n. [ Gr. &unr_;, salt + -mancy: cf. F. alomancie, halomancie. ] Divination by means of salt.
n. [ Anglo'cf + mania. ] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One affected with Anglomania. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; ankle bone, die + -mancy. ] Divination by means of small bones or dice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; arrow + &unr_; a diviner: cf. F. bélomancie. ] A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Bloomery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lip, fr. &unr_; lip. See -oma. ] (Zool.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. Dactyliomancy. [ R. ] Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ F. diplomatie. This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original. See Diploma. ]
v. t. To invest with a title or privilege by diploma. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Diplomatic. [ R. ]
n. A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Diplomacy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. diplomatiste a student of diplomatics. ] A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat. [ 1913 Webster ]
In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatists whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.
n. [ L. Galli Gauls + mania madness. ] An excessive admiration of what is French. --
n. See Alomancy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Education) A certificate awarded for completing a course of vocational education beyond secondary school, preparing the student for a career in business or certain practical arts. It is a term used in the United Kingdom. [ United Kingdom ] [ PJC ]
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n. any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus
a. [ See Loma. ] (Zool.) Furnished with lobes or flaps. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.
n. [ NL., fr. megalo- + mania. ] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Omphalo- + -mancy. ] Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. A philomath. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. philomathique. ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Phyllo- + mania. ] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]