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n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. kli`nein to incline. ] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ. [ PJC ]

Anticlinal line,
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. --
Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.
Syn. -- genus Camelina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a subfamily of birds consisting of the old world finches, many of which have taken up residence in the Americas; -- it is a subgroup of finches used in some classifications, in which the Fringillidae are divided into two subfamilies, the Carduelinae (including the goldfinches, siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and linnets) and Fringillinae (the brambling and the chaffinches). The siskins and goldfinches have migrated as far south as the southern end of South America. T. M. Shortt.
Syn. -- subfamily Carduelinae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

(Bot.) See Pinkboot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Geol) running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata; -- of valleys and rivers. Opposite of anaclinal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Catilinarius. ] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bed + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to fertilize by transfering pollen.
Syn. -- pollinate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. culinarius, fr. culina kitchen, perh. akin to carbo coal: cf. F. culinare. ] Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. déclinable. See Decline. ] Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Declining; sloping. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. declinatus, p. p. of declinare. See Decline. ] Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. déclination a decadence. See Declension. ] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. “The declination of monarchy.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summer . . . is not looked on as a time
Of declination or decay. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The declination of atoms in their descent. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every declination and violation of the rules. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The queen's declination from marriage. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of declination, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. --
Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. --
Declination compass (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. --
Declination of the compass or
Declination of the needle, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déclinateur. See Decline. ] 1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dissentient. [ R. ] Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. declinatorius, fr. L. declinare: cf. F. déclinatoire. ] Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Declinatory plea (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink. several processes are in comon use for desalinating sea water. Distillation is effective, but expensive. Reverse osmosis is more economical.
Syn. -- desalt, desalinize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as desalinization.
Syn. -- desalinization, desalinisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline. ] 1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to discipline. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Discipline. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A flagellant. See Flagellant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to discipline. “Displinarian system.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire. ] Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; a couch. ] (Bot.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Gallinaceous. ] (Zool.) Same as Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina hen, fr. gallus cock. ] (Zool.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. [ NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds consisting of certain of the snipes.
Syn. -- genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A subfamily of the crow family, including the jays.
Syn. -- subfamily Garrulinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the earth + E. anticlinal. ] (Geol.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. synclinal. ] (Geol.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A natural family of rodents including the gerbils.
Syn. -- subfamily Gerbillinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Zool.) A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inclinabilis. See Incline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leaning; tending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tendency towards another body or point. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28′; the inclination of two rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or will; propensity; a disposition more favorable to one thing than to another; favor; desire; love. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mere inclination to a thing is not properly a willing of that thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

How dost thou find the inclination of the people? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Pharm.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclination compass, an inclinometer. --
Inclination of an orbit (Astron.), the angle which the orbit makes with the ecliptic. --
Inclination of the needle. See Dip of the needle, under Dip.

Syn. -- Bent; tendency; proneness; bias; proclivity; propensity; prepossession; predilection; attachment; desire; affection; love. See Bent, and cf. Disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- In*clin"a*to*ri*ly adv. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In- not, and Decline. ] (Gram.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun. -- n. An indeclinable word. [ 1913 Webster ]