adj.
a. [ L. arundifer; arundo reed + ferre to bear. ] Producing reeds or canes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed. ] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arundineus, fr. arundo reed. ] Abounding with reeds; reedy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing;
n. (Computers) The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
n.
v. t. To infect with jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Moving with a bound or bounds. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a native or inhabitant of Burundi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. the act of combining things.
adj. tending to contradict (a hypothesis).
n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
adj. causing astonishment. [ Narrower terms:
adj. same as dumbfounding.
a. [ L. facundiosus. ] Eloquement; full of words. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. facunditas. ] Eloquence; readiness of speech. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Fecund + -fy. ] To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund. ]
n. The art of smelting and casting metals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Funding system,
a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund;
a. [ L. gerundivus. ] Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. --
adv. In the manner of a gerund;
n.
a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious;
a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the swallows. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.
n.
n. [ Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia, immundities. ] Uncleanness; filthiness. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. infecunditas: cf. F. infécondité. ] Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zool.),
a. [ L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme. ]
‖n.;
n. [ L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund. ] Unpleasantness; disagreeableness. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Intermundane. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow. ] (Med.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blue jaundice.
v. t. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]
The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. jocunditas jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf. Jucundity. ] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. jucunditas, from jucundus. ] Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus clean + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] Serving to cleanse and heal. --
n. The act or operation of cleansing. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cleansing. --
v. t. [ Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See Mundificant. ] To cleanse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. mundus the world + vagans wandering, p. pr. of vagari. See Vagary. ] Wandering over the world. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]