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a. [ Cf. F. abdominal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. ] (Zool.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abdomen + Gr. skopei^n to examine. ] (Med.) Examination of the abdomen by means of a laparoscope to detect abdominal diseases. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. 1. 1 distension of the stomach area due to overweight.
Syn. -- paunchiness [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. ] Inhuman. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ] 1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abominating. ] [ L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen. ] To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio. See Abominate. ] 1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cause of pollution or wickedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; color. ] Free from color; colorless; as, in (Physiol. Chem.), the achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of Central and South American feather palms.
Syn. -- genus Acrocomia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. acromial. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`kros extreme + &unr_; shoulder: cf. F. acromion. ] (Anat.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., to the man. ] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ad + nomen noun. ] (Gram.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ] 1. A surname. [ R. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. F. agronomique. ] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi`dromos running about or around. ] Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. anatomicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. anatomique. See Anatomy. ] Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anatomisme. ] 1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [ i. e., the French ] great figure painters. The London Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anatomiste. ] One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of anatomizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anatomized p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing. ] [ Cf. F. anatomiser. ] 1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dissector. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes. ] (Med.) A disease caused by the hookworm parasites of the genus Ancylostoma (especially Ancylostoma duodenale), and Necator americanus. Typically, infection in humans occurs in the small intestine. In the small intestine they suck the blood from the wall and, when present in large numbers, produce a severe anaemia. Called also miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, Egyptian chlorosis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖ [ L., in the year of [ our ] Lord [ Jesus Christ ]; usually abbrev. a. d. ] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annominatio. See Agnomination. ] 1. Paronomasia; punning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alliteration. [ Obs. ] Tyrwhitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; irregular; 'a priv. + no`mos law. ] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; usage, law, rule. ] The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a stink. ] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Antimony. ] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. Mosheim. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Antinomian. [ R. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]