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n. a gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. ascidium + -oid. See Ascidium. ] (Zool.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ascidium + zooid. ] (Zool.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Avid. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Eagerly; greedily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.
Syn. -- basidiomycetous fungi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. a phylum of fungi with the Basidiomycota [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to basidiomycetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. (Bot.) [ NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fungus. ] (Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi). In the 1913 Webster, the Basidiomycetes were defined as "coördinate with the Ascomycetes", and other fungal phyla (the Zygomycota and Deuteromycota) were not mentioned.
Syn. -- Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. same as Basidiomycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Basidium + spore. ] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous a. [1913 Webster]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidiospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Bromide + idiom. ] A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides{ 2 }; a bromide{ 3 }. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a disease of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) any of a group of infectious diseases caused by protozoan parasites (coccidia) of the order Coccidia, which infect the intestines of birds, dogs, and other vertebrates. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a specialized fungal hypha (a branch of the fungal mycelium) that produces conidia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. desidiosus, fr. desidia a sitting idle, fr. desid&unr_;re to sit idle; de- + sed&unr_;re to sit. ] Idle; lazy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [ Obs. ] N. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; hand. ] Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fastidiousness; squeamishness. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash. ] Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young.

Syn. -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. -- Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. “Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.” Crabb.

-- Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n.

n. A category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes.
Syn. -- subclass Homobasidiomycetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic. ] (Crystallog.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

A combining form from the Greek 'i`dios, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ideo- + -blast. ] (Bot.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] Idiocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Idiocrasies [ Idio- + Gr. kra^sis a mixture, fr. &unr_; to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie. ] Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

{ } a. Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From idiot; cf. Gr. &unr_; uncouthness, lack of education, fr. &unr_;. See Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy. ] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + Gr. &unr_; circle + &unr_; to appear. ] (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique. ] (Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric. -- n. An idioelectric substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; autographic; 'i`dios one's own + gra`fein to write. ] A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an idiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Idio- + Gr. &unr_; to worship. ] Self-worship; excessive self-esteem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Linguistics) the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr. 'idi`wma, fr. 'idioy^n to make a person's own, to make proper or peculiar; fr. 'i`dios one's own, proper, peculiar; prob. akin to the reflexive pronoun o"y^, o'i^, 'e`, and to "eo`s, 'o`s, one's own, L. suus, and to E. so. ] 1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues. G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He followed their language [ the Latin ], but did not comply with the idiom of ours. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some that with care true eloquence shall teach,
And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A combination of words having a meaning peculiar to itself and not predictable as a combination of the meanings of the individual words, but sanctioned by usage; as, an idiomatic expression; less commonly, a single word used in a peculiar sense. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are made current: “I can make nothing of it.” “He treats his subject home.” Dryden. “It is that within us that makes for righteousness.” M. Arnold. Gostwick (Eng. Gram.) [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though by courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The phrase forms peculiar to a particular author; as, written in his own idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every good writer has much idiom. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dialect; a variant form of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dialect. -- Idiom, Dialect. The idioms of a language belong to its very structure; its dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted upon it in different localities or by different professions. Each county of England has some peculiarities of dialect, and so have most of the professions, while the great idioms of the language are everywhere the same. See Language.

{ } a. [ Gr. 'idiwmatiko`s. ] 1. Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. -- Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

2. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of an idiom{3}; having a meaning that is peculiar to itself and not predictable from general rules. [PJC]

a. Idiomorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'idio`morfos of peculiar form; 'i`dios peculiar + morfh` form. ] 1. Having a form of its own. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + muscular. ] (Physiol.) Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Idiopathic. [ R. ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. idiopathique. ] (Med.) Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to symptomatic, sympathetic, and traumatic. -- Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Idiopathies [ Gr. &unr_;; 'i`dios proper, peculiar + &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. F. idiopathie. ] 1. A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

All men are so full of their own fancies and idiopathies, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + &unr_; to appear. ] (Crystallog.) Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Same as Idioplasma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar + &unr_; a form, mold. ] (Biol.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + repulsive. ] Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]