a. [ Pref. a- not + cauline. ] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling little heaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a neurotransmitter released by the transmitting dendron at autononmous synapses and at neuromuscular junctions. It is a quaternary amine with an obligatory negative counterion. The nominal formula for the hydroxide form is C7H17NO3. Structural formula (CH3)3N(+)CH2CH2.O.CO.CH3.OH(-). Acetylcholine is the first recognized and best-studied of the neurotransmitters. At receptors it is recycled into choline by the action of acetylcholinesterase. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors therefore function as nerve poisons. For biochemical studies it is prepared typically in the chloride or bromide forms. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. an enzyme which exists in nerve cells and hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. It is essential for neurotransmission at autonomous synapses and neuromuscular junctions, and its inhibition by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can paralyze or kill an animal.
Syn. -- ACE [ PJC ]

n. Also /mhw>. (Physiol. Chem.) a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla that acts as a powerful stimulant in reponse to fear or stress; it stimulates autonomic nerve action. It can be obtained as a crystalline substance, C9H13NO3. It is used in medicine as a vasoconstrictor (hemostatic) and cardiac stimulant, also to reduce allergic reactions and to stimulate the heart in cases of cardiac arrest. MI11
Syn. -- epinephrine; 3, 4-dihydroxy-1-[ 1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)-ethyl ]benzene. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. .
Syn. -- epinephrine, adrenalin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. an organization, usually commercial or governmental, providing transportation by airplane for freight or passengers. The term includes the organization, its personnel, equipment and other properties, such as approved air routes. [ PJC. ]

. A path through the air made easy for aërial navigation by steady winds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Allineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Alignment. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a bad spelling of the French ]. New Eng. Dict. (Murray). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. alcalin. ] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. --
Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. --
Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7) acid-loving
Syn. -- alkali-loving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line. ] To align. [ R. ] Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalinus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anil. ] (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. “Animalcular life.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Pref. anti- + alkali. ] Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of power to counteract alkalies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anticlinal. ] (Geol.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose [ 1913 Webster ]

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where different workers perform different steps in the manufacturing process; called also production line. The objects to be manufactured usually move on a form of conveyor belt, which does not necessarily move only in a straight line, but may continue around the factory area for some distance. [ PJC ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an assembly line; as, an assembly-line process; also used metaphorically, as an assembly-line educational system. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. baculum staff. ] Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
Syn. -- baulk line, string line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Perh. allied to band. ] A glutinous pomatum for the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; as, they established a baseline for the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the back line at each end of a tennis court. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field along which a baseball player must run while running the bases. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity) in the absence of effects from other variables in a measurement, test or experiment; a control value. [ PJC ]

5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a visual display in an electronic device, used as a reference point to which other values are referred. [ PJC ]

n. The state or quality of being beastly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. “A bee line for the brig.” Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) (a) Same as Benzole. (b) Same as Amarine. [ R. ] Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Math.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coördinates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Corporeality. Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. boelijn, Icel. böglïna&unr_;, Dan. bovline; properly the line attached to the shoulder or side of the sail. See Bow (of a ship), and Line. ] (Naut.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. --
Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot. --
On a bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a queue of people waiting for free food.
Syn. -- bread line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of having bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being brotherly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Resembling a buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bubaline antelope (Zool.), the bubale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d bunt + line. ] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being burly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Butchery quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier. ] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. [ 1913 Webster ]

caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. --
Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs.
Syn. -- genus Callinectes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel. ] (Med.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin. ] Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. “Capitolian Jove.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupiter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, after a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year. [ 1913 Webster ]

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