n. [ L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F. abarticulation. See Article. ] (Anat.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To take one's self off; to decamp. [ A jocular word. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. a- not + capsular. ] (Bot.) Having no capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare. ] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation. ]
Accumulation of energy or
power
An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.),
a. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. --
n. [ L. ]
adj.
a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adj.
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray. ] (Zool.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (
a. Acute-angled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ad + E. ambulacral. ] (Zool.) Next to the ambulacra;
a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory;
a. Adminicular. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See Osculate. ] (Biol.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. adulatus, p. p. of adulari. ] To flatter in a servile way. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter. ] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. [ 1913 Webster ]
Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out
With titles blown from adulation? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur. ] A servile or hypocritical flatterer. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adulatorius, fr. adulari: cf. OF. adulatoire. ] Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering;
A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who flatters with servility. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. Aesculapius, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of fish, the type and sole genus of the family
‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. ala a wing. ] (Zool.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the alula. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike;
a. [ Ambulacrum + -form ] (Zool.) Having the form of ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. [ F. ambulance, hôpital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See Amble. ] (Mil.)
a. [ L. ambulans, p. pr. of ambulare to walk: cf. F. ambulant. ] Walking; moving from place to place. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. ambulare to walk. See Amble. ] To walk; to move about. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ambulatio. ] The act of walking. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Walking. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Ambulatory; fitted for walking. Verrill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ambulatorius. ]
The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ Gr.
a. [ L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle. ]
Angular aperture,
Angular distance
Angular motion,
Angular point,
Angular velocity,
n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness. [ 1913 Webster ]