a. [ Pref. a- not + caulescent. ] (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. “With anxious, acidulent face.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aculeus, dim. of acus needle. ] A small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle. ] 1. (Zool.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aculeolus little needle. ] (Bot.) Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aculeate. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aculei [ L., dim. of acus needle. ] 1. (Bot.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A sting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Aglet. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. same as ampule.
Syn. -- phial, vial, ampule, ampul [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top. aAn ampule usually has a narrow constriction near the top which can be scored and easily broken to open the ampule. Once opened, they cannot be hermetically re-sealed; thus the quantity contained is usually that which is to be used at once or within a short time. The contents are often sealed under vacuum to retard degradation by air.
Syn. -- phial, vial, ampoule [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an ampule, or vial resembling an ampule, which contains a drug. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. amuletum: cf. F. amulette. ] An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [ Also used figuratively. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal. ] 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are Volvox, the Desmidiacæ, and the siliceous Diatomaceæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of annulus. ] 1. A little ring. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of antenna. ] (Zool.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auleticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; flute. ] Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Fort.) See Bascule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. barbula, fr. barba beard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of bar, n. ] (Her.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a seesaw. ] In mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made disgustingly dirty. a building befouled with soot [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + stipule. ] (Bot.) Having two stipules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Same as Blastula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A legislative council of elders or chiefs; a senate. The boule of Homeric times was an aristocratic body of princes and leaders, merely advisory to the king. The Athenian boule of Solon's time was an elective senate of 400, acting as a check on the popular ecclesia, for which it examined and prepared bills for discussion. It later increased to 500, chosen by lot, and extended its functions to embrace certain matters of administration and oversight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Legislature of modern Greece. See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow. ] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Buhl, Buhlwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bulbulus, dim. of bulbus. See Bulb, n. ] A small bulb; a bulblet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus. ] Reckoning; computation. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To calculate [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Canicula. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capitulum small head, chapter. ] A summary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule. ] 1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary. --
Glisson's capsule, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. --
Suprarenal capsule, a ductless gland secreting epinephrine, norepinephrine, and steroid hormones, on the upper end of each kidney. It is also called the adrenal gland, glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal gland, epinephros, atrabiliary capsule, and adrenal capsule. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Far.) Same as Capellet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caulis stalk, stem: cf. F. caulescent. ] (Bot.) Having a leafy stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cédule, fr. L. shedula. See Shedule. ] A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf. F. cellule. See Cell. ] A small cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerulus, eguiv. to caeruleus. ] Blue; cerulean. [ Obs. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caeruleus. ] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall [ 1913 Webster ]

A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caeruleus sky-blue. ] (Chem.) A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ isolated from Cephalosporium caerulens. ] (Chem.) an antifungal antibiotic, C12H17NO3. It inhibits the growth of yeasts by interfering with the synthesis of sterols and fatty acids. [ PJC ]

a. Cerulean. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caeruleus sky-blue + -escent. ] Tending to cerulean; light bluish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL. ] A greenish blue pigment prepared in various ways, consisting essentially of cobalt stannate. Unlike other cobalt blues, it does not change color by gaslight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Dim. from Gr. &unr_; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. [ 1913 Webster ]