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

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 ]

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

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 ]

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 ]

‖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. 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 ]

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 ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an ovary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ovarium + Gr. te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oophorectomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Ovarium, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the ovaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Ovaria E. Ovariums [ NL. ] An ovary. See Ovary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Para-, and Ovarium. ] (Anat.) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Prevaricated p. pr. & vb. n. Prevaricating. ] [ L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See Varicose. ] 1. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

He prevaricates with his own understanding. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Civil Law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To evade; equivocate; quibble; shuffle. -- Prevaricate, Evade, Equivocate. One who evades a question ostensibly answers it, but really turns aside to some other point. He who equivocate uses words which have a double meaning, so that in one sense he can claim to have said the truth, though he does in fact deceive, and intends to do it. He who prevaricates talks all round the question, hoping to “dodge” it, and disclose nothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praevaricatio: cf. F. prévarication. ] 1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. (b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praevaricator: cf. F. prévaricateur. ] 1. One who prevaricates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ties A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having one degree of freedom or variability. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Invariable. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Cf. F. vari. ] (Zool.) The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. variabilité. ] 1. The quality or state of being variable; variableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. variabilis: cf. F. variable. ] 1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His heart, I know, how variable and vain! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an adjustable opening. --
Variable quantity (Math.), a variable. --
Variable-rate mortgage (Finance), a mortgage whose percentage interest rate varies depending on some agreed standard, such as the prime rate; -- used often in financing the purchase of a home. Such a mortgage usually has a lower initial interest rate than a fixed-rate mortgage, and this permits buyers of a home to finance the purchase a house of higher price than would be possible with a fixed-rate loan. --
Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady; versatile; inconstant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) (a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. (b) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Independent variable (Math.), that one of two or more variables, connected with each other in any way whatever, to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, if arbitrary changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the independent variable, and y is called a function of x. There may be two or more independent variables in an equation or problem. Cf. Dependent variable, under Dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]