a. [ L. ambrosius, Gr.
adv. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. “Smelt ambrosially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh. ] (Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. --
a. [ L. castrensis, fr. castra camp. ] Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pleasure of the Circensian shows. Holyday. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. LL. controversialis. ] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical;
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Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Johnson ] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a controversial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an order of plants, used in some classifications as coextensive with the family
a. Ecclesiastical. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to generation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure. ] Fit for a garden. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Indusium. ] Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvæ of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]
Indusial limestone (Geol.),
a. [ Gr.
Mesial plane. (Anat.)
adv. (Anat.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.)
n. [ Gr.