‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. lief dear. ] On my life; dearly. [ Obs. ] “I love that sport alife.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -ferous. ] Having wings, winged; aligerous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. alcalifiable. ] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alkalified p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying. ] [ Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier. ] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become changed into an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. [ L. amplificatus, p. p. of amplificare. ] To amplify. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplificatio. ] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Amplificatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who or that which amplifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amplified p. pr. & vb. n. Amplifying. ] [ F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy. ] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become larger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Strait was the way at first, withouten light,
But further in did further amplify. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [ Obs. ] Farindon (1647). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anglified p. pr. & vb. n. Anglifying. ] [ L. Angli + -fly. ] To convert into English; to anglicize. Franklin. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. argilla white clay + -ferous. ] Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bacillum little staff + -form. ] Rod-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a rod.
Syn. -- baccilar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodian, magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See Bail to deliver. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a person put in charge of something; especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom powers of custody or care are intrusted. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Generating bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bilis bile + fuscus dark. ] (Physiol.) A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. botulus sausage + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland, England. ] (Min.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of bound bailiff. ] [ Low, Eng. ] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture. In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild. [ PJC ]

A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capillus hair + -form. ] In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See Cole, and Flower. ] 1. (Bot.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caulis + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cell + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing little cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerulus dark blue + facere to make. ] Producing a blue or sky color. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a ski lift on which riders are seated.
Syn. -- chair lift. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chhlh` claw + -fer. ] (Zool.) See Book scorpion, under Book. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chhlh` claw + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chhlh` claw + -form. ] (Zool.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike. [ 1913 Webster ]