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a. Adaptive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; -- fossils were found in Egypt. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + E. peptone. ] (Physiol.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -graph. ] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; embossed + -graphy. ] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'ana` back + ptwtiko`s belonging to case. ] Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; a falling, a case, &unr_; to fall. ] (Gram.) The putting of one case for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aptotum, Gr. &unr_; indeclinable; 'a priv. + &unr_; fallen, declined, &unr_; to fall. ] (Gram.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Med.) showing no symptoms of disease.
Syn. -- symptomless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; not falling together; 'a priv. + &unr_; to fall together; &unr_; with + &unr_; to fall. Cf. Symptom. ] (Math.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On tiptoe; eagerly expecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from Brompton Hospital, London. ](Pharmacy) A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice. [ PJC ]

n. a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants usually placed in the genus Asplenium.
Syn. -- genus Camptosorus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take. ] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. compter to count + -graph. ] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum. An older term for an adding machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ See Count; -meter. ] A calculating machine; an arithmometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + L. branchia a gill. ] (Zool.) (a) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of cockroaches.
Syn. -- genus Cryptocercus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.
Syn. -- water trumpet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia. ] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cryptogamiæ [ NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiaceæ or Club mosses, Selaginelleæ, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepaticæ, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Characeæ, the Stoneworts. III. Algæ, which are divided into Florideæ, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyoteæ, Oosporeæ, Zoosporeæ, Conjugatæ, Diatomaceæ, and Cryptophyceæ. IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus sometimes placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae.
Syn. -- genus Cryptogramma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- family Cryptogrammataceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + -graph: cf. F. cryptographe. ] Cipher; something written in cipher. “Decipherers of cryptograph.” J. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one who studies methods for encoding and decoding messages; one who studies cryptography. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cryptographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cryptographie. ] 1. The act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The science which studies methods for encoding messages so that they can be read only by a person who knows the secret information required for decoding, called the key; it includes cryptanalysis, the science of decoding encrypted messages without possessing the proper key, and has several other branches; see for example steganography. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy. ] Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; secret + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; name. ] A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium. ] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deceptorius, from decipere. ] Deceptive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; falling, fr. &unr_; to fall: cf. F. diptote. ] (Gram.) A noun which has only two cases. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dys- + peptone. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Meissner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Egypt + -logy. ] The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ellipsograph. [ 1913 Webster ]