acaracide
         n 1: a chemical agent used to kill mites [syn: {acaricide},
               {acaracide}]

English Dictionary: Acorus calamus	by the DICT Development Group
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acariasis n infestation with itch mites [syn: acariasis, acariosis, acaridiasis]
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acaricide n a chemical agent used to kill mites [syn: acaricide, acaracide]
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acariosis n infestation with itch mites [syn: acariasis, acariosis, acaridiasis]
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acarus n any of several mites of the order Acarina [syn: acarus, genus Acarus]
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accuracy n the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" Synonym(s): accuracy, truth Antonym(s): inaccuracy (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"
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accurse v curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment Synonym(s): accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
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accursed adj under a curse Synonym(s): accursed, accurst, maledict
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accurst adj under a curse Synonym(s): accursed, accurst, maledict
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Acer campestre n shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge [syn: {hedge maple}, field maple, Acer campestre]
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Acer circinatum n small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets Synonym(s): vine maple, Acer circinatum
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Acer glabrum n small maple of northwestern North America [syn: {dwarf maple}, Rocky-mountain maple, Acer glabrum]
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Acer japonicum n leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan [syn: Japanese maple, full moon maple, Acer japonicum]
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Acer saccharinum n a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood Synonym(s): silver maple, Acer saccharinum
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Acer saccharum n maple of eastern and central North America having three- lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies Synonym(s): sugar maple, rock maple, Acer saccharum
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Acer spicatum n small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn Synonym(s): mountain maple, mountain alder, Acer spicatum
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Aceraceae n a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples Synonym(s): Aceraceae, family Aceraceae, maple family
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acerose adj narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped]
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Achras n tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit [syn: Achras, genus Achras]
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Achras zapota n large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras Synonym(s): sapodilla, sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
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Acoraceae n used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae Synonym(s): Acoraceae, subfamily Acoraceae
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Acores n islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes" Synonym(s): Azores, Acores
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Acorus n sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae [syn: Acorus, genus Acorus]
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Acorus calamus n perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots Synonym(s): sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus
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Acragas n a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples Synonym(s): Agrigento, Acragas
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Acrasiomycetes n cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista Synonym(s): Acrasiomycetes, class Acrasiomycetes
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acreage n an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on" Synonym(s): acreage, land area
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acres n extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" Synonym(s): estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
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Acris n cricket frogs Synonym(s): Acris, genus Acris
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Acris crepitans n a cricket frog of eastern and central United States [syn: northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans]
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Acris gryllus n a cricket frog of eastern United States [syn: {eastern cricket frog}, Acris gryllus]
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acrocarp n a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) Synonym(s): acrocarp, acrocarpous moss Antonym(s): pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss
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acrocarpous adj (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem Antonym(s): pleurocarpous
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acrocarpous moss n a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) Synonym(s): acrocarp, acrocarpous moss Antonym(s): pleurocarp, pleurocarpous moss
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Acrocarpus n small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia [syn: Acrocarpus, genus Acrocarpus]
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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius n East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes Synonym(s): shingle tree, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
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acrocentric adj having a subterminal centromere; "an acrocentric chromosome"
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acrocentric chromosome n a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long
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Acrocephalus n a genus of Sylviidae [syn: Acrocephalus, {genus Acrocephalus}]
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Acrocephalus schoenobaenus n small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa Synonym(s): sedge warbler, sedge bird, sedge wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
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acrocephaly n a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape Synonym(s): oxycephaly, acrocephaly
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Acroclinium n genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum Synonym(s): Acroclinium, genus Acroclinium
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Acroclinium roseum n flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying Synonym(s): pink-and- white everlasting, pink paper daisy, Acroclinium roseum
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Acrocomia n Central and South American feather palms [syn: Acrocomia, genus Acrocomia]
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Acrocomia aculeata n tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts Synonym(s): grugru, gri-gri, grugru palm, macamba, Acrocomia aculeata
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Acrocomia vinifera n tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber Synonym(s): coyol, coyol palm, Acrocomia vinifera
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acrocyanosis n cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion Synonym(s): acrocyanosis, Raynaud's sign
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acrogen n any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
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acrogenic adj pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem Synonym(s): acrogenic, acrogenous
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acrogenous adj pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem Synonym(s): acrogenic, acrogenous
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acroscopic adj facing or on the side toward the apex Antonym(s): basiscopic
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acrosome n a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
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across adv to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" Synonym(s): across, crosswise, crossways
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across the board adv including all; "we got a pay raise across the board"
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across the country adv extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" Synonym(s): nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country
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across the nation adv extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" Synonym(s): nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across the country
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across-the-board adj broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" Synonym(s): across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
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acrostic n a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across Synonym(s): word square, acrostic verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
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Acrostichum n in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae Synonym(s): Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum
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Acrostichum aureum n stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides Synonym(s): golden fern, leather fern, Acrostichum aureum
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agar-agar n a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods Synonym(s): agar, agar- agar
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agaric n fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses [syn: agaric, Fomes igniarius] a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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Agaricaceae n large family including many familiar mushrooms [syn: Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae]
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Agaricales n typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota Synonym(s): Agaricales, order Agaricales
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Agaricus n type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species Synonym(s): Agaricus, genus Agaricus
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Agaricus arvensis n coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap Synonym(s): horse mushroom, Agaricus arvensis
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Agaricus campestris n common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce Synonym(s): meadow mushroom, field mushroom, Agaricus campestris
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agerasia n youthful appearance in an old person
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aggregate adj formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" Synonym(s): aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together Synonym(s): aggregate, congeries, conglomeration v amount in the aggregate to gather in a mass, sum, or whole Synonym(s): aggregate, combine
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aggregate fruit n fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple Synonym(s): aggregate fruit, multiple fruit, syncarp
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aggregated adj formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" Synonym(s): aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass
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aggregation n several things grouped together or considered as a whole Synonym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage the act of gathering something together Synonym(s): collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
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aggregative adj formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" Synonym(s): aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass
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aggregator n a person who collects things [syn: collector, aggregator]
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aggress v take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" Synonym(s): attack, aggress
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aggression n a disposition to behave aggressively a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack Synonym(s): aggression, aggressiveness violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked Synonym(s): aggression, hostility the act of initiating hostilities deliberately unfriendly behavior
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aggressive adj having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" Antonym(s): nonaggressive, unaggressive tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" Synonym(s): aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" Synonym(s): aggressive, belligerent
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aggressively adv in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned" Synonym(s): aggressively, sharply
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aggressiveness n the quality of being bold and enterprising a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack Synonym(s): aggression, aggressiveness a natural disposition to be hostile Synonym(s): aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity
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aggressor n someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter] a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
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agrestic adj characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" Synonym(s): agrestic, rustic (of behavior) rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy"
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Agricola n Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) Synonym(s): Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola
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agricultural adj relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college" relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" Synonym(s): agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)
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agricultural agent n an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics Synonym(s): county agent, agricultural agent, extension agent
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agricultural laborer n a person who tills the soil for a living [syn: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer]
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agricultural labourer n a person who tills the soil for a living [syn: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer]
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agriculturalist n someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil Synonym(s): agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser
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agriculture n a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm] the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock Synonym(s): farming, agriculture, husbandry the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 Synonym(s): Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA the class of people engaged in growing food
