a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry. ] Having wings; winged. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Alpes Alps + -gen. ] Growing in Alpine regions. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambo both + genus kind. ] Of two kinds. (Bot.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amnigena; amnis a river + root gen of gignere to beget. ] Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Min.) Leucite. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear. ] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bearing arms. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Ascus + -gerous. ] (Bot.) Having asci. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, finish a surface, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ L. barba a beard + -gerous. ] Having a beard; bearded; hairy. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] Debeige. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligérant. See Bellicose, Jest. ]
n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + geminate. ] (Bot.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis, tribe. ] (Zool.) Including two tribes or races of men. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus
a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse. ] (Chem.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse. ] Holding lime or other earthy salts;
a. [ L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce. ] Of the goat kind. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Gr.
a. [ Cirrus + -gerous. ] (Biol.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ n. [ L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry. ] One who carries a club; a club bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry. ] One who carries the keys of any place. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bearing a club or a key. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce. ] (Zool.) Same as Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. corallum coral + -gerous. ] Producing coral; coralliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear. ] Horned; having horns;
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n. [ L. corrigens, p. pr. of corrigere to correct. ] (Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cotyle + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Having cotyles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear. ] Bearing hair; hairy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. crux, cricis, cross + -gerous. ] Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. de of + beige the natural color of wool. ] A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.
a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous. ] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures. [ 1913 Webster ]