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‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed. ] (Zool.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of annelids; the Polychæta. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See Article, v. ] (Zool.) 1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., prob. fr. native name. ] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (
balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Blatant quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Bleat. ] Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. “Harsh and blatant tone.” R. H. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blatant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head. ] (Zool.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush. ] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. charlatanisme. ] Charlatanry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan. ] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being collated. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a rower. ] (Zool.) See Larvalla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dilatabilité. ] The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dilatable. ] Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation, L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See Dilate, and cf. 2d Dilation. ] 1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [ Obs. ] “What needeth greater dilatation?” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al&unr_; sides; the state of being dilated; dilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Cf. L. dilatator a propagator. ] (Anat.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, v. t. ] (Zool.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See Exhaust. ] (Zool.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unpalatable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be inflated. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Malay. ] A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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

{ , a. [ Naso- + palatal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Palatableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice. Opposite of unpalatable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a palatable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. palatal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. Same as palatalize.
Syn. -- palatalize, palatize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Phon.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; especially: to pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate; as, to palatalize a letter or sound; to palatize. See palatalized. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Linguistics, Phonology) Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate as "y"; or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate as "ch" in "chin" or "j" in "gin".
Syn. -- palatal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Peduncle. ] (Zool.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. platanus. See Plane the tree. ] [ Written also platane. ] The plane tree. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. platanista a sort of fish, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. plataniste. ] (Zool.) The soosoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Plane the tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees; the plane tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Radiate, and Flagellata. ] (Zool.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored. ] (Zool.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tessellate. ] (Zool.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. unguiculus a finger nail. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. ungula hoof. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla. [ 1913 Webster ]