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n. [ See Acosmism. ] One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; a shaking up and down. ] Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'osmh` smell. ] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Of or pertaining to anosmia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.
Syn. -- class Aphasmidia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besmirched p. pr. & vb. n. Besmirching. ] To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖interj. [ Arabic, in the name of God! ] An adjuration or exclamation common among the Muslims. [ Written also Bizmillah. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Black (in allusion to the color of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith. ] 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis, or Heliastes punctipinnis), of a blackish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sword cutler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a chiasma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a place washed by the waves, fr. &unr_;. See Clyster. ] Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Washing; cleansing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos. ] 1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. “Cosmic ranges of time.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. of unsurpassed size, extent, or significance; vast; as, of cosmic proportions; of cosmic importance. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Universally. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tropical shrub (Tabernaemontana divaricata), native to India, having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; Northern India to Thailand.
Syn. -- crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Gr. desmo`s chain + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiæ, a group of unicellular algæ in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`smh, desmo`s, bundle, fr. dei^n to bind. ] (Min.) Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dismission. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismissed p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing. ] [ L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit. ] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dismission; discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. subject to dismissal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. L. dimissio. ] 1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving dismission. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. embolismique. ] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Endosmotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; a smell. ] (Min.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. goldsmi&unr_;. See Gold., and Smith. ] 1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A banker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goldsmith beetle (Zool.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabæidæ [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.

{ } n. The art or business of a gunsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being transmitted; as, an intransmissable illness. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Iridium + osmium. ] (Min.) The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. yāsmīn, Pers. yāsmīn; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine. ] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [ Written also jessamine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cape jasmine, or
Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person whose occupation is to make, mend, or install locks, or to make keys for locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A twining woody vine (Stephanotis floribunda) of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions.
Syn. -- waxflower, Stephanotis floribunda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a fairy ring.
Syn. -- genus Marasmius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. microcosmique. ] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Microcosmic salt (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neo- + cosmic. ] Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history. [ 1913 Webster ]