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Agriculture Department n the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 Synonym(s): Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA
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Agriculture Secretary n the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Agriculture; "the first Secretary of Agriculture was Norman J. Colman, who was appointed by Cleveland" Synonym(s): Secretary of Agriculture, Agriculture Secretary the position of the head of the Department of Agriculture; "the post of Secretary of Agriculture was established in 1889" Synonym(s): Secretary of Agriculture, Agriculture Secretary
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agriculturist n someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil Synonym(s): agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser
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Agrigento n a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples Synonym(s): Agrigento, Acragas
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Agriocharis n a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey Synonym(s): Agriocharis, genus Agriocharis
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Agriocharis ocellata n wild turkey of Central America and northern South America Synonym(s): ocellated turkey, Agriocharis ocellata
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Agrostemma n a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles [syn: Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma]
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Agrostemma githago n European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America Synonym(s): corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago
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Agrostis n annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) Synonym(s): Agrostis, genus Agrostis
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Agrostis alba n slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia Synonym(s): wood meadowgrass, Poa nemoralis, Agrostis alba
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Agrostis canina n common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves [syn: velvet bent, velvet bent grass, brown bent, Rhode Island bent, dog bent, Agrostis canina]
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Agrostis nebulosa n Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets Synonym(s): cloud grass, Agrostis nebulosa
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Agrostis palustris n common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners [syn: creeping bent, creeping bentgrass, Agrostis palustris]
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akaryocyte n a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) [syn: akaryocyte, akaryote, acaryote]
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Akira Kurosawa n Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998) Synonym(s): Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa
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aqua regia n a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold) Synonym(s): aqua regia, nitrohydrochloric acid
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Aquarius n (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius Synonym(s): Aquarius, Water Bearer a zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18 Synonym(s): Aquarius, Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer
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Aquarius the Water Bearer n the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18 Synonym(s): Aquarius, Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer
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as required adv according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions); "add water as needed" Synonym(s): as needed, as required, pro re nata, PRN
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ascariasis n infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
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Ascaris n type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth Synonym(s): Ascaris, genus Ascaris
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Ascaris lumbricoides n intestinal parasite of humans and pigs [syn: {common roundworm}, Ascaris lumbricoides]
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assurgent adj rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent" growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"
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Az Zarqa n city in northwestern Jordan Synonym(s): Az Zarqa, Zarqa
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Azores n islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes" Synonym(s): Azores, Acores
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azure aster n a variety of aster
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vole \Vole\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to       {Arvicola} and allied genera of the subfamily       {Arvicolin[91]}. They have a thick head, short ears, and a       short hairy tail.          Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola                amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The                short-tailed field vole ({A. agrestis}) of Northern and                Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole ({A.                arvalis}), and the Siberian root vole ({A.                [d2]conomus}), are important European species. The                common species of the Eastern United States ({A.                riparius}) (called also {meadow mouse}) and the prairie                mouse ({A. austerus}) are abundant, and often injurious                to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[91]stnian; akin to OHG.       festin[omac]n. See {Fast}, a.]       1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot,             lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to             fasten a door or window.          2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach             or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to             cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards             together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our             thoughts.                         The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the                      service of many successions of parties, with very                      different ideas fastened to them.      --Swift.          3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;             as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.                         If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.          {To fasten} {a charge, [or] a crime}, {upon}, to make his             guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.                      {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without             cessation. --Acts iii. 4.          Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation,       production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to       cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or       flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the       genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}.       The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or       blue speculum on the wings.          Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the                European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A.                querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species.                In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the                green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon                teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as                game birds. See {Garganey}.          {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}.          {Teal duck}, the common European teal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egret \E"gret\, n. [See {Aigret}, {Heron}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The name of several species of herons which             bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among             the best known species are the American egret ({Ardea,             [or] Herodias, egretta}); the great egret ({A. alba}); the             little egret ({A. garzetta}), of Europe; and the American             snowy egret ({A. candidissima}).                         A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.                                                                               Cable.          2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,             or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.          3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or             achenes, as the down of the thistle.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of ape.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Greegree \Gree"gree"\, n.       An African talisman or Gri'gri' charm.          {A greegree man}, an African magician or fetich priest.
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d8Adansonia \[d8]Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French       botanist.] (Bot.)       A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two       species, {A. digitata}, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa       and India, and {A. Gregorii}, the sour gourd or       cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of       moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a       wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with       pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is       used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C.       Eaton.
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Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation,       production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to       cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or       flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the       genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}.       The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or       blue speculum on the wings.          Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the                European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A.                querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species.                In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the                green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon                teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as                game birds. See {Garganey}.          {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}.          {Teal duck}, the common European teal.
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d8Andropogon \[d8]An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s,       man + pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)       A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly       all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon       and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States.       The principal subgenus is {Sorghum}, including {A. sorghum}       and {A. halepensis}, from which have been derived the Chinese       sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom       corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian       species, as {A. nardus} and {A. sch[d2]nanthus}, yield       fragrant oils, used in perfumery.
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Accourage \Ac*cour"age\, v. t. [OF. acoragier; [85] (L. ad) +       corage. See {Courage}.]       To encourage. [Obs.]
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Accresce \Ac*cresce"\, v. i. [L. accrescere. See {Accrue}.]       1. To accrue. [R.]          2. To increase; to grow. [Obs.] --Gillespie.
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Accrescence \Ac*cres"cence\, n. [LL. accrescentia.]       Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]                   The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched                depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.                                                                               --Coleridge.
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Accrescent \Ac*cres"cent\, a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of       accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See {Crescent}.]       1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford.          2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray.
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Accroach \Ac*croach"\, v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to       obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; [85] (L. ad) + croc hook       (E. crook).]       1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]          2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.                         They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal                      power.                                                --Stubbs.
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Accroachment \Ac*croach"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. F.       accrochement.]       An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Accuracy \Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [See {Accurate}.]       The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this       exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to       truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety;       correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its       accuracy.                   The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think,                to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.                                                                               --Reid.                   The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.                                                                               --Lardner.
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Accurse \Ac*curse"\, v. t. [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a +       cursien to curse. See {Curse}.]       To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon;       to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.                   And the city shall be accursed.               --Josh. vi.                                                                               17.                   Thro' you, my life will be accurst.         --Tennyson.
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a.       Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to       be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly       hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly},       adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n.
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a.       Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to       be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly       hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly},       adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n.
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a.       Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to       be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly       hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly},       adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n.
