n.
a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped;
a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acus needle + -form. ] Shaped like a needle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped;
a. [ Acinetæ + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the Acinetæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -form. ] Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Aden- + -form. ] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Adipocere + -form. ] Having the form or appearance of adipocere;
n.
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 ]
a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alumen + -form. ] Having the form of alumina. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alveolus + -form. ] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ambulacrum + -form ] (Zool.) Having the form of ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amentum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Amianthus + -form. ] Resembling amianthus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amœboid movement,
a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. angius snake + -form. ] Snake-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Antenna + -form. ] Shaped like antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Anther + -form. ] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
a. [ L. aqua water + -form. ] Having the form of water. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. [ L. aranea spider + -form. ] (Zool.) Having the form of a spider. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Treelike in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arcus bow + -form. ] Having the form of an arch; curved. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. asbestus + -form. ] Having the form or structure of asbestus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; a pouch + -form. ] (Zool.) Shaped like an ascidian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form;
a. [ L. auris ear + -form. ] Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bacca berry + -form. ] Having the form of a berry. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bacillum little staff + -form. ] Rod-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. shaped like a rod.
a. [ Basalt + -form. ] In the form of basalt; columnar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bis twice + foratus, p. p. of forare to bore or pierce. ] (Bot.) Having two perforations. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. biforis, biforus, having two doors; bis twice + foris door. ] (Bot.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order
a. Bifurcate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. biformis; bis twice + forma shape: cf. F. biforme. ] Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + form. ] Having two forms. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A double form. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. & adv. Before. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]