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‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, breath, &unr_; to breathe, blow. ] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation; same as apnea. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as apneic.
Syn. -- apneic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Canoes [ Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa. ] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. [ 1913 Webster ]

A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Canoed pos>p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing ] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of using a canoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A canoeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canoemen One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + o'i^kos house. ] (Zool.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; dia` through + &unr_; to revolve in the mind. ] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; short of breath; pref. dys- ill, hard + &unr_;, &unr_;, breathing, &unr_; to blow, breathe: cf. F. dyspnée. ] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy; as, the Genoese sailor we call Columbus. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.
Syn. -- Genovese. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + o'i^kos house. ] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
Syn. -- genus Haminoea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &unr_;, &unr_;, breath.] (Physiol.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnœa. See Eupnœa, and Dispnœa. [1913 Webster]

n. (Biochemistry) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. suggestive of a statue.
Syn. -- statuesque. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ F. manoeuvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Maneuvered r Manoeuvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering or Manoeuvring ] [ Cf. F. manoeuvrer. See Maneuver, n. ] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports. [ PJC ]

3. To manage with address or art; to scheme. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. 1. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Maneuver. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who maneuvers. [ 1913 Webster ]

This charming widow Beaumont is a nanoeuvrer. We can't well make an English word of it. Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; house. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious. -- n. One of the Monoecia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monoecious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal. ] Same as Nowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding + ta`chos swiftness + -graph. ] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic. ] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic. ] The science of the understanding; intellectual science. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to perceive, &unr_; mind, intellect. ] Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. orthopnoea, Gr. &unr_;; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to breathe: cf. F. orthopnée. ] (Med.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Sphenethmoid. [ 1913 Webster ]