a. [ (a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux. ] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; anything twisted. ] (Bot.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To put forth the first sprout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having acrospores. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n. ] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. --
To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive
Syn. -- all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pr>(&unr_;), n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; extreme + &unr_; order, line, verse. ] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

Double acrostic, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of an acrostic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; adeno- + sclerosis. ] (Med.) The hardening of a gland. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 African antelopes: impalas.
Syn. -- genus Aepyceros [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; to look out. ] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a looking out; &unr_; to spy out. ] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aerosus, fr. aes, aeris, brass, copper. ] Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + siderite. ] (Meteor.) A mass of meteoric iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the atmosphere and outer space considered together or as a whole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the sector of industry that designs and builds aircraft, rockets, missiles, and devices or vehicles intended to operate in outer space. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. of or pertaining to aerospace in either sense. [ PJC ]

n. [ Aëro- + sphere: cf. F. aérosphère. ] The atmosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aérostat, fr. Gr. &unr_; air + &unr_; placed. See Statics. ] 1. (Aëronautics) A balloon, especially a passive balloon; a balloon without motive power. Contrasted with aerodyne. [ 1913 Webster +Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A balloonist; an aëronaut. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aérostatique. See Statical, Statics. ] 1. Of or pertaining to aërostatics; pneumatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aëronautic; as, an aërostatic voyage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aëronautics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. aérostation the art of using aërostats. ] 1. That part of aëronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air. [ 1913 Webster +Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The science of weighing air; aërostatics. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In heaps; full of heaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the corncockles.
Syn. -- genus Agrostemma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. agrostographique. ] Pertaining to agrostography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -graphy. ] A description of the grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] That part of botany which treats of the grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. fr. Pg. alcatraz cormorant, albatross, or Sp. alcatraz a pelican: cf. Pg. alcatruz, Sp. arcaduz, a bucket, fr. Ar. al-qādus the bucket, fr. Gr. ka`dos, a water vessel. So an Arabic term for pelican is water-carrier, as a bird carrying water in its pouch. ] (Zool.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'amay`rosis, fr. 'amayro`s dark, dim. ] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight as the result of a neurological disease, without any perceptible changes in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the “drop serene” of Milton. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

Amaurosis fugax (Med.), Temporary amaurosis [ AS ]

n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ambrosia, Gr. 'ambrosi`a, properly fem. of 'ambro`sios, fr. 'a`mbrotos immortal, divine; 'a priv. + broto`s mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). broto`s stands for mroto`s, akin to Skr. m&rsdot_;ita, L. mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal. ] 1. (Myth.) (a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. (b) An unguent of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Zool.) A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia{ 4 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. ambrosiacus: cf. F. ambrosiaque. ] Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [ R. ]“Ambrosiac odors.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. 1 in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds.
Syn. -- family Ambrosiaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. ambrosius, Gr. 'ambro`sios. ] 1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. “Ambrosial food.” