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n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

a. Preventing the contagion of smallpox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an evergreen Indian shrub (Senna auriculata or Cassia auriculata) with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; it is sometimes placed in the genus Cassia.
Syn. -- tanner's cassia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. avēre to covet, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate, Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect. ] 1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness for wealth; covetousness; cupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good. [ 1913 Webster ]

All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. avaricieux. ] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. -- Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly desire wealth with a view to hoard it. The covetous grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Av`a*ri"cious*ly, adv. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed.
Syn. -- avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. avarus. ] Avaricious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Much talking; prattle; chatter. Byron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A state in southern Germany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bavarian cream. See under Cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Bavarois Bavarian. ] A kind of cloak or surtout. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the looped bavaroy the fop embrace. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. bosch wood + varken pig. ] (Zool.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. See Calvary. ] (Anat.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calvaria a bare skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf. F. calvaire. ] 1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. Luke xxiii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Leggings. [ Mex. & Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a statistical measure of the relationship of two variables, formed by multiplying the difference of each variable from its mean, both variables being measured at the same time, and averaging all such products. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Higher Alg.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. decem ten + novem nine. ] Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [ R. ] Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating. ] [ L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards. ] 1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. divaricatus, p. p. ] 1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With divarication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. divarication. ] 1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A character in Dickens's novel “Barnaby Rudge, ” a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To alter or vary between; to change. [ Obs. ] Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. invariabilité. ] The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + variable: cf. F. invariable. ] Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor.

-- In*va"ri*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*va"ri*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) An invariable quantity; a constant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Always; in every case. [ PJC ]

n. (Math.) The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. J. J. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ Law L., cause to be levied. ] A writ of execution at common law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including the louvars.
Syn. -- family Luvaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The type genus of the Luvaridae.
Syn. -- genus Luvarus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as magnetic declination. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Meso-, and Ovary. ] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. navarchus, Gr. nay`archo`s; nay^s ship + 'archo`s chief. ] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nayarchi`a. ] Nautical skill or experience. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Petty. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The name of a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827), at which the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet.
Syn. -- battle of Navarino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Navarre. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr. oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire. ] (Anat.) Like an olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive. [ 1913 Webster ]