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n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; part. ] (Chem.) Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form. [ 1913 Webster ]
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American ivy.
American Party (U. S. Politics),
Native american Party (U. S. Politics),
n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]
The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The process of Americanizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with
. A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to
n. a sign language, used in the United States mostly by the deaf or for communication with the deaf, in which gestures made with the hands symbolize words, alphabetical letters, or ideas, permitting rapid communication in the absence of speech.
a. Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; part. ] (Chem.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. antemeridianus; ante + meridianus belonging to midday or noon. See Meridian. ] Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev.
a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. a genus comprising the false nettle.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; gill + -mere. ] (Anat.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments. R. Wiedersheim. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. (Biol.) pertaining to the centromere, the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Chimerical. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought;
adv. Wildy; vainly; fancifully. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Cimmerius. ]
In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. circum- + meridian. ] About, or near, the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. démérite demerit (in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit (in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See De-, and Merit. ]
By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [ they ] acquired this reputation. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. démériter to deserve ill. See Demerit, n. ]
If I have demerited any love or thanks. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. State Trials (1645). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To deserve praise or blame. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ See Emeritus. ] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a. [ L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve. ] Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Ephemeral. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Ethmoid + vomerine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.),
pos>n. [ L. Euhemerus, Gr. &unr_; a philosopher, about 300 &unr_;. ] The theory, held by
n. One who advocates euhemerism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to euhemerism. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>v. t. To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism. [ 1913 Webster ]