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a. Of or instrument to birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to Batavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [ R. ] Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Baboon. ] A baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Bolivia. -- n. A native of Bolivia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an aberrant state or condition.
Syn. -- aberrance, aberrancy, aberration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. deviate behavior.
Syn. -- deviation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Deviating. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having behavior or characteristics differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
Syn. -- deviate. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. diluvien. ] Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Jove, or Jupiter (either the deity or the planet). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia. [ Also spelled Yugoslavian. ]
Syn. -- Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Maldives.
Syn. -- Maldivan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious system of the Moravians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Geol.) Ordovician. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pavan. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Ivan Pavlov, or the principles of conditioned responses that he investigated; as, a Pavlovian response. dog [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. péruvien, Sp. peruviano. ] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam. --
Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The crocodile bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian. ] Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lived after the flood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Racow. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Servia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub- + L. clavis a key. See Clavicle. ] (Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. Vésuvien, It. Vesuviano. ] Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. vesuvian. See Vesuvian, a. ] 1. (Min.) Vesuvianite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of match or fusee for lighting cigars, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. viande meat, food, LL. vianda, vivanda, vivenda, properly, things to live on, fr. L. vivere to live; akin to vivus living. See Vivid, and cf. Victuals. ] An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used chiefly in the plural. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Viands of various kinds allure the taste. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vitruvian scroll (Arch.), a name given to a peculiar pattern of scrollwork, consisting of convolved undulations. It is used in classical architecture. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. G. Vivian. ] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Yugoslavia; as, Yugoslavian wine.
Syn. -- Yugoslavian, Jugoslav, Jugoslavian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]