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Accursed \Ac*cursed"\, Accurst \Ac*curst"\, p. p. & a.       Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to       be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly       hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. --Shak. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ly},       adv. -- {Ac*curs"ed*ness}, n.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp.       az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be]       sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.]       1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,             of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by             crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as             the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It             is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food             and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the             Note below.          Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as                the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the                raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it                includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the                glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper,                dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true                sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates.                See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are                ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn                the plane of polarization to the right or the left.                They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by                the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are                themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and                carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet                produced artificially belongs to this class. The                sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose                anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually                not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act                on polarized light.          2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or             appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous             white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.          3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render             acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.             [Colloq.]          {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}.          {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an             isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}.          {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety             of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in             the urine in diabetes mellitus.          {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}.          {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose             or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe             grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See             {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}.          {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}.          {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found             in malt. See {Maltose}.          {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but             distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}.          {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh             milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}.          {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric             with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found             in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called             also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}.          {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}.          {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by             the action of heat and acids on starch from corn,             potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn             sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose},             and {Glucose}.          {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar.          {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with             very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe,             for the sugar obtained from them.          {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry.          {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba},             {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family             {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters.          {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}.          {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple             sugar is made.          {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.]          {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized;             candy made from sugar.          {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum             officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has             been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar.                      {Sugar loaf}.             (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form                   of a truncated cone.             (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.                               Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar                            loaf?                                          --J. Webster.          {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}).             See {Maple}.          {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the             sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers,             between which the cane is passed.          {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in                   great numbers in unrefined sugar.             (b) The lepisma.          {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above.          {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}.          {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and             preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; --             called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett.          {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus             Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft             and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the             stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a             substitute for sugar.          {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger             ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a             large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See             Illust. under {Phlanger}.          {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for             taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl.          {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
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Aceric \A*cer"ic\, a. [L. acer maple.]       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.       --Ure.
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Acerose \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen.       aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F.       ac[82]reux.] (Bot.)       (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.       (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf             of the pine.
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Acerous \Ac"er*ous\, a.       Same as {Acerose}.
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Acerous \Ac"er*ous\, a. [Gr. [alpha] priv. + ke`ras a horn.]       (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.       (b) Without antenn[91], as some insects.
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Hogchoker \Hog"chok`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An American sole ({Achirus lineatus}, {or A. achirus}),       related to the European sole, but of no market value.
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Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo,       Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. {Sapota}.] (Bot.)       A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree ({Achras Sapota});       also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also       {sapadillo}, {sappadillo}, {sappodilla}, and {zapotilla}.]          {Sapodilla plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Achras Sapota}. It is             about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough,             brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty             yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet.             Called also {naseberry}. It is eatable only when it begins             to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.
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Achroous \Ach"ro*ous\, a. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] color.]       Colorless; achromatic.
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Acierage \Ac`i*er*age\, n. [F. aci[82]rage, fr. acier steel.]       The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a       stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic       electricity; steeling.
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Aciurgy \Ac"i*ur`gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a point + [?] work.]       Operative surgery.
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Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE.       swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te,       OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr,       s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for       suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to       sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.]       1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;             saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet             beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.          2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a             sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.                         The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.                                                                               --Longfellow.          3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the             sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet             voice; a sweet singer.                         To make his English sweet upon his tongue.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.          4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;             as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.                         Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,                      and plains.                                       --Milton.          5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.          6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:             (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.             (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,                   sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.          7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;             winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.                         Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?                                                                               --Job xxxviii.                                                                               31.                         Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one                      established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.          Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining                compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,                sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.          {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}.          {Sweet apple}. (Bot.)             (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.             (b) See {Sweet-top}.          {Sweet bay}. (Bot.)             (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}).             (b) Swamp sassafras.          {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora}             ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and             producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.                      {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of the North American plants of the                   umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots                   and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.             (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing                   in England.          {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet             flag}, below.          {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum})             from which the gum ladanum is obtained.          {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}.          {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites             sagittata}) found in Western North America.          {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.             See the Note under {Corn}.          {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub             ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having             sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.                      {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus})             having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent             aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and             America. See {Calamus}, 2.          {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter             fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch             myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}.          {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.          {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar             styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}.          {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary             purposes.          {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.          {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}.          {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}.          {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten.          {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea             Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.          {Sweet oil}, olive oil.          {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}.          {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.          {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag.          {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous             ether}, under {Spirit}.          {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea             moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); --             called also {sultan flower}.          {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for             sweetmeats. [Colloq.]          {Sweet William}.             (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many                   varieties.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also                   {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale.          {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}.          {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or             special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.             [Colloq.] --Thackeray.          Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
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Acrase \A*crase"\, Acraze \A*craze"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + crase;       or cf. F. [82]craser to crush. See {Crase}, {Craze}.]       1. To craze. [Obs.] --Grafton.          2. To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] --Hacket.
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d8Acrasia \[d8]A*cra"si*a\, Acrasy \Ac"ra*sy\n. [Gr. akrasia.]       Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] --Farindon.
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Acrase \A*crase"\, Acraze \A*craze"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + crase;       or cf. F. [82]craser to crush. See {Crase}, {Craze}.]       1. To craze. [Obs.] --Grafton.          2. To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] --Hacket.
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Acreage \A"cre*age\, n.       Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,       criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.       kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.)       An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied       genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing       together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.          Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};                the common large black crickets of America are {G.                niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.          {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}.          {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella});             -- called also {grasshopper warbler}.          {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus});             -- so called from its chirping.
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d8Acrisia \[d8]A*cris"i*a\, Acrisy \Ac"ri*sy\, n. [LL. acrisia,       Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] to separate, to decide.]       1. Inability to judge.          2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.]
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Acrocarpous \Ac`ro*car"pous\, a. [Gr. [?] extreme, highest + [?]       fruit.] (Bot.)       (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the             end of the stalk.       (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in             certain mosses.
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Acrocephalic \Ac`ro*ce*phal"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] highest + [?]. See       {Cephalic}.]       Characterized by a high skull.
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Mockbird \Mock"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The European sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}).
