a. [ L. aculeolus little needle. ] (Bot.) Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Aeolius, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; æolic; as, the Æolian dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to Æolus, the mythic god of the winds; aërial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relating to or caused by wind; as, aeolian erosion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the strings. Moore. --
Æolian harp,
Æolian lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually placed at an open window. Moore. --
Æolian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early ecclesiastical modes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Syn. -- Eolian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
Syn. -- Eolic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Aeolicus; Gr. A'ioliko`s, name of the god of the winds. ] 1. Æolian, 1; as, the Æolic dialect; the Æolic mode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, caused by, or designating, the action of the wind in modifying the earth's surface; as, æolic erosion; æolic sand. Same as aeolian{ 3 }. [ Written also eolic. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ L. aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. &unr_; gate (i. e., doorway of Æolus); cf. F. éolipyle. ] An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [ Written also eolipile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; changeful + &unr_; a turning, &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; having properties with different values along different axes; not isotropic. In specialized contexts, synonymous with anisotropic. [ Also spelled eolotropic. ] Sir W. Thomson.
Syn. -- [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Difference of quality or property in different directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The god of the winds, in ancient mythology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alveolus a small hollow or cavity: cf. F. alvéolaire. ] (Anat.) 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phon.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue pressing against the alveolar processes of the upper front teeth. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Alveolar processes, the processes of the maxillary bones, containing the sockets of the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Alveolar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alveolatus, fr. alveolus. ] (Bot.) Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Alveolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alveolus + -form. ] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Alveoli [ L., a small hollow or cavity, dim. of alveus: cf. F. alvéole. See Alveary. ] 1. A cell in a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + liqiko`s pertaining to a stone. ] (Archæol.) Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An archæologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } Relating to archæology, or antiquities; as, archæological researches. -- Ar`*chæ*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One versed in archæology; an antiquary. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'archaiologi`a; 'archai^os ancient (fr. 'archh` beginning) + lo`gos discourse, le`gein to speak. ] The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a. the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. Same as Archæology, etc.
Syn. -- archaeology, Archæology [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to archeology. archeological excavations [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology. an archeological dig
Syn. -- archaeological, archaeologic, archeologic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
Syn. -- archaeologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Areolæ [ L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. aréole. See Area. ] 1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat. & Med.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

reolar tissue (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. areola: cf. F. aréole. ] Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Division into areolæ. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Areola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of L. areola. ] (Zool.) A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + theology. ] Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to theology; atheistic. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + theology. ] Antagonism to theology. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. auréole, fr. L. aureola, (fem adj.) of gold (sc. corona crown), dim. of aureus. See Aureate, Oriole. ] 1. (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus; when it envelops the whole body, an aureola. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A halo, actual or figurative. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) See Areola, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible from earth during a solar eclipse, or in outer space by the use of special instruments; a corona{ 5 }.
Syn. -- corona. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + -logy. ] A treatise on baths; the science of bathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + nucleolus. ] (Biol.) Having two nucleoli. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Borneo + -ol. ] (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bracteola, dim. of bractea. See Bractea. ] (Bot.) Same as Bractlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Calceolaria. ] Slipper-shaped. See Calceiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr.caper goat: cf. F. capréolé. ] (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of deer including the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
Syn. -- genus Capreolus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. cr&unr_;ole, Sp. criollo, from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp. criadillo, dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create. Cf. Create. ] One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood.” R. Hildreth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The title [ Creole ] did not first belong to the descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. . . . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, 'colored' Creoles; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee' Creoles, unless of parentage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society.” G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as, Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole, n. & a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ }, a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles. -- n. A Creole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Crustacea + -logy. ] That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. [ 1913 Webster ]