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n. 1. 1 a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.
Syn. -- amidopyrine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to be feverish, fr. &unr_; fire. ] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a&unr_; not + pyretic. ] (Med.) Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to apyrexy. “Apyrexial period.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. apyrexia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; to be feverish, fr. &unr_; fire: cf. F. apyrexie. ] (Med.) The absence or intermission of fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; fire. ] Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
Syn. -- genus Argyreia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a compound of protein and silver used as a mild antiseptic; Argyrol is the trademark.
Syn. -- mild silver protein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the orange tortrix.
Syn. -- genus Argyrotaenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.
Syn. -- genus Argyroxiphium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Arsenic + pyrite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Artotyritae, pl., fr. Gr. &unr_; bread + &unr_; cheese. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [ Gen. iv. 3, 4. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Assyrius. ] Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archæology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Assyria + -logy. ] The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
Syn. -- genus Athyrium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.
Syn. -- autogiro, gryoplane [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Agric.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Aerie. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. (Zool.) See Babiroussa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to be bossy towards; same as bullyrag.
Syn. -- strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, bullirag, ballarag, boss around, hector, push around. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pyramidal. ] Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bromine + Gr. &unr_; silver. ] (Min.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Bullirag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bully. [ Slang Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. butyrum butter. See Butter. ] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Butyric acid, C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. butyrum butter + -meter. ] An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Butyric + -one. ] (Chem.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Butyraceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Butyric + -yl. ] (Chem.) The radical (C3H7.CO-) of butyric acid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf, Icel. bür pantry, Sw. bur cage, Dan. buur, E. bower. ] A cow house. [ N. of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A private or obscure road. “Through slippery byroads” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carbon + styrene. ] A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ke`ras horn + 'a`rgyros silver. ] (Min.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chalko`s brass + E. pyrite. So named from its color. ] (Min.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Pref. circum- + gyrate. ] To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round. [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To circumgyrate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]