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n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having acrospores. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. of the greatest importance. the all-important subject of disarmament
Syn. -- all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Angio- + spore. ] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; priv. + isospore. ] (Biol.) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; -- opposed to isospore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. LL. anteporta. ] An outer port, gate, or door. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An outer porch or vestibule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Aporia. ] Doubting; skeptical. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aporias [ L., doubt, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + &unr_; passage. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Aporia. ] (Zool.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Without pores. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + port. ] (Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear. ] A bringer in; an importer. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apportioned p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning. ] [ OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion. ] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum. ] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as archesporium.
Syn. -- archesporium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
Syn. -- archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; joint + E. spore. ] (Bacteriol.) 1. A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also oidium. [ PJC ]

-- Ar`thro*spor"ic Ar*thros"po*rous a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an arthrospore{ 2 }.
Syn. -- arthrosporous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an arthrospore{ 2 }.
Syn. -- arthrosporic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ascus + spore. ] (Bot.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [ See Illust. of Ascus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an ascospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry. ] (Law) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basidium + spore. ] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous a. [1913 Webster]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidiospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + corporal. ] Having two bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + corporate. ] (Her.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. pore. ] (Biol.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron. [ See Illust. of Invagination. ] Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a blastopore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Bosporus, G. Bo`sporos, lit., ox-ford, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. boy^s ox, heifer + po`ros ford. ] Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [ Written also Bosphorus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. See Corporal, n. ] One who directs work; an overseer. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. karpo`s + -spore. ] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ. -- Car`po*spor"ic a. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. of or relating to a carpospore. [ PJC ]

2. having carpospores. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. cella cell + porus, Gr. &unr_;, passage. ] (Zool.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from Cephalosporium, a fungus producing the first of the series discovered. ] (Chem.) any of a class of chemical substances, some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity, whose structure contains a beta-lactam ring fused to a six-membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. The first of the series, cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents, some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections. The cephalosporins are the second class of beta-lactam antibiotic to be discovered, the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins. The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta-lactam ring, rendering them more resistant to penicillinases. Among the cephalosporins which have been found clinically useful are cephalexin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin. [ PJC ]

n. form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores.
Syn. -- genus Cercospora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores.
Syn. -- genus Cercosporella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Cinque + port. ] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Colporteur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry. ] A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books. [ 1913 Webster ]