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n. He who, or that which, accompanies. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adviens, p. pr. ] Coming from outward causes; superadded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ OF. anientir, F. anéantir. ] To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having balconies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen.
Syn. -- beany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a slang name for Benzedrine, a trademark for one brand of amphetamine; -- also used generically for any brand of amphetamine. [ slang ] [ Also spelled benny. ]
Syn. -- Benzedrine. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

[ So called from Blenheim House, the seat of the duke of Marlborough, in England. ] A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -nières /plu>. [ F. ] A small fancy box or dish for bonbons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Scot. ] See Bonny, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., buttonhole. ] A bouquet worn in a buttonhole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from its supposed tawny or swarthy color. ] An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 4th Burn. ] A small brook. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ladybird. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. canonnier. ] A man who manages, or fires, cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen. ] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caponnière, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon. ] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ fem. - } n. [ F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonnière, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth. ] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

. One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. things that make one comfortable and at ease.
Syn. -- comforts, creature comforts, amenities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. [ L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient. ] 1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and means
May fit us to our shape. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With all brief and plain conveniency,
Let me have judgment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus necessity invented stools,
Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p. pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i. ] 1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Near at hand; easy of access. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.

Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Daniel come to judgment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. décalcomanie. ] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar. ] A small copper coin of insignificant value. [ 1913 Webster ]

My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See Darrein. ] Last; final. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dernier ressort ety>[ F. ], last resort or expedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unsuitableness; incongruity. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [ Obs. ] Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dominus master. See Don, Dame. ] 1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [ Scot. & Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An officer of the French customs. [ Anglicized form douaneer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The section of a newspaper containing comic strips; called also funny papers and comics. Rarely encountered in the singular. [ PJC ]

n. [ Named after the French geologist Garnier. ] (Min.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] 1. Same as Genius{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Islamic mythology) Same as jinnee. [ PJC ]

3. (Fairy tales) A fabulous spirit having special powers, often appearing in human form, which, when summoned by a person, is required to perform the commands of the summoner. It is based on the mythological jinnee; the prototype is the genie residing in an oil lamp, summoned by Aladdin. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere. ] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

n. a daughter of one's niece or nephew.
Syn. -- grandniece. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mining.) Space left by the removal of ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The buttocks; -- a word used with children. [ slang ]
Syn. -- ass, butt, buttocks, rear end, derriere, rump, behind. [ PJC ]

a. See Honeyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, . . . of ceremonies in burial. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place upon the top of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Syn. -- Incommodiousness; awkwardness; disadvantage; disquiet; uneasiness; disturbance; annoyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put to inconvenience; to incommode; as, to inconvenience a neighbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inconvenience. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconveniens unbefitting: cf. F. inconvénient. See In- not, and Convenient. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not convenient; giving trouble, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious; inopportune; as, an inconvenient house, garment, arrangement, or time.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; uncomfortable; disaccommodating; awkward; annoying; unseasonable; inopportune; incommodious; disadvantageous; troublesome; cumbersome; embarrassing; objectionable. [ 1913 Webster ]