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Academy figure (Paint.),
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a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found. ]
n. [ From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found. ] The most well-known of the actinomycins (
n. [ NL. ] (Med.) A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to infection with actinomycetes, especially by Actinomyces bovis in cattle and by Actinomyces israeli or Arachnia propionica in man. It is characterized by hard swellings usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also affect the abdomen or thorax. In cattle it is called also
adj. (Med.) Of or pertaining to actinomycosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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n. [ Adeno- + Gr. &unr_; a cutting, &unr_; to cut. ] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; unfettered;
n. Adynamia. [ R. ] Morin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; &unr_; field + &unr_; usage, &unr_; to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie. ] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar. al-kīmīa, fr. late Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_;, a mingling, infusion, &unr_; juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants, fr. &unr_; to pour; for chemistry was originally the art of extracting the juices from plants for medicinal purposes. Cf. Sp. alquimia, It. alchimia. Gr. &unr_; is prob. akin to L. fundere to pour, Goth. guitan, AS. geótan, to pour, and so to E. fuse. See Fuse, and cf. Chemistry. ]
Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ami, fr. L. amicus. ] A friend. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Bot.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr.
a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin;
n. (Chem.) An organic acid (
a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amygdalinus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; almond + -oid: cf. F. amygdaloïde. ] (Min.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amylum starch + -yl. Cf. Amidin. ] (Chem.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical,
a. [ L. amylum starch, Gr. &unr_;. See Amidin. ] Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Org. Chem.) Any of eight isomeric liquid alcohols (
n. (Chem.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons,
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl;
Amylic alcohol (Chem.),
Amylic fermentation (Chem.),
. A yellowish oily volatile liquid,
n. [ L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See Bacterium. ] (Biol.) A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Amylum + -gen. ] (Chem.) That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Amylum + genesis. ] The formation of starch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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Amyloid degeneration (Med.),
n. (Med.) A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular amyloid{ 2 } in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes with normal function of the affected organ; it is often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma. Called also
n. [ Amylum + Gr.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; starch + &unr_; solvent; &unr_; to dissolve. ] (Physiol.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar;
n. [ Amylum + -meter. ] Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Amylum + -plastic. ] Starch-forming; amylogenic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]