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n. The quality of being adverbial. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Aero- + Gr. fo`bos fear: cf. F. aérophobie. ] (Med.) Dread of a current of air or of fresh air. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia.
Syn. -- genus Alsobia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Amœbea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ See Amphibium. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of vertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Amphibia are distinguished by having usually no scales, by having eggs and embryos similar to those of fishes, and by undergoing a complete metamorphosis, the young having gills. There are three living orders: (1) The tailless, as the frogs (Anura); (2) The tailed (Urodela), as the salamanders, and the siren group (Sirenoidea), which retain the gills of the young state (hence called Perennibranchiata) through the adult state, among which are the siren, proteus, etc.; (3) The Cœcilians, or serpentlike Amphibia (Ophiomorpha or Gymnophiona), with minute scales and without limbs. The extinct Labyrinthodonts also belonged to this class. The term is sometimes loosely applied to both reptiles and amphibians collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Amphibian. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Amphibia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ , n. pl. [ NL. anaerobia; an-not + aëro- + Gr.&unr_; life. ] (Bacteriol.) Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobes when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate anaërobes, or obligatory anaërobes, when they thrive only in its absence. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Anglo- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + bi`os life. ] (Zool.) A beetle which feeds on flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native of Arabia; an Arab. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Baboon. ] A baboon. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + acid. ] (Chem.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + acuminate. ] (Bot.) Having points in two directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + angular. ] Having two angles or corners. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + angulate, angulated. ] Biangular. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ Pref. bi- + angulous. ] Biangular. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + annual. ] Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + antherigerous. ] (Bot.) Having two anthers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + articulate. ] (Zool.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Biases [ F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi-, and cf. Face. ] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Biased p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing. ] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + auriculate. ] 1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + axal, axial. ] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization; biaxial crystals. Brewster. -- Bi*ax"i*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to fear. ] A dread of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Linguistics) produced using both lips; -- said of a consonant. As, bilabial fricatives. See labial, adj. and bilabial, n. [ PJC ]

n. (Linguistics) a consonant that is articulated using both lips, as p or b or w. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + labiate. ] (Bot.) Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native South American name. ] (Zoöl.) The capybara. See Capybara. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. cambialis, fr. cambiars. See Change. ] Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [ Written also cimia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Columbia the United States. ] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Columbia. ] Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital. ] Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor Eve the rites
Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a morbid fear of freezing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilabial sound or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium. ] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.