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Night \Night\, n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D.       nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[?]tt, Sw. natt,       Dan. nat, Goth. nachts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos,       Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr. [?], [?], Skr. nakta, nakti.       [root] 265. Cf. {Equinox}, {Nocturnal}.]       1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the             horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the             time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the             sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.                         And God called the light Day, and the darkness he                      called Night.                                    --Gen. i. 5.          2. Hence:             (a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.                               Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.                                                                               --Pope.             (b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.             (c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night                   of sorrow.             (d) The period after the close of life; death.                               She closed her eyes in everlasting night.                                                                               --Dryden.             (e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems                   to sleep. [bd]Sad winter's night[b8]. --Spenser.          Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the                formation of self-explaining compounds; as,                night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.          {Night by night}, {Night after night}, nightly; many nights.                         So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay,                      night by night, in studying good for England.                                                                               --Shak.          {Night bird}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The moor hen ({Gallinula chloropus}).             (b) The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}).          {Night blindness}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}.          {Night cart}, a cart used to remove the contents of privies             by night.          {Night churr}, (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar.          {Night crow}, a bird that cries in the night.          {Night dog}, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by             poachers.          {Night fire}.             (a) Fire burning in the night.             (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.                            {Night flyer} (Zo[94]l.), any creature that flies in the             night, as some birds and insects.          {night glass}, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large             amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.             --Totten.          {Night green}, iodine green.          {Night hag}, a witch supposed to wander in the night.          {Night hawk} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Chordeiles             Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the             insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and             often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud             whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also             sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is             called also {bull bat}.          {Night heron} ({Zo[94]l}.), any one of several species of             herons of the genus {Nycticorax}, found in various parts             of the world. The best known species is {Nycticorax             griseus}, or {N. nycticorax}, of Europe, and the American             variety (var. n[91]vius). The yellow-crowned night heron             ({Nycticorax violaceus}) inhabits the Southern States.             Called also {qua-bird}, and {squawk}.          {Night house}, a public house, or inn, which is open at             night.          {Night key}, a key for unfastening a night latch.          {Night latch}, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated             from the outside by a key.          {Night monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an owl monkey.          {night moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the noctuids.          {Night parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo.          {Night piece}, a painting representing some night scene, as a             moonlight effect, or the like.          {Night rail}, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a             nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.             [Obs.]          {Night raven} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in             the night; esp., the bittern.          {Night rule}.             (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a                   corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]             (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at                   night.                               What night rule now about this haunted grove?                                                                               --Shak.          {Night sight}. (Med.) See {Nyctolopia}.          {Night snap}, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.          {Night soil}, human excrement; -- so called because in cities             it is collected by night and carried away for manure.          {Night spell}, a charm against accidents at night.          {Night swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar.          {Night walk}, a walk in the evening or night.          {Night walker}.             (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a                   noctambulist.             (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;                   specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.          {Night walking}.             (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism.             (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.          {Night warbler} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus             phragmitis}); -- called also {night singer}. [prov. Eng.]                      {Night watch}.             (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change                   of watch.             (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.                            {Night watcher}, one who watches in the night; especially,             one who watches with evil designs.          {Night witch}. Same as {Night hag}, above.
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Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --       probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.       secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.       hesg. Cf. {Hassock}, {Saw} the instrument.]       1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Carex}, perennial,             endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy             places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked             inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually             rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred             species.          Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the                order {Cyperace[91]}, which includes {Carex},                {Cyperus}, {Scirpus}, and many other genera of rushlike                plants.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A flock of herons.          {Sedge ken} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under 5th             {Rail}.          {Sedge warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small European singing bird             ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}). It often builds its nest             among reeds; -- called also {sedge bird}, {sedge wren},             {night warbler}, and {Scotch nightingale}.
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Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet,       ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]       1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or             grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems,             such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the             common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites             communis}).          2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some             plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.                         Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes.                                                                               --Milton.          3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior.          4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]          5. (Mus.)             (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the                   mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in                   vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a                   single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is                   double, forming a compressed tube.             (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of                   which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,                   harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets                   or registers of pipes in an organ.          6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or             reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the             swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the             weft; a sley. See {Batten}.          7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for             igniting the charge in blasting.          8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}.          {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.          {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the             wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc.             It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of             the organ and clarinet.          {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall             grass found in wet places.          {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}.          {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza             sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called             also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}.             (b) Reedling.          {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris             arundinacea}).          {Reed grass}. (Bot.)             (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1.             (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under                   {Bur}.          {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set             of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina,             etc.          {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.                      {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above.          {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with             reeds.          {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus});                   -- called also {reed wren}.             (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian                   warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe},                   and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers.          {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila             arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}.          {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna             arundinacea}), common in moist woods.
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Acrocephaly \Ac`ro*ceph"a*ly\, n.       Loftiness of skull.
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Acroceraunian \Ac`ro*ce*rau"ni*an\, a. [L. acroceraunius, fr.       Gr. [?] high, n. pl. [?] heights + [?] thunderbolt.]       Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of       [bd]thunder-smitten[b8] peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus       and Macedonia. --Shelley.
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Harlequin \Har"le*quin\, n. [F. arlequin,formerly written also       harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin,       hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch       origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. {Hell}, {Kin}.]       A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays       tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or       an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of       Italian comedy. --Percy Smith.                   As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters.                                                                               --Johnson.          {Harlequin bat} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian bat ({Scotophilus             ornatus}), curiously variegated with white spots.          {Harlequin beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South American             beetle ({Acrocinus longimanus}) having very long legs and             antenn[91]. The elytra are curiously marked with red,             black, and gray.          {Harlequin cabbage bug}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Calicoback}.          {Harlequin caterpillar}. (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American             bombycid moth {(Euch[91]tes egle)} which is covered with             black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.          {Harlequin duck} (Zo[94]l.), a North American duck             ({Histrionicus histrionicus}). The male is dark ash,             curiously streaked with white.          {Harlequin moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Magpie Moth}.          {Harlequin opal}. See {Opal}.          {Harlequin snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, poisonous snake             ({Elaps fulvius}), ringed with red and black, found in the             Southern United States.
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{Macaw bush} (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of             nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}).          {Macaw palm}, {Macaw tree} (Bot.), a tropical American palm             ({Acrocomia fusiformis} and other species) having a             prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields             a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is             used in making violet soap. Called also {grugru palm}.
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Acrogen \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. [?] extreme, high + -gen.] Acrogen    \Ac"ro*gen\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme, high + -gen.] (Bot.)       A plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the       ferns, etc. See {Cryptogamia}.          {The Age of Acrogens} (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the             carboniferous era.
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Acrogenous \Ac*rog"e*nous\, a. (Bot.)       Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous       plant.
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Acrook \A*crook"\, adv.       Crookedly. [R.] --Udall.
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Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] anything twisted.]       (Bot.)       The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate;       the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral       form.
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Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, v. i.       To put forth the first sprout.
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Acrospore \Ac"ro*spore\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] fruit.] (Bot.)       A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification       in fungi.
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Acrosporous \Ac"ro*spor"ous\, a.       Having acrospores.
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Across \A*cross"\, adv.       1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.             --Shak.          2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]                         The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the                      actions of Christ.                              --Bp. Hall.
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Across \A*cross"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en       croix. See Cross, n.]       From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction       opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a       river. --Dryden.          {To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally.             --Freeman.          {To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a             region without following the roads.
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] extreme + [?] order,       line, verse.]       1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the             last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken             in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.          2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the             letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.).             See {Abecedarian}.          {Double acrostic}, a species of enigma
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n.       Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
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Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n.       Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
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Acrostically \A*cros"tic*al*ly\, adv.       After the manner of an acrostic.
