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. Diminishing;
a. [ L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal. ] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. [ LL. absentaneus. See absent ] Pertaining to absence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. absonus; ab + sonus sound. ] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [ Obs. ] “Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink. ]
Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Obtained from plants by distillation. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine +
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; spine + &unr_; wing. ]
a. (Zool.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. Acclivous. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acclivis and acclivus. ] Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to
a. [ See Acephal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Acerose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. α priv. +
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] Used in salads;
a. [ L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ]
Acetous acid,
a. [ Gr.
a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Lacking bile.
a. [ See Ahromatic. ] Lacking, or deficient in, color;
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyme. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acidus sour + -ferous. ] Containing or yielding an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid. ] Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish;
Acidulous mineral waters,
a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone. ] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. [ 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. [ F. acoustique, Gr. &unr_; relating to hearing, fr. &unr_; to hear. ] Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. [ 1913 Webster ]
Acoustic duct,
Acoustic telegraph,
Acoustic vessels,
n. A medicine or agent to assist hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to acoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]