n. [ Pref. bi- + carbonate. ] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called
a. [ Pref. bi- + carinate. ] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. di- + carbonic. ] (Chem.) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl groups or radicals;
n. [ L. emphyteuticarius, a. ] One who holds lands by emphyteusis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shrimp. ] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. Formicarius, the typical genus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the family
n. [ LL. formicarium, fr. L. formica an ant. ] (Zool.) The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia. ] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hemi- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Icarius, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea. ] Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; it comprises plants sometimes included in other genera, such as
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Multi- + carinate. ] (Zool.) Many-keeled. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. adj.
prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Nicaragua. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
Brazil wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pericardial fluid (Physiol.),
a. Pericardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pericardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Pericardium, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the pericardium. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
☞ The inner layer is closely adherent to the outer surface of the heart, and is called the
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., from LL. persicarius a peach tree. See Peach. ] (Bot.) See Lady's thumb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue. ] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. --
n. [ Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue. ] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]
a white crystalline substance,
a. (Anat.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Test a shell, and Cardo. ] (Zool.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. tri- + carboxyl + allyl + -ic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid,
n. [ Pref. tri- + carbimide. ] (Chem.) See under Cyanuric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ Uni- + carinated. ] Having one ridge or keel. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + vicar. ] To deprive of the position or office a vicar. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Urtica. ] (Med.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. vicar, viker, vicair, F. vicaire, fr. L. vicarius. See Vicarious. ]
☞ The distinction between a parson [ or rector ] and vicar is this: The parson has, for the most part, the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; but a vicar has generally an appropriator over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom he is in fact perpetual curate with a standing salary. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]
Apostolic vicar,
Vicar apostolic
Vicar forane. [ Cf. LL. foraneus situated outside of the episcopal city, rural. See Vicar, and Foreign. ] (R. C. Ch.)
Vicar-general.
Vicar of Jesus Christ (R. C. Ch.),
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n.
a. [ Cf. F. vicarial. ]
n. A vicar. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]