n.; pl. Apothecaries. [ OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. &unr_; to put away; &unr_; from + &unr_; to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis. ] 1. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold. [ PJC ]

Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. bibliothécaire. ] A librarian. [ Obs. ] Evelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Caducous. ] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Caryatids [ See Caryatides. ] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (&unr_;) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. &unr_;), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids. ] (Arch) Caryatids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; clove tree; &unr_; nut + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); it contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; it corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Caryophyllidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Caryophyllaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Caryopses [ NL., fr. gr. &unr_; hut, kernel + &unr_; sight, form. ] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emphyteuticarius, a. ] One who holds lands by emphyteusis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. quandong trees.
Syn. -- genus Eucarya, Fusanus, genus Fusanus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an organism with "good" or membrane-bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells are characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria and blue-green algae. Contrasted with prokaryote.
Syn. -- eukaryote. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to eukaryotes; same as eukaryotic. Contrasted with prokaryotic.
Syn. -- eukaryotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. formicarium, fr. L. formica an ant. ] (Zool.) The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Peccary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Peccaries [ From the native South American name: cf. F. pécari, Sp. pecar. ] (Zool.) A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The collared peccary, or tajacu (Dicotyles torquatus), is about the size and shape of a small hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species (Dicotyles labiatus), with white cheeks, is found in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. piscarius relating to fishes or to fishing, fr. piscis a fish. ] (Law) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apothecary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apothecary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. scare scraggy. ] Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Scare. ] 1. Subject to sudden alarm. [ Colloq. U. S. ] Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing fright; alarming. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban. ] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tunicaries [ L. tunica a tunic. ] (Zool.) One of the Tunicata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. vaccarium, from L. vacca cow. Cf. Vachery. ] A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vicarius. ] A vicar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]