a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [ Archaic ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Acrimonies [ L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie. ] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acrimony, Asperity, Harshness, Tartness. These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording food; nourishing. [ R. ] “Alimonious humors.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish. ] 1. Maintenance; means of living. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It.; superl. of alto. ] (Mus.) The part or notes situated above F in alt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vehemence of temper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Animosities [ F. animosité, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t. ] 1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [ the crocodile ] loveth. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Enmity; hatred; opposition. -- Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such [ writings ] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ These ] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. animosus, fr. animus soul, spirit, courage. ] Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy to monarchial government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [ Written also antimoniate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to antimony. -- n. (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antimonial powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Stibnite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [ Written also antimoniuretted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteor.) The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ LL. antimonium, of unknown origin. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Zool.) A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Statistics) having or occurring with two modes{ 9 }; having two maxima; -- of a curve or distribution. unimodal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + molecular. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, involving, or formed from, two molecules; as, a bimolecular reaction (a reaction between two molecules). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. Once in two months. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + monthly. ] Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. A bimonthly publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having two motors. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of insects comprising the cinnabar moths.
Syn. -- genus Callimorpha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. calor heat + E. motor. ] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

n.; pl. -mi [ It. & Sp. ] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chérimolier. ] (Bot.) 1. A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet.
Syn. -- genus Chimonanthus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) Cimolian earth, fr. &unr_;, L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades. ] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L. decimus tenth + sextus sixth. ] A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16°. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; demi + monde world, L. mundus. ] Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. [ 1913 Webster ]

Literary demimonde, writers of the lowest kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; two-formed; di`s- twice (see Di-) + morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dimorphisme. ] 1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dimorphe. ] 1. (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a test + -logy. ] A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. in duodecimo in twelfth, fr. duodecimus twelfth, fr. duodecim twelve. See Dozen. ] Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Duodecimos A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12°. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corrupted fr. agrimony. ] (Bot.) The herb agrimony. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aegrimonia. ] Sorrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal + animus mind. ] Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + momental. ] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equimomental cone of a given rigid body, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Eskimos [ Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh. ] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [ Written also Esquimau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

Eskimo dog [ 1913 Webster ]