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‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos vine + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Amylum + Gr. &unr_; appearance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The diastase of the pancreatic juice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } [ Gr. 'ana`lhpsis a taking up, or again, recovery, from 'analamba`nein. See Analemma. ] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.
Syn. -- genus Anemopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight. ] (Med.) Defect or absence of sight; blindness. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖n. [ NL. See Anti-; Sepsis. ] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Apsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Apsides See Apse. [ L. apsis, absis, Gr. "apsi`s, "apsi^dos, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. "a`ptein to fasten.] 1. (Astron.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides. [1913 Webster]

2. (Math.) In a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. [1913 Webster]

3. (Arch.) Same as Apse. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + sepsis. ] State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., he undertook, pret. of L. assumere. See Assume. ] (Law) (a) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; nourishment. ] (Med.) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings. -- A*threp"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } a. Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the class of plants comprising the true mosses, having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes; it comprises the orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; and Sphagnales.
Syn. -- class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr. kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and https://web.archive.org/web/20090312013237/http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. a natural family comprising the leaf bugs.
Syn. -- Miridae, family Miridae, family Capsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Capsized p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing. ] [ Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head. ] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. [ 1913 Webster ]

But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An upset or overturn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caryopsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Caryopses [ NL., fr. gr. &unr_; hut, kernel + &unr_; sight, form. ] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; found in southeastern U.S. and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Syn. -- genus Castanopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. &unr_; a seizure, fr. &unr_; to seize upon; kata` down + &unr_; to take, seize. ] (Med.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a suborder of extinct animals including triceratops.
Syn. -- suborder Ceratopsia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls, of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.
Syn. -- horned dinosaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an extinct family of American ceratopsian dinosaurs.
Syn. -- family Ceratopsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of clinid fishes consisting of the pikeblennies.
Syn. -- genus Chaenopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat. [ Narrower terms: telescopic; tip-up ] Also See: folded. Antonym: noncollapsible.
Syn. -- collapsable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. collapsio. ] Collapse. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as coniferophyta.
Syn. -- class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia.
Syn. -- genus Corylopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [ Obs. ] “Cropsick drunkards.” Tate. -- Crop"sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock. [1913 Webster]

n. a class or subdivision of plants comprising palmlike gymnosperms: it includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta).
Syn. -- class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; a sight, fr. the root of &unr_; I shall see: cf. F. diopside. ] (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. 1. A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [ Local, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Naut.) A deep-sea lead. [ Rare ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead. [ Sailor's Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From Dropsy. ] 1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being dropsical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Diseased with drops. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }[ L. dyspepsia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hard to digest; dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook. ] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dunglison.

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a shining forth, fr. &unr_; to shine forth; &unr_; out + &unr_; to shine. ] (Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Linguistics) the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.
Syn. -- ellipsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to squeeze out. ] 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. [ 1913 Webster ]