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n. The quality or state of being affectible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be affected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'anti` + &unr_;. See Bacchius. ] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) (a) killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria; -- applied also to serum for protection against bacterial diseases. (b) Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Med.) a chemical substance which kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. [ PJC ]

n. 1. the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections.
Syn. -- wonder drug [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any chemical substance having therapeutically useful antibacterial or antifungal activity; -- used commonly but loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial agents. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an antibiotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing microbes. [ PJC ]

-- antibiotically, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. discriminatory against black people; opposed to black people
Syn. -- racist [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains various antibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also stimulates production of their specific antibodies by the immune system. In certain “autoimmune” diseases, the immune system of an organism may produce antibodies to parts of the organism's own structure, and can cause considerable damage and even death as a result. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) more narrowly, any of the immunoglobulins present in the blood serum or other body fluids of an animal, which reacts with a specific antigenic substance, whether the antibody was produced as a consequence of the stimulus provided by the antigen, or was pre-existing prior to exposure of the organism to the antigen. The soluble antibodies present in serum are complex globins (proteins) with both constant and variable regions in the polypeptide chains, the variable region being responsible for the reaction of the antibody with its specific antigen. Typically, antibodies of more than one structure may react with a given antigen, and any given antigen may stimulate production of more than one antibody. Methods have been developed to grow cells in tissue culture which produce predominantly only one specific antibody, and such antibodies thus produced (called monoclonal antibodies) are highly specific in their reactions to molecular strucures, and are used as valuable reagents in biochemical technology. [ PJC. ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a stink. ] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Scottish Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appétibilité. ] The quality of being desirable. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. appétible. ] Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being averted; preventable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. bipartible. See Bipartite. ] Capable of being divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills. ] (Zool.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Celtiber, Celtibericus. ] Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). -- n. An inhabitant of Celtiberia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Coctile. ] Capable of being cooked. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being collected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being combustible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. combustible. ] 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arnold was a combustible character. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. [ 1913 Webster ]

All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Combustibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. of comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat. ] Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be compacted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. compatibilité. ] The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See Compassion. ] Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. Broome.

Syn. -- Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a compatible manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Compatible; suitable; consistent. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Compt, v. t. ] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Conceive. ] Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. conductibilité. ] 1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being conducted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Despised; scorned; neglected; abject. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Insolent; scornful; contemptuous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If she should make tender of her love, 't is very possible he 'll scorn it; for the man . . . hath a contemptible spirit. Shak.

Syn. -- Despicable; abject; vile; mean; base; paltry; worthless; sorry; pitiful; scurrile. See Contemptuous. -- Contemptible, Despicable, Pitiful, Paltry. Despicable is stronger than contemptible, as despise is stronger than contemn. It implies keen disapprobation, with a mixture of anger. A man is despicable chiefly for low actions which mark his life, such as servility, baseness, or mean adulation. A man is contemptible for mean qualities which distinguish his character, especially those which show him to be weak, foolish, or worthless. Treachery is despicable, egotism is contemptible. Pitiful and paltry are applied to cases which are beneath anger, and are simply contemptible in a high degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a contemptible manner. [ 1913 Webster ]