a. Without a base; having no foundation or support. “The baseless fabric of this vision.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated. [ 1913 Webster ]
My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Without cause or reason. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being causeless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without pause or end; incessant. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Without intermission or end. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Keslop. ] A bag in which rennet is kept. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
☞ The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., dim. of OF. cors. F. corps, body. See Corse. ]
a. Suffering no decrease. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It [ the river ] flows and flows, and yet will flow,
Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.
n. [ Pref. di- + selenide. ] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without ease. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without cost or expense. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.;
n. [ House + leek. ] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus
a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless;
n. The state of being houseless. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of plants having only one species, the alpine azalea.
n. Sheets of writing paper having holes at the edge permitting insertion into and removal from a looseleaf binder. [ PJC ]
a. Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent;
So noiseless would I live. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Destitute of a nose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unoffending; inoffensive.
a. Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. [ Obs. ] “Your great opposeless wills.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ]
‖n.;
a. Without a phase, or visible form. [ R. ] “A phaseless and increasing gloom.” Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Indescribable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without praise or approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To select beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not having or making pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no pulsation; lifeless. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being pulseless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. --
a. Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. “Remorseless adversaries.” South. “With remorseless cruelty.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Not capable of being repulsed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Giving no response. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Irreversible. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se- aside + levere to gather. See Legend. ] Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice. [ 1913 Webster ]
A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The pious chief . . .
A hundred youths from all his train selects. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With care and selection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. selectio: cf. F. sélection. ] . The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. [ 1913 Webster ]
Natural selection. (Biol.)
a. Selecting; tending to select. [ 1913 Webster ]
This selective providence of the Almighty. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The system of delegated town action was then, perhaps, the same which was defined in an “order made in 1635 by the inhabitants of Charlestown at a full meeting for the government of the town, by selectmen;” the name presently extended throughout New England to municipal governors. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]