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a. [ See Agensis. ] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with air sickness or aërial sickness; feeling nauseous due to riding in an airplane. -- Air"sick`ness, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

. A vomiting or nauseous feeling similar to seasickness experienced by passengers in aircraft; -- it is caused by motion and distinguished from the effects of low air pressure, as it may also occur in the pressurized cabins of large aircraft. [ PJC ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. (Med.) 1. 1. Of or pertaining to amnesia. “Amnesic or coordinate defects.” Quian. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suffering from amnesia; same as amnesiac. [ PJC ]

‖a. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'analghsi`a; 'an priv. + 'a`lghsis sense of pain. ] (Med.) Serving to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. AS [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'analghsi`a; 'an priv. + 'a`lghsis sense of pain. ] (Med.) a medication which serves to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. Aspirin and acetaminophen (paracetamol, trade name Tylenol) are commonly used non-prescription analgesics. AS [ PJC + AS ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to anaphase. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; rage, madness. ] (Med.) Antihydrophobic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. -- n. A medicine for phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + physical. ] Contrary to nature; unnatural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; to inflate. ] (Med.) Relieving flatulence; carminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Astro- + physics. ] (Astron.) The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its observations were traditionally made with the spectroscope, bolometer, etc., usually in connection with the telescope. In modern times, radiotelescopes, infrared telescopes, X-ray and gamma ray detectors and neutrino detection equipment located deep underground are all put into service to observe and test theories about astronomical phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. 1. (Computers) [ Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Iruction C. ] an artificial computer language with a relatively simplified instruction set. Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer languages is simpler than writing in assembly language. See also programming language, FORTRAN. [ PJC ]

a. 1. (Chem.) (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. (b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt. (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basi- + Gr. ke`ras horn, antenna. ] (Zool.) The second joint of the antennæ of crustaceans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) (a) The quality or state of being a base. (b) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Iron Metal.) A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. 1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles.
Syn. -- ABC, ABC's, ABCs, rudiments. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. principles from which other truths can be derived; as, let's get down to basics.
Syn. -- fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel produced by the basic process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + basic. ] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a brainsick manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., cabbage. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed (Brassica napus), etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers.
Syn. -- Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. brassica cabbage. ] (Bot.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Burse. ] (Bot.) Bursiform. [ 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 ]

adj. feeling nauseous due to the movement of a car or other land vehicle; -- similar to airsick and seasick. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet. ] (Zool.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cata + physical. ] Unnatural; contrary to nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language. [ 1913 Webster ]

In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See Class, n. ] 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give, as thy last memorial to the age,
One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [ Roman weights and coins ]. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

The epithet classical, as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Atterbury ] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classical, provincial, and national synods. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classicals orders. (Arch.) See under Order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being classical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics. [ 1913 Webster ]