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a. Pertaining to amenorrhoea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Carvacrol. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; month + &unr_; to flow. ] (Med.) Difficult and painful menstruation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An order of fungi sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes.
Syn. -- order Hymenogastrales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a membrane + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a membrane + &unr_;, &unr_;, a mushroom. ] (Bot.) One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a membrane + fe`rein to bear. ] (Bot.) That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hyménoptère. ] (Zool.) One of the Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; membrane-winged; &unr_; skin, membrane + &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have four membranous wings, with few reticulations, and usually with a thickened, dark spot on the front edge of the anterior wings. In most of the species, the tongue, or lingua, is converted into an organ for sucking honey, or other liquid food, and the mandibles are adapted for biting or cutting. In one large division (Aculeata), including the bees, wasps, and ants, the females and workers usually have a sting, which is only a modified ovipositor.

n. (Zool.) One of the Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as hymenopteran.
Syn. -- hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymnenopter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Like, or characteristic of, the Hymenoptera; pertaining to the Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. menobranchus, fr. Gr. &unr_; to remain + &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n.; pl. L. Menologia E. Menologies [ NL. menologium, fr. Gr. mh`n month + lo`gos discourse : cf. F. ménologe. ] 1. A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mh`n month + &unr_; to cause to cease. See Menses. ] (Med.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. menopoma, fr. Gr. &unr_; to remain + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) The hellbender. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mh`n month + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) (a) Profuse menstruation. (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mh`n month + 'ista`nai to stop. ] (Med.) Stoppage of the menses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Same as Menostasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A minnow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Neomenia, a representative genus (See Neomenia) + -oid. ] (Zool.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; the thing perceived, p. pr. pass. of &unr_; to perceive, &unr_; the mind. ] (Metaph.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. &unr_; to omit. ] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Rhet.) Juxtaposing words having a common derivation, as in the phrase "sense and sensibility". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. pergamena parchment. See Parchment. ] Like parchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Perispomena [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, pr. pass. p. of &unr_; to draw around, to circumflex; peri` around + &unr_; to draw. ] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] See Phenomenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phenomenon + -logy: cf. F. phénoménologie. ] A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. “The phenomenology of the mind.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phenomena [ L. phaenomenon, Gr. faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See Phantom. ] 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prolegomena [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, properly neut. pass. p. pr. of &unr_; to say beforehand; &unr_; before + &unr_; to say. ] A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise. D. Stokes (1659). Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Properispomena [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to circumflex on the penult; &unr_; before + &unr_; to circumflex. See Perispomenon. ] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. volumen volume + -meter. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air. [ 1913 Webster ]