{ } a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the petals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Arum + -oid. ] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).
Syn. -- araceous [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cassis helmet. ] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidī horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid. ] 1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. “A piteous and hideous spectacle.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. “Hideous cries.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hateful; shocking. “Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver.” Shak.

Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.

-- Hid"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Hid"e*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
Syn. -- hideaway, den. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A combining form from the Gr. &unr_;, an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to ideology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. &unr_;, birth: cf. F. idéogénie. ] The science which treats of the origin of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme. ] 1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, &unr_;, $, &unr_;, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A phonetic symbol; a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ideogram.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. idéographique. ] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine, ” but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. idéologique. ] Of or pertaining to ideology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. concerned with or suggestive of ideas; as, an ideologic argument.
Syn. -- ideological. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

2. An ideologue. [ PJC ]

n. an adherent to or advocate of some ideology{ 3 }.
Syn. -- ideologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. idéologie. ] 1. The science of ideas. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, idéologie . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. A set or system of theories and beliefs held by an individual or group, especially about sociopolitical goals and methods to attain them; in common usage, ideology is such a set of beliefs so strongly held by their adherents as to cause them to ignore evidence against such beliefs, and thus fall into error -- in this sense it is viewed as a negative trait; contrasted to pragmatism, and distinct from idealism. [ PJC ]

n. (Physiol.) An ideo-motor movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ideo- + motor. ] (Physiol.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ From NL. Iris, Iridis, the Iris. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceæ), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. iaspideus. See Jasper. ] Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lapideus, fr. lapis stone. ] Of the nature of stone. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Orchidaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Petaloideous division, that division of endogenous plants in which the perianth is wholly or partly petaline, embracing the Liliaceæ, Orchidaceæ, Amaryllideæ, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a casette containing magnetic tape, which can be used in a videocasette recorder to record and play back electronic signals, such as from television programs. The long magnetic tape in the videocasette is moved between two spindles, and a small portion of the tape at any one time is passed over a recording or playback head. [ PJC ]

n. an electronic device which can record electronic signals, as from a television program, on magnetic tape contained in a videocassette, and can also play back the recording. It is used, for example, to record television programs broadcast at some particular time, which can then be viewed at any subsequent time by attaching the videocasette recorder to a television receiver and playing the signals throught the television receiver. Also called VCR. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a video recording made on magnetic tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]