a. [ Pref. a- not + capsular. ] (Bot.) Having no capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire. ] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + sulcate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having two grooves or furrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bisulcus; bis twice + sulcus furrow. ] Bisulcate. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + sulphate. ] (Chem.) A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + sulphide. ] (Chem.) A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + sulphuret. ] (Chem.) See Bisulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. capsulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capsular ligament (Anat.), a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box; esp. (Botany) enclosed in a seed capsule; -- of seeds or spores.
Syn. -- encapsulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule. ] 1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary. --
Glisson's capsule, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. --
Suprarenal capsule, a ductless gland secreting epinephrine, norepinephrine, and steroid hormones, on the upper end of each kidney. It is also called the adrenal gland, glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal gland, epinephros, atrabiliary capsule, and adrenal capsule. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL.; E. capsule + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Capsule + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) The incision of a capsule, esp. of that of the crystalline lens, as in a cataract operation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, mucopolysaccharide having N-acetyl chondrosine as the repeating unit with one sulfate group per disaccharide. Typical preparations have a molecular weight of about 50, 000. Preparations are sold over-the-counter, often referred to as chondroitin, with the putative ability to relieve pain in joints and assist joint cartilage growth or regeneration; such claims are, as of 2001, yet unproven. [ PJC ]

a. [ From L. clausula. See Clause, n. ] Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See Consult. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A senator; a counselor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the consuls, raised and met,
Are at the duke's already. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With kings and consuls of the earth. Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls. --
Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consularis; cf. F. consulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consular. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat. ] 1. The office of a consul. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consular government; term of office of a consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The office of a consul; consulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The term of office of a consul. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting. ] [ L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel. ] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. Hab. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The council broke;
And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [ Obs. ] “A consult of coquettes.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement; concert [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an expert who gives advice.
Syn. -- adviser, advisor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation. ] 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus they doubtful consultations dark
Ended. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. “A consultative . . . power.” Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That consults. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. creber close + sulcus furrow. ] (Zool.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desulphurating. ] To deprive of sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désulfuration. ] The act or process of depriving of sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Desultory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation. ] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I shot at it [ a bird ], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Goldsmith ] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.

Syn. -- Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deuto- + sulphuret. ] (Chem.) A disulphide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + sulphate. ] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + sulphide. ] (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + sulphuret. ] (Chem.) See Disulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. di- + sulphuric. ] (Chem.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [ R. ] Ogilvie.

n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethylsulphuric acid (Chem.), an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process of etherification. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fossula little ditch, dim. of fossa. See Fosse. ] Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows. [ 1913 Webster ]