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n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + dia` through + &unr_;heat. ] Not pervious to heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. anther. ] (Bot.) Destitute of anthers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & a. [ An a, one + other. ] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not the same; different. [ 1913 Webster ]

He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another, ” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another kind. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another sort. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anthère, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. &unr_; flowery, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. -- An"ther*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. 1 a genus of large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality.
Syn. -- genus Antheraea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Botany) capable of fertilizing female organs.
Syn. -- staminate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Syn. -- genus Anthericum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Antheridia [ Anther + &unr_; (a Gr. diminutive ending). ] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Anther + -ferous. ] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -form. ] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -genous. ] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -oid. ] Resembling an anther. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; flowery + &unr_; animal + -oid. See Zooid. ] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n. An antidiphtheritic agent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. To or towards any place. [ Archaic ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. atherina, fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of smelt. ] (Zool.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Athermanous. ] Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a beard, or an ear, of grain + -oid. ] Shaped like an ear of grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; gr&unr_;ats, meal. ] (Med.) (a) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter. (b) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] (Med.) a form of arteriosclerosis characterized by irregular fatty deposits on the inner surface of large and medium-sized arteries; the deposits are associated with fibrosis and calcification of the inner layer of the arteries. Similar conditions may be found in swine and fowl. The deposits may become large enough to impede the blood circulation and in some cases may restrict the blood supply to the heart. Stedman [ PJC ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + weather. ] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather! Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + Gr. qerapey`ein to heal. ] The treatment of disease by baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who bathes. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. On this side of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Two miles behither Clifden. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A leader. [ Contemptuous ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + antherigerous. ] (Bot.) Having two anthers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Blathered p. pr. & vb. n. Blathering. ] [ Written also blether. ] [ Icel. blaðra. Cf. Blatherskite. ] To talk foolishly, or nonsensically, or concerning matters of no consequence. G. Eliot.
Syn. -- babble, smatter, blether, blither. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Written also blether. ] Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. Hall Caine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. same as blather.
Syn. -- babble, blather, smatter, blether. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. talking incoherently; as, a blithering idiot.
Syn. -- jabbering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bothered (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bothering. ] [ Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex. ] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without bothering about it. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]