n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Adhered p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering ] [ L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer. See Aghast. ] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. “Nor time nor place did then adhere.” “Every thing adheres together.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adhérence, LL. adhaerentia. ] 1. The quality or state of adhering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase “To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent. ] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adheres; an appendage. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adherent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres; an adherent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + sphere: cf. F. aérosphère. ] The atmosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Wireless Teleg.) A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aphaeresis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to take away; &unr_; + &unr_; to take. ] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A female archer. Markham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some transverse seismic waves. [ RHUD ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; vapor (akin to Skr. ātman breath, soul, G. athem breath) + &unr_; sphere: cf. F. atmosphère. See Sphere. ] 1. (Physics) (a) The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. (b) Any gaseous envelope or medium. [ 1913 Webster ]

An atmosphere of cold oxygen. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 lbs. to the sq. inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrogen was liquefied under a pressure of 650 atmospheres. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chillest of social atmospheres. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. (Zool.) (a) The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere. (b) Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Bot.) A small body situated on or near the nucleus in the cells of some of the lower plants, consisting of two centrospheres containing centrosomes. It exercises an important function in mitosis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Auto- + coherer. ] (Wireless Teleg.) A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy + sphere. ] (Geol.) The heavy interior portion of the earth, within the lithosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Bed + AS. fera a companion. ] A bedfellow. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bedfere. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. sphere. ] (Biol.) The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. [ See Illust. of Invagination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to bring down or raze; &unr_; down + &unr_; to take. ] (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; centre + sphere. ] 1. (Geol.) The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; -- disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Biol.) The central mass of an aster from which the rays extend and within which the centrosome lies when present; the attraction sphere. The name has been used both as excluding and including the centrosome, and also to designate a modified mass of protoplasm about a centrosome whether aster rays are developed or not. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A chromosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + E. sphere. ] (Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ciphers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + E. sphere. ] (Biol.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cohered p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering ] [ L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a. ] 1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak.

Syn. -- To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence. ] 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the state of cohering.
Syn. -- cohesion, cohesiveness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere. ] 1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove coherent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physics, Optics) Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points; as, the coherent light produced by a laser. [ PJC ]

n. (Physics, Optics) Light in which the phases of all electromagnetic waves at each point on a line normal to the direction of the the beam are identical. Coherent light is usually monochromatic, and the most common source of such light for practical uses is from a laser. The constant phase relations of coherent light allows the achievement of certain effects, such as holography, not possible with noncoherent light. The low degree of angular dispersion of coherent light beams also allows the use of such light in laser ranging, over distances as far as from the earth to the moon. [ PJC ]

adv. In a coherent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact between pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against each other is materially improved in conductivity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver filings in equal parts) between terminal wires or plugs (called
conductor plugs). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who coshers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + E. sphere. ] An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, now Cerigo, an island in the Ægean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus. ] Pertaining to the goddess Venus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deciphers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who deciphers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. de- + coherer. ] (Elec.) A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition after it has been affected by an electric wave, a process usually accomplished by some method of tapping or shaking, or by rotation of the coherer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. deino`s terrible + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable for a pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incoherent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + sphere. Cf. Insphere. ] 1. To place in a sphere; to envelop. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form into a sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]