a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone. ] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of fungi that produce white blisterlike sori on certain flowering plants.
Syn. -- family Albuginaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin. ] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain. ] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alternateness; alternation. [ R. ] Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back; &unr_; back + &unr_; to bend. ] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of reflected sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spineless, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; thorny, fr. &unr_; thorn. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; similar to + &unr_; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s, fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; 'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic. ] 1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ana` up + xa`ris grace. ] (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a. See Anchoret, Anchoretic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ana` + chw^ros place. ] An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw> a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr. 'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; 'ana` + chro`nos time: cf. F. anachronisme. ] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back and break; to reflect (light); &unr_; + &unr_; to break. ] 1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, to communicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to make common, &unr_; common. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
Syn. -- anacoluthon [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Lacking grammatical sequence. -- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + &unr_; following. ] (Gram.) A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Syn. -- anacoluthia [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Ceylonese origin? ] (Zool.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Anacreonticus. ] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to push up or back; &unr_; + &unr_; to strike. ] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- family Annonaceae, custard-apple family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti`/ + 'ana`klasis a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic. ] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; dogbane; &unr_; from + &unr_; dog. ] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed. ] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. avenaceus, fr. avena oats. ] Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the balsams, distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers.
Syn. -- family Balsaminaceae, balsam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet. ] (Zool.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish. --
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]