. ] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [ Written also akene and achænium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + enemy. ] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. E. Atheneums L. Athenæa [ L. Athenaeum, Gr. 'Aqhnai`on a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. 'Aqhna^, contr. fr. 'Aqhna`a, 'Aqhnai`a, in Homer 'Aqh`nh, 'Aqhnai`n, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A literary or scientific association or club. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blithe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. ] A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. koryfh` head, summit, peak: cf. F. coryphène. ] (Zool.) A fish of the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin. (2) [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a famous Grecian orator, born circa 385 BC, died circa 322 BC. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; force: cf. F. disthène. ] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.
Syn. -- family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Echeneididae; they are typical remoras.
Syn. -- genus Echeneis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) Ethylene; olefiant gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fluorene + anthracene. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C15H10, of a complex structure, found as one ingredient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement.
Syn. -- crudeness, crudity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ðennes, i. e., heathenness. ] Heathendom. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Hence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ype`r over + sqe`nos strength: cf. F. hyperstène.] (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface. [1913 Webster]

n. A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kitchen + -ette. ] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`gas great + sqe`nos strength. ] (Zool.) One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Menthol + terpene. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Methyl + ethylene. ] (Chem.) See Methylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + Gr. sqe`nos might, strength. ] (Zool.) One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A peculiar hydrocarbon fraction occuring as an ingredient of some crude petroleums, mostly mixtures of derivatives of the five- and six-membered saturated cyclic alkanes, cyclopentane and cyclohexane, having the general formula C_nH_2n. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Octo- + naphthene. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Benzene. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phenyl + ethyl + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C6H5.O.C2H5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fw^s light + fai`nein to show. ] (Physiol.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. schoenus, Gr. &unr_; a rush, a reed, a land measure: cf. F. schène. ] (Antiq.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sphène, fr. Gr. sfh`n a wedge. ] (Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sphenoid + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thiophene + naphthalene. ] (Chem.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives. [ Written also thionaphtene. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thio- + phenyl + -ene. ] (Chem.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbreviated from thionaphthene. ] (Chem.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds. [ Written also thiophtene. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. Whenever. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. At whatever time. “Whenever that shall be.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]