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Agar-agar \A`gar-a"gar\, n.       A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from       certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the       artificial cultivation of bacteria; -- often called {agar},       by abbreviation.
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Agaric \Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. [?], said to be       fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]       1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species,             of which the common mushroom is an example.          2. An old name for several species of {Polyporus}, corky             fungi growing on decaying wood.          Note: The [bd]female agaric[b8] ({Polyporus officinalis}) was                renowned as a cathartic; the [bd]male agaric[b8]                ({Polyporus igniarius}) is used for preparing                touchwood, called punk or German tinder.          {Agaric mineral}, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of             lime, sometimes called {rock milk}, formed in caverns or             fissures of limestone.
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Agaric \Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. [?], said to be       fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]       1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species,             of which the common mushroom is an example.          2. An old name for several species of {Polyporus}, corky             fungi growing on decaying wood.          Note: The [bd]female agaric[b8] ({Polyporus officinalis}) was                renowned as a cathartic; the [bd]male agaric[b8]                ({Polyporus igniarius}) is used for preparing                touchwood, called punk or German tinder.          {Agaric mineral}, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of             lime, sometimes called {rock milk}, formed in caverns or             fissures of limestone.
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Mushroom \Mush"room\, n. [OE. muscheron, OF. mouscheron, F.       mousseron; perhaps fr. mousse moss, of German origin. See       {Moss}.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) An edible fungus ({Agaricus campestris}), having a                   white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish                   expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish                   and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the                   under side radiating gills which are at first                   flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant                   grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity                   of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant                   smell, and is largely used as food. It is also                   cultivated from spawn.             (b) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus                   {Agaricus}; a toadstool. Several species are edible;                   but many are very poisonous.
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Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L.       campus field. See {Camp}.] (Bot.)       An edible species of mushroom ({Agaricus campestris}).          {Fairy ring champignon}, the {Marasmius oreades}, which has a             strong flavor but is edible.
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Muscarin \Mus*ca"rin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)       A solid crystalline substance, {C5H13NO2}, found in the       toadstool ({Agaricus muscarius}), and in putrid fish. It is a       typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
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d8Amanita \[d8]Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See {Amanitine}.] (Bot.)       A genus of poisonous fungi of the family {Agaricace[91]},       characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white       spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are       frequently mistaken for them. {Amanita muscaria}, syn.       {Agaricus muscarius}, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and       {A. phalloides} is the death cup.
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Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.)       A poisonous mushroom ({Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus       muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap       covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva       at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white       spores. Called also {fly agaric}, {deadly amanita}.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]                         A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.          5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for             hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]          6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,             the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.          7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the             wind blows.          8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are             marked; the compass card. --Totten.          9. (Mech.)             (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a                   fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of                   machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the                   striking part of a clock.             (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends                   on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the                   motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the                   power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,                   is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining                   press. See {Fly wheel} (below).          10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which             holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is             penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.          11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a             spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.          12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or             jerk. --Knight.          13.             (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from                   the press.             (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power                   to a power printing press for doing the same work.          14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn             over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof             of the tent at no other place.          15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.          16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,             overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.          17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable             distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a             ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.          {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under             {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom             ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in             sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}             (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the             working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used             in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing             Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by             the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for             anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,             formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a             reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the             driving power being applied by the hand through a cord             winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it             rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the             act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial             flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing             flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the             speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes             revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant             of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem             and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.             Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an             artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the             beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --       {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.          {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.          {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger             nut.          {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose             flowers resemble flies.          {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that             feed upon or are entangled by it.          {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.          {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,             operated by hand and having a heavy fly.          {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged             leaf of a table.          {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.          {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.          {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla             nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male             is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.          {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to             equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by             its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to             accumulate or give out energy for a variable or             intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.          {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a             batted ball caught before touching the ground.
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Flybane \Fly"bane`\, n. (Bot.)       A kind of catchfly of the genus {Silene}; also, a poisonous       mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}); fly agaric.
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Aggerose \Ag`ger*ose"\, a.       In heaps; full of heaps.
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Aggrace \Ag*grace"\, v. t. [Pref. a- + grace: cf. It.       aggraziare, LL. aggratiare. See {Grace}.]       To favor; to grace. [Obs.] [bd]That knight so much       aggraced.[b8] --Spenser.
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Aggrace \Ag*grace"\, n.       Grace; favor. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]       1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or             sum; collective.                         The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as,             aggregate glands.          3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common             involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed             from one flower, as in the raspberry.          4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent             to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by             mechanical means.          5. (Zo[94]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of             certain compound animals.          {Corporation aggregate}. (Law) See under {Corporation}.
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of       aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect       into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.]       1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The             aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton.          2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.                         It is many times hard to discern to which of the two                      sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be                      aggregated.                                       --Wollaston.          3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating             five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]          Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n.       1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is             an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.          Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately                mixed than in a compound.          2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous             particles; -- in distinction from a {compound}, formed by             the union of heterogeneous particles.          {In the aggregate}, collectively; together.
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of       aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect       into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.]       1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The             aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton.          2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.                         It is many times hard to discern to which of the two                      sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be                      aggregated.                                       --Wollaston.          3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating             five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]          Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.
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Aggregately \Ag"gre*gate*ly\, adv.       Collectively; in mass.
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Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of       aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect       into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.]       1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. [bd]The             aggregated soil.[b8] --Milton.          2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.                         It is many times hard to discern to which of the two                      sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be                      aggregated.                                       --Wollaston.          3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating             five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]          Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.
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Aggregation \Ag`gre*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. aggregatio, F.       agr[82]gation.]       The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated;       collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars;       an aggregate.                   Each genus is made up by aggregation of species.                                                                               --Carpenter.                   A nation is not an idea only of local extent and                individual momentary aggregation, but . . . of                continuity, which extends in time as well as in                numbers, and in space.                           --Burke.
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Aggregative \Ag"gre*ga*tive\, a. [Cf. Fr. agr[82]gatif.]       1. Taken together; collective.          2. Gregarious; social. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Aggregator \Ag"gre*ga`tor\, n.       One who aggregates.
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Aggrege \Ag*grege"\, v. t. [OF. agreger. See {Aggravate}.]       To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go       to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF.       aggresser. See {Grade}.]       To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a       quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. t.       To set upon; to attack. [R.]
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, n. [L. aggressus.]       Aggression. [Obs.]                   Their military aggresses on others.         --Sir M. Hale.
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go       to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF.       aggresser. See {Grade}.]       To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a       quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
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Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go       to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF.       aggresser. See {Grade}.]       To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a       quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
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Aggression \Ag*gres"sion\, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F.       agression.]       The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of       injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy;       unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression.       [bd]Aggressions of power.[b8] --Hallam          Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]       Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;       making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive       policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. --       {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n.                   No aggressive movement was made.            --Macaulay.
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]       Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;       making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive       policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. --       {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n.                   No aggressive movement was made.            --Macaulay.
