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adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. not in a state of estrus; not in heat; -- of lower mammals; as, an anestrous bitch. Opposite of estrous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Asymmetrical. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ater. ] Coal-black; very black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adventurous. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. -- Bar"ra*trous*ly, adv. Kent. [1913 Webster]

a. Blusterous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a citrus tree; as, a citrous disease.
Syn. -- citrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to citrus. the citrus production of Florida
Syn. -- citrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. dartreux. See Dartars. ] (Med.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dartrous diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and herpetism. Piffard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., adv., n. Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- dioestrous, dioestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- diestrous, diestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster. ] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. goîtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter. ] Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in general are either goitrous or idiots. W. Coxe.

a. [ Pref. hypo- + nitrous. ] (Chem.) Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hyponitrous acid (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, NOH, whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates, although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state except as a solution in water; -- called also nitrosylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Josiah ] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a idolatrous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. il- not + lustrous. ] Without luster. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Characterized by imposture; deceitful. “Impostrous pretense of knowledge.” Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres. ] (Zool.) Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d Luster. ] Bright; shining; luminous. “ Good sparks and lustrous.” Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals. [ PJC ]

a. [ OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ] 1. Marvelous; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Abounding in monsters. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. “A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. “Who with his wife is monstrously in love.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See Niter. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. --
Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to measure distance on a road. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Opiniaster. [ Obs. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. petrosus, fr. petra a stone. ] 1. Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Same as Petrosal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. salpêtreux. ] Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sinister. ] 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. “Sinistrous gravity.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With a tendency to use the left hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. triquetrus. ] Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Trousers. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cloth or material for making trousers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OF. trousses breeches worn by pages, from trousse, trosse, a bundle, a truss. See Truss, and cf. Trossers, Trouse. ] A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Truss; cf. Trousseau. ] A case for small implements; as, a surgeon's trousse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. OF. trossel, dim. of trousse a bundle, truss. See Truss. ] The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family. [ 1913 Webster ]