n. [ F. accolade, It. accolata, fr. accollare to embrace; L. ad + collum neck. ]
a. [ L. aculeolus little needle. ] (Bot.) Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., agricolatio. ] Agriculture. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. alcolaie. ] (Chem.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. alcoolature. ] (Med.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. altivolans. See Volant. ] Flying high. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alvéolaire. ] (Anat.)
Alveolar processes,
a. Alveolar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus. ] (Bot.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; service, worship. ] Worship paid to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A corruption of Angora. ] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also
n. [ Gr.
a. Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. a- + polar. ] (Biol.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to enjoy. ] Devoted to enjoyment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle. ]
Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
reolar tissue (Anat.),
n.
n. [ L. ariolatio, hariolatio, fr. hariolari to prophesy, fr. hariolus soothsayer. ] A soothsaying; a foretelling. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with
n. [ OE. astrolabie, astrilabe, OF. astrelabe, F. astrolabe, LL. astrolabium, fr. Gr.
☞ Among the ancients, it was essentially the armillary sphere. A graduated circle with sights, for taking altitudes at sea, was called an astrolabe in the 18th century. It is now superseded by the quadrant and sextant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A worshiper of the stars. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Astro- + Gr. &unr_; service, worship: cf. F. astrolâtrie. ] The worship of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus; when it envelops the whole body, an aureola. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]
The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]
The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] Self-worship. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. avolare; a (ab) + volare to fly. ] To fly away; to escape; to exhale. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. avolatio. ] The act of flying; flight; evaporation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Bengal light. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Pref. bi- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + nucleolus. ] (Biol.) Having two nucleoli. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + polar. Cf. Dipolar. ] Doubly polar; having two poles;
n. Bipolar quality. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. The second largest
a. [ See Bole clay. ] Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. sing. & pl. [ Sp. ] A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. brachiolum (bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm. ] (Zool.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. of or pertaining to a bronchiole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Calceolaria. ] Slipper-shaped. See Calceiform. [ 1913 Webster ]