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Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]       Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;       making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive       policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. --       {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n.                   No aggressive movement was made.            --Macaulay.
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Aggressor \Ag*gres"sor\, n. [L.: cf. F. agresseur.]       The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who       begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.                   The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned                to the tameness of the sufferer.            --Ames.
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Agrace \A*grace"\, n. & v.       See {Aggrace}. [Obs.]
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Agrestic \A*gres"tic\, a. [L. agrestis, fr. ager field.]       Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the       city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. [bd]Agrestic       behavior.[b8] --Gregory.
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Agrestical \A*gres"tic*al\, a.       Agrestic. [Obs.]
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Agricolation \A*gric`o*la"tion\, n. [L., agricolatio.]       Agriculture. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Agricolist \A*gric"o*list\, n.       A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. --Dodsley.
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Agricultor \Ag"ri*cul`tor\, n. [L., fr. ager field + cultor       cultivator.]       An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged       in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural       implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv.          {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers             and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable             species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular             areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known             as ant rice.
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged       in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural       implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv.          {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers             and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable             species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular             areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known             as ant rice.
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Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,       a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.          {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ant which gathers             and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.          Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are                {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of                Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex                barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is                {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under                {Agricultural}.
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged       in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural       implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv.          {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers             and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable             species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular             areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known             as ant rice.
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Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,       a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.          {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ant which gathers             and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.          Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are                {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of                Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex                barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is                {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under                {Agricultural}.
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Agriculturalist \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ist\, n.       An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)
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Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged       in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural       implements, wages, etc. -- {Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly}, adv.          {Agricultural ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of ant which gathers             and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable             species ({Myrmica barbata}) found in Texas clears circular             areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known             as ant rice.
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Agriculture \Ag"ri*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager       field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See {Acre}       and {Culture}.]       The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the       harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live       stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
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Agriculturism \Ag`ri*cul"tur*ism\, n.       Agriculture. [R.]
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Agriculturist \Ag`ri*cul"tur*ist\, n.       One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.                   The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist                may be a mere theorist.                           --Crabb.
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Agrise \A*grise"\, v. i. [AS. [be]gr[c6]san to dread; [be]- (cf.       Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gr[c6]san, for       gr[?]san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr[?]is[?]n, G.       grausen, to shudder. See {Grisly}.]       To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Agrise \A*grise"\, v. t.       1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.]             --Wyclif.          2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]                         His manly face that did his foes agrise. --Spenser.
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan.,       Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ.       zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.]       1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,             and maize; a grain.          2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used             for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.          Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in                the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which                there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows                chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when                ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a                great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn},                comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties,                grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels                that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small                variety, used for popping.          3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field;             the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after             reaping and before thrashing.                         In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail                      had thrashed the corn.                        --Milton.          4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8]             --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.          {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft             candy from molasses or sugar.          {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal.          {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.          {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis             Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.                      {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; --             called also {sword lily}.          {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious                   to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease                   called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints.                   The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}.             (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot                   destroys seed corn after it has been planted.          {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed             through its batter. [U. S.]          {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those             in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the             importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except             when the price rose above a certain rate.          {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}.          {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn             and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.             [U.S.]          {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus             ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and             Asia.          {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn.          {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}),             common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}.                      {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn.          {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}.          {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of             {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V.             olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}.          {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]          {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}.          {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.             (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which                   attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing                   great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}.
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Yellowtop \Yel"low*top`\, n. (Bot.)       A kind of grass, perhaps a species of {Agrostis}.
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Fiorin \Fi"o*rin\, n. [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.)       A species of creeping bent grass ({Agrostis alba}); -- called       also {fiorin grass}.
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Flyaway grass \Flyaway grass\ (Bot.)       The hair grass ({Agrostis scabra}). So called from its light       panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.
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Hair grass \Hair" grass`\ (Bot.)       A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the       {Agrostis scabra}, and several species of {Aira} or       {Deschampsia}.
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Windlestrae \Win"dle*strae`\, Windlestraw \Win"dle*straw`\, n.       (Bot.)       A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. {Agrostis       Spica-ventis}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley.
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Redtop \Red"top`\ (-t?p`), n. (Bot.)       A kind of grass ({Agrostis vulgaris}) highly valued in the       United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called       also {English grass}, and in some localities {herd's grass}.       See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is {Triodia       seslerioides}.
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d8Agrostis \[d8]A*gros"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].]       A genus of grasses, including species called in common       language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ({Agrostis       vulgaris}), are valuable pasture grasses.
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Bent \Bent\, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush,       bent grass; of unknown origin.]       1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.                         His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton.          2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Agrostis}, esp. {Agrostis             vulgaris}, or redtop. The name is also used of many other             grasses, esp. in America.          3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.             [Obs.] --Wright.                         Bowmen bickered upon the bent.            --Chevy Chase.
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard    grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,    troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,    ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,    etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}    (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.    Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.    Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed    meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a    striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,    hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,    etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama    grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in    Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,    meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear    grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,    troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum    jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.    Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.    Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal    grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,    valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,    hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.          Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not                true grasses botanically considered, such as black                grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.          {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),             growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.          {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum             avenaceum} of Europe.          {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}             growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.             palustris}; in the United States there are several             species.          {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.          {Grass bird}, the dunlin.          {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the             grass-cloth plant.          {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family             ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in             Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and             strong fibers suited for textile purposes.          {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes                   gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and                   {bay-winged bunting}.             (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of                   which several species are known.          {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land             and giving rich milk.          {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.          {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus             {Crambus}, found in grass.          {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in             India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --             used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger             grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.                      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix             Capensis}).          {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of             Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also             applied to the zebra parrakeet.          {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.          {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum             Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.          {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American             finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of             the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.          {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus                   natrix}).             (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.                   See {Green snake}, under {Green}.          {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa             maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.          {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena             n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous             when covered with dew.          {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial             sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.          {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.          {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with             narrow grasslike leaves.          {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.             strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]             (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]             (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or                   prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her                   husband. [Slang.]          {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.          {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the             surface of the ground.          {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze             a season, as cattle.
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Agrostographic \A*gros`to*graph"ic\, Agrostographical    \A*gros`to*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.]       Pertaining to agrostography.
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Agrostographic \A*gros`to*graph"ic\, Agrostographical    \A*gros`to*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. agrostographique.]       Pertaining to agrostography.
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Agrostography \Ag`ros*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -graphy.]       A description of the grasses.
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Agrostologic \A*gros`to*log"ic\, Agrostological    \A*gros`to*log"ic*al\, a.       Pertaining to agrostology.
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Agrostologic \A*gros`to*log"ic\, Agrostological    \A*gros`to*log"ic*al\, a.       Pertaining to agrostology.
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Agrostologist \Ag`ros*tol"o*gist\, n.       One skilled in agrostology.
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Agrostology \Ag`ros*tol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] + -logy.]       That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
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Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- +       hydrochloric.] (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric       acids.          {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and             hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part             of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for             its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also             {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}.
