a. Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. (Biol.) Produced by spontaneous generation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. absonus; ab + sonus sound. ] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [ Obs. ] “Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Increasing by growth from the extremity;
a. Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Adenose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Adipose; -genous. ] (Med.) Producing fat.
a. [ L. aeruginosus, fr. aerugo rust of copper, fr. aes copper: cf. F. érugineux. ] Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum;
a. [ L. altisonus. ] Altisonant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aluminosus, fr. alumen alum: cf. F. alumineux. ] Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina;
a. Ambagious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambo both + genus kind. ] Of two kinds. (Bot.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amnigena; amnis a river + root gen of gignere to beget. ] Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. --
The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; warp, thread; &unr_; to stand. ] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. annotinus, fr. annus year. ] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Anodyne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Anther + -genous. ] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing clay and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus;
a. Murderous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; not + synchronous. ] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + root of
Autogenous soldering,
adv. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bis twice + manus hand. ] (Zool.) Having two hands; two-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Binominal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bini two at a time + tonus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, tone. ] Consisting of two notes;
a. Same as Binate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux. ] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bituminous coal,
Bituminous limestone,
Bituminous shale,
a. [ Gr. &unr_; mucus + -genous. ] Generating mucus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bombycinus. See Bombazine. ]
n. See Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]