a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -oid. ] Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adj.
n. [ Gr.
n. The state or condition of being an albino; albinism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. albumen + -oid. ] (Chem.) Resembling albumin. --
a. (Chem.) Of the nature of an albuminoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. (Anat.) The alisphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖a. [ NL., fr. L. amphisbaena + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Elbowlike; anconal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. enoilier. ] To anoint with oil. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [ Aaron's ] head and anoint him. Exod. xxix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 1 Kings xix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord's Anointed,
p. p. Anointed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who anoints. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; like a cobweb; &unr_; spider, spider's web +
n.
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; shaped like a ladle; &unr_; a ladle +
‖n.
‖n. [ NL., from L. balaena whale + -oid. ] (Zool.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. (Anat.) The basisphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas.
adj. (Chem.) similar to benzene in structure or linkage; having an aromatic ring system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖ [ Fr., lit. black beast. ] Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation; -- called also
adj. of or pertaining to bitumen.
n. One of the Brachioganoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl.[ NL., from L. brachium (bracch-) arm + NL. ganoidei. ] (Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Buccinum + -oid. ] (Zool.) Resembling the genus
[ From Gr.
n. [ NL. chinium quinine (cf. G. & F. china Peruvian bark) + -oil + -ine. ] (Chem.) See Quinodine. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ]
a. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. [ Gr.
n. [ F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor. ] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. [ 1913 Webster ]
The connoisseur is “one who knows, ” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.” Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being a connoisseur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. Resembling a cone; conoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. conoïdal. ] Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]