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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cup or calyx a flower + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycocoll + cholic. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycocoll + -in. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Glycocoll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogène. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

n. [ Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin. ] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycol + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [ Written also glycollide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glycol + uric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycolyl + uric. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycolic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Glyconic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon. ] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -ose. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -meter. ] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Med.) Same as Glucosuria. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of fungi including the genus Lycoperdon, consisting of puffballs.
Syn. -- family Lycoperdaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies: puffpalls; earthstars.
Syn. -- order Lycoperdales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; wolf + &unr_; to break wind. ] (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The genus including tomatoes.
Syn. -- genus Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A term used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. lycopode. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lycopodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An alternative designation for the class Lycopsida.
Syn. -- class Lycopodineae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil club moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; wolf + &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The class including club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
Syn. -- class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A small genus of nonaromatic herbs of the mint family.
Syn. -- genus Lycopus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The type genus of the family Lycosidae.
Syn. -- genus Lycosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The natural family of arachnids including the wolf spiders.
Syn. -- family Lycosidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; hook + &unr_; to turn. ] (Bot.) Campylotropous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To pamper or coddle. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. An order of extinct reptiles including edaphosaurus and dimetrodon.
Syn. -- order Pelycosauria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Poly- + conic. ] Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polyconic projection (Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface, or any portion thereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a conical surface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical surface being then unrolled. This projection differs from conic projection in that latter assumes but one cone for the whole map. Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and geodetic survey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + cosmic, containing many universes. (2003). ] (Computers) Representing multiple possible worlds; -- used of a computational ontology that includes logically inconsistent assertions (theories), structured as different possible worlds; as, the only way to accommodate different theories of physics in one ontology is for that ontology to be polycosmic. A computational ontology that includes both the existence of one God and nonexistence of God as alternative and inconsistent theories would be polycosmic. [ PJC ]

n. [ Poly- + cotyledon: cf. F. polycotylédone. ] (Bot.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. -- Pol`y*cot`y*led"on*ous a. [1913 Webster]