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adj. 1. of or pertaining to an arteriole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ NL. arteriola, dim. of L. arteria: cf. F. artériole. ] A small artery with a muscular wall. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. [ See. Bibliolatry. ] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. brachiolum (bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm. ] (Zool.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Etiolated p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating. ] [ F. étioler to blanch. ] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

{ } a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.;pl. Fasciolæ [ See Fasciole. ] (Anat.) A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to leaflets; -- used in composition; as, bi-foliolate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + &unr_; worship.] The invocation or worship of saints. [1913 Webster]

n. [ See Ariolation. ] Prognostication; soothsaying. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Helio- + Gr. &unr_; servant, worshiper. ] A worshiper of the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Helio- + Gr. &unr_; service, worship. ] Sun worship. See Sabianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Haiti.
Syn. -- Haitian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

a. (Bot.) Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilité. ] The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See Inviolate, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

For thou, be sure, shalt give account
To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep
This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their almighty Maker first ordained
And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without violation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.

{ } a. [ L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. “Inviolate truth.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inviolate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being inviolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lacinia. ] (Bot.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mariolatry. ] One who worships the Virgin Mary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; Mary + &unr_; worship. ] The worship of the Virgin Mary. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals.
Syn. -- genus Matthiola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. milium millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed. ] (Zool.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. modiolus, dim. of modius the Roman corn measure. ] Shaped like a bushel measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`fis serpent + latrei`a worship. ] The worship of serpents. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. pétiolarie. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to petiole, or proceeding from it; as, a petiolar tendril; growing or supported upon a petiole; as, a petiolar gland; a petiolar bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot. & Zool.) Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fy`sis nature + &unr_; service. ] The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship. “The physiolatry of the Vedas.” M. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pluri- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having several or many leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A salt of propiolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having five leaflets. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Radioli. ] (Zool.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria. -- n. One of the Radiolaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia. ] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Scagliola. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree. [ 1913 Webster ]