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‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; seed of a lentil. ] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus consisting of giant shipworms.
Syn. -- genus Bankia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to any current country.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic; as, the Czech population.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to a citizen of any current country. The natives of the former Czechoslovakia are now Czechs or Slovaks.
Syn. -- Chechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Fyodor Dostoevski. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Epinicial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous South African tree (Pterocarpus angolensis) having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; it yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood.
Syn. -- bloodwood tree, Pterocarpus angolensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. See Kyaboca wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The dziggetai. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Lamarckism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. ] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical Old World trees, including the nitta trees.
Syn. -- genus Parkia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; a shadow + -scope. ] (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows. -- Ski*as"co*py Ski*as"co*py n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. n., etc. See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]