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n. 1. same as Alexander[ wn1 ]; Smyrnium olusatrum.
Syn. -- Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn. -- El Iskandariyah [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alexandrin. ] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Allantoin + oxalic, as containing the elements of allantion and oxalic acid. ] (Chem.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to cause to increase + -meter. ] An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodless. [ Obs. ] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref ex- + angulous. ] Having no corners; without angles. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit. ] 1. Lifeless; dead. [ R. ] “Carcasses exanimate.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [ R. ] “Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. exanimatio. ] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exanimus, exanimis; ex out, without + anima life. ] Lifeless; dead. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + annulate. ] (Bot.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Exanthema. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Exanthemata [ L., fr. Gr.&unr_;, fr.&unr_; to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; &unr_;, &unr_;, out + 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower: cf. F. exanthème. ] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

{ } a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; . See Exanthema. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exantlatus, p. p. of exantlare, exanclare, to endure. ] To exhaust or wear out. [ Obs. ] “Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. exantlation. ] Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flexanimus; flectere, flexum, to bend + animus mind. ] Having power to change the mind. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, male: cf. F. hexandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hexandre. ] (Bot.) Having six stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular. ] Having six angles or corners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A persulphocyanate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + xanthic. ] (Chem.) Persulphocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. hypo- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ilex the genus including the holly + Gr. &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Murexide. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxanilic + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of oxanilic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oxalic + aniline. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxalic + aniline + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. Para- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. fy^kos seaweed + &unr_; yellow. ] A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyllo- + Gr. xanqo`s yellow. ] (Bot.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pus + &unr_; yellow. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A greenish yellow crystalline coloring matter found with pyocyanin in pus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. relaxans, p. pr. of relaxare. ] (Med.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sexangulus sexangular; sex six + angulus angle: cf. F. sexangle. Cf. Hexangular. ] (Geom.) A hexagon. [ R. ] Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ Cf. F. sexangulaire. ] Having six angles; hexagonal. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]