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n. [ L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See Absorb. ] 1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem. & Physics) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absorptiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + carpel. ] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of carpellate.
Syn. -- acarpe [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. accorporare; ad + corpus, corporis, body. ] To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the process by which molecules of a substance form a thin film on the surface of a solid. Distinguished from absorption, in which the foreign substance penetrates the body of the absorbing material.
Syn. -- surface assimilation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface; displaying adsorption. [ Narrower terms: chemisorptive, chemosorptive ] nonadsorbent
Syn. -- adsorbent, surface-assimilative [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
Syn. -- genus Afrocarpus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. (Med.) The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The heel of a rudder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia.
Syn. -- genus Aglaomorpha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a heavier-than-air aircraft. Same as aeroplane{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. a propeller designed for propelling airplanes.
Syn. -- airscrew, propeller, prop. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of one another + Gr. morfh` form. ] (Biol.) One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves; same as allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic a. [1913 Webster]

As we know that the several unit characters are of such a nature that any one of them is capable of independently displacing or being displaced by one or more alternative characters taken singly, we may recognize this fact by naming such characters allelomorphs. Bateson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an allelomorph. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + morfh` form. ] (Min.) (a) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. (b) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite. G. H. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to allomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not limited in use or function.
Syn. -- general-purpose. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amorphas [ Gr. &unr_; shapeless. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Amorphous. ] A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc. There are stony substances which, when fused, may cool as glass or as stone; the glass state is spoken of as a state of amorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + morfh` form. ] 1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shapeless; 'a priv. + morfh` form + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. amorphie. See Amorphous. ] Shapelessness. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; again + morfh` form. ] 1. A distorted image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope. ] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form anew; &unr_; again + &unr_; to form; morfh` form. ] 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.
Syn. -- anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an angiocarp; angiocarpous.
Syn. -- angiocarpous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.
Syn. -- angiocarpic [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Anthropomorphism. ] (Zool.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of human form; 'a`nqrwpos man + morfh` form. ] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]