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n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the wood swallows.
Syn. -- family Artamidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pyramidal. ] Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the dragonets.
Syn. -- family Callionymidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of cranelike South American wading birds.
Syn. -- family Cariamidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of fishes comprising the robalos (also called snooks).
Syn. -- family Centropomidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Formidableness. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. formidabilis, fr. formidare to fear, dread: cf. F. formidable. ] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. [ 1913 Webster ]

They seemed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. Drydn.

Syn. -- Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking; horrible; terrific; tremendous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a formidable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hemi-, and Dactyl. ] (Zool.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. informidabilis. See In- not, and Formidable. ] Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [ Obs. ] “Foe not informidable.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intimidated p. pr. & vb. n. Intimidating ] [ LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See Timid. ] To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. made timid or fearful as by threats. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. frightened into submission or compliance.
Syn. -- browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- daunting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. intimidation. ] The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or serving to intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Per. & Hind. jama-dār. ] The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. [ Written also jemadar, jamadar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a destructive insect in pulse. ] (Zool.) The larva of the bean fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. some point in the air; above ground level; as, the planes collided in midair; also used attributively; as, a midair collision. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ So called from L. Midas, a man fabled to have had ass's ears. ] (Zool.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Midas. ] (Zool.) A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula aurismidae or Ellobium aurismidae); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Palm, and Dactyl. ] (Zool.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. &unr_; (see Penta-) + &unr_; a mouth. ] (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Same as phasmatidae; the stick insects.
Syn. -- family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. pyramidal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mystic obelisks stand up
Triangular, pyramidal. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pyramidal numbers (Math.), certain series of figurate numbers expressing the number of balls or points that may be arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, etc., are triangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, etc., are square pyramidal numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]