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d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.]       Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,       in various signification, determined by the word or words       annexed.          {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid             ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}.          {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}.          {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive             fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric             acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the             [bd]royal[b8] metal.          {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for             secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana,             in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have             poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis.          {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie},             {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other             ardent spirits. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrohydrochloric \Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Nitro- +       hydrochloric.] (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric       acids.          {Nitrohydrochloric acid}, a mixture of nitric and             hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part             of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for             its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also             {nitromuriatic acid}, and {aqua regia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.]       Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry,       in various signification, determined by the word or words       annexed.          {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid             ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}.          {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}.          {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive             fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric             acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the             [bd]royal[b8] metal.          {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for             secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana,             in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have             poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis.          {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie},             {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other             ardent spirits. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a       sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. {Ensign},       {Resign}, {Seal} a stamp, {Signal}, {Signet}.]       That by which anything is made known or represented; that       which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a       proof. Specifically:       (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as             indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.       (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine             will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine             power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.                         Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of                      the Spirit of God.                           --Rom. xv. 19.                         It shall come to pass, if they will not believe                      thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first                      sign, that they will believe the voice of the                      latter sign.                                    --Ex. iv. 8.       (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve             the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.                         What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty                      men, and they became a sign.            --Num. xxvi.                                                                               10.       (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or             represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.                         The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely                      significative; but what they represent is as                      certainly delivered to us as the symbols                      themselves.                                       --Brerewood.                         Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.                                                                               --Spenser.       (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward             manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of             ideas.       (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is             expressed, or a command or a wish made known.                         They made signs to his father, how he would have                      him called.                                       --Luke i. 62.       (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language             of a signs such as those used by the North American             Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.          Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural                signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and                methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the                dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word                by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished                from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on                the fingers.       (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.             --Milton.       (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed             upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to             advertise the business there transacted, or the name of             the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed             token or notice.                         The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted                      signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the                      streets.                                          --Macaulay.       (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.          Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection                of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and                are named, respectively, {Aries} ([Aries]), {Taurus}                ([Taurus]), {Gemini} (II), {Cancer} ([Cancer]), {Leo}                ([Leo]), {Virgo} ([Virgo]), {Libra} ([Libra]),                {Scorpio} ([Scorpio]), {Sagittarius} ([Sagittarius]),                {Capricornus   ([Capricorn]), {Aquarius} ([Aquarius]),                {Pisces} ([Pisces]). These names were originally the                names of the constellations occupying severally the                divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still                retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the                equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become                separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,                and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in                advance, or to the east of the one which bears its                name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,                etc.       (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,             or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +             (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division [f6],             and the like.       (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one             appreciable by some one other than the patient.          Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used                synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign                differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived                only by the patient himself. The term sign is often                further restricted to the purely local evidences of                disease afforded by direct examination of the organs                involved, as distinguished from those evidence of                general disturbance afforded by observation of the                temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often                called physical sign.       (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.       (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or             signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term             used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance             considered with reference to that which it represents.                         An outward and visible sign of an inward and                      spiritual grace.                              --Bk. of                                                                               Common Prayer.          Note: See the Table of {Arbitrary Signs}, p. 1924.          {Sign manual}.       (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of             bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed             with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,             to complete their validity.       (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.             --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.          Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;                type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See                {Emblem}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare,       v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect;       pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F.       respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.]       1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to             regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care             for; to heed.                         Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak.                         In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect                      beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and                      herbs.                                                --Bacon.          2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I             do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak.          3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]                         Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so                      respect the [?][?]uth.                        --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]                         To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as                      his own respected him to death.         --B. Jonson.          5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as,             the treaty particularly respects our commerce.          {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay.                      {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or             persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye             shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17.          Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,       fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a       mouth, any outlet or entrance.]       1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the             anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is             digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an             animal; a digestive cavity. See {Digestion}, and {Gastric             juice}, under {Gastric}.          2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good             stomach for roast beef. --Shak.          3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.                         He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him                      depart.                                             --Shak.          4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful             obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]                         Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.                                                                               --Spenser.                         This sort of crying proceeding from pride,                      obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault                      lies, must be bent.                           --Locke.          5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]                         He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.          {Stomach pump} (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a             flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or             for injecting them into it.          {Stomach tube} (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction             into the stomach.          {Stomach worm} (Zo[94]l.), the common roundworm ({Ascaris             lumbricoides}) found in the human intestine, and rarely in             the stomach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ascarid \As"ca*rid\, n.; pl. {Ascarides}or {Ascarids}. [NL.       ascaris, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.)       A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, {Ascaris       lumbricoides}, often occurring in the human intestine, and       allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly       applied to the pinworm ({Oxyuris}), often troublesome to       children and aged persons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mawworm \Maw"worm`\, n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common             round worm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}), and allied species.       (b) One of the larv[91] of botflies of horses; a bot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asiarch \A"si*arch\, n. [L. Asiarcha, Gr. [?]; [?] + [?] ruler.]       One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia,       who had the superintendence of the public games and religious       rites. --Milner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assurgency \As*sur"gen*cy\, n.       Act of rising.                   The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body.                                                                               --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assurgent \As*sur"gent\, a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere;       ad + surgere to rise.]       Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Terebra \[d8]Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. {Terebras}, L.       {Terebr[91]}. [L., a borer.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long,             tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also             {auger shell}.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous             insect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augury \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. {Auguries}. [L. aucurium.]       1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the             actions of birds, etc.; divination.          2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the             future; presage.                         From their flight strange auguries she drew.                                                                               --Drayton.                         He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave                      little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.          3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augurist \Au"gu*rist\, n.       An augur. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augurous \Au"gu*rous\, a.       Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] [bd]Augurous hearts.[b8]       --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augurship \Au"gur*ship\, n.       The office, or period of office, of an augur. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azure \Az"ure\ (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through       Ar. from Per. l[be]jaward, or l[be]juward, lapis lazuli, a       blue color, l[be]jaward[c6], l[be]juward[c6], azure,       cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the       influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur,       lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.]       Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded       sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.          {Azure stone} (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azureous \A*zu"re*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Of a fine blue color; azure.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Agricola, MS       Zip code(s): 39452
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Asharoken, NY (village, FIPS 2737)       Location: 40.94475 N, 73.39118 W       Population (1990): 807 (346 housing units)       Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 13.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Au Gres, MI (city, FIPS 4120)       Location: 44.04421 N, 83.69281 W       Population (1990): 838 (641 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48703
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
A* search          A {graph} search {algorithm}.   A* is guaranteed to       find a minimal solution path before any other solution paths,       if a solution exists, in other words, it is an "{admissible}"       search algorithm.   Each path is assigned a value based on the       cost of the path (e.g. its length) and an (under)estimate of       the cost of completing the path, i.e. the cost of a path from       the end of the current path to a solution.          (1995-03-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
accuracy          How close to the real value a measurement is.          Compare {precision}.          (1998-04-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
aggregate type          A data {type} composed of multiple elements.   An       aggregate can be homogeneous (all elements have the same type)       e.g. an {array}, a list in a {functional language}, a string       of characters, a file; or it can be heterogeneous (elements       can have different types) e.g. a {structure}.   In most       languages aggregates can contain elements which are themselves       aggregates. e.g. a list of lists.          See also {union}.          (1996-03-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
aggregation          A composition technique for building a new       {object} from one or more existing objects that support some       or all of the new object's required interfaces.          (1996-01-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
aggregator          A program for watching for new content at       user-specified {RSS} feeds.          An example is {BottomFeeder}.          {(http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/News_Readers/)}.          (2003-09-29)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Agriculture       Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle       were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians       excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into       the possession of the Promised Land, their circumstances       favoured in the highest degree a remarkable development of this       art. Agriculture became indeed the basis of the Mosaic       commonwealth.                The year in Palestine was divided into six agricultural       periods:-                I. SOWING TIME.                Tisri, latter half                (beginning about the autumnal equinox.)                Marchesvan.                Kisleu, former half.                Early rain due = first showers of autumn.                II. UNRIPE TIME.                Kisleu, latter half.                Tebet.                Sebat, former half.                III. COLD SEASON.                Sebat, latter half.                Adar.                [Veadar.]                Nisan, former half.                Latter rain due (Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Zech. 10:1;                James 5:7; Job 29:23).                IV. HARVEST TIME.                Nisan, latter half.                (Beginning about vernal equinox. Barley green. Passover.)                Ijar.                Sivan, former half., Wheat ripe. Pentecost.                V. SUMMER (total absence of rain)                Sivan, latter half.                Tammuz.                Ab, former half.                VI. SULTRY SEASON                Ab, latter half.                Elul.                Tisri, former half., Ingathering of fruits.                The six months from the middle of Tisri to the middle of Nisan       were occupied with the work of cultivation, and the rest of the       year mainly with the gathering in of the fruits. The extensive       and easily-arranged system of irrigation from the rills and       streams from the mountains made the soil in every part of       Palestine richly productive (Ps. 1:3; 65:10; Prov. 21:1; Isa.       30:25; 32:2, 20; Hos. 12:11), and the appliances of careful       cultivation and of manure increased its fertility to such an       extent that in the days of Solomon, when there was an abundant       population, "20,000 measures of wheat year by year" were sent to       Hiram in exchange for timber (1 Kings 5:11), and in large       quantities also wheat was sent to the Tyrians for the       merchandise in which they traded (Ezek. 27:17). The wheat       sometimes produced an hundredfold (Gen. 26:12; Matt. 13:23).       Figs and pomegranates were very plentiful (Num. 13:23), and the       vine and the olive grew luxuriantly and produced abundant fruit       (Deut. 33:24).                Lest the productiveness of the soil should be exhausted, it       was enjoined that the whole land should rest every seventh year,       when all agricultural labour would entirely cease (Lev. 25:1-7;       Deut. 15:1-10).                It was forbidden to sow a field with divers seeds (Deut.       22:9). A passer-by was at liberty to eat any quantity of corn or       grapes, but he was not permitted to carry away any (Deut. 23:24,       25; Matt. 12:1). The poor were permitted to claim the corners of       the fields and the gleanings. A forgotten sheaf in the field was       to be left also for the poor. (See Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19.)       Agricultural implements and operations.                The sculptured monuments and painted tombs of Egypt and       Assyria throw much light on this subject, and on the general       operations of agriculture. Ploughs of a simple construction were       known in the time of Moses (Deut. 22:10; comp. Job 1:14). They       were very light, and required great attention to keep them in       the ground (Luke 9:62). They were drawn by oxen (Job 1:14), cows       (1 Sam. 6:7), and asses (Isa. 30:24); but an ox and an ass must       not be yoked together in the same plough (Deut. 22:10). Men       sometimes followed the plough with a hoe to break the clods       (Isa. 28:24). The oxen were urged on by a "goad," or long staff       pointed at the end, so that if occasion arose it could be used       as a spear also (Judg. 3:31; 1 Sam. 13:21).                When the soil was prepared, the seed was sown broadcast over       the field (Matt. 13:3-8). The "harrow" mentioned in Job 39:10       was not used to cover the seeds, but to break the clods, being       little more than a thick block of wood. In highly irrigated       spots the seed was trampled in by cattle (Isa. 32:20); but       doubtless there was some kind of harrow also for covering in the       seed scattered in the furrows of the field.                The reaping of the corn was performed either by pulling it up       by the roots, or cutting it with a species of sickle, according       to circumstances. The corn when cut was generally put up in       sheaves (Gen. 37:7; Lev. 23:10-15; Ruth 2:7, 15; Job 24:10; Jer.       9:22; Micah 4:12), which were afterwards gathered to the       threshing-floor or stored in barns (Matt. 6:26).                The process of threshing was performed generally by spreading       the sheaves on the threshing-floor and causing oxen and cattle       to tread repeatedly over them (Deut. 25:4; Isa. 28:28). On       occasions flails or sticks were used for this purpose (Ruth       2:17; Isa. 28:27). There was also a "threshing instrument" (Isa.       41:15; Amos 1:3) which was drawn over the corn. It was called by       the Hebrews a moreg, a threshing roller or sledge (2 Sam. 24:22;       1 Chr. 21:23; Isa. 3:15). It was somewhat like the Roman       tribulum, or threshing instrument.                When the grain was threshed, it was winnowed by being thrown       up against the wind (Jer. 4:11), and afterwards tossed with       wooden scoops (Isa. 30:24). The shovel and the fan for winnowing       are mentioned in Ps. 35:5, Job 21:18, Isa. 17:13. The refuse of       straw and chaff was burned (Isa. 5:24). Freed from impurities,       the grain was then laid up in granaries till used (Deut. 28:8;       Prov. 3:10; Matt. 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ahasuerus       There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.)       The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was       probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history,       the king of Media and the conqueror of Nineveh.                (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 4:6, probably the Cambyses of       profane history, the son and successor of Cyrus (B.C. 529).                (3.) The son of Darius Hystaspes, the king named in the Book       of Esther. He ruled over the kingdoms of Persia, Media, and       Babylonia, "from India to Ethiopia." This was in all probability       the Xerxes of profane history, who succeeded his father Darius       (B.C. 485). In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name       Artaxerxes occurs for Ahasuerus. He reigned for twenty-one years       (B.C. 486-465). He invaded Greece with an army, it is said, of       more than 2,000,000 soldiers, only 5,000 of whom returned with       him. Leonidas, with his famous 300, arrested his progress at the       Pass of Thermopylae, and then he was defeated disastrously by       Themistocles at Salamis. It was after his return from this       invasion that Esther was chosen as his queen.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahasuerus, prince; head; chief
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Azrikam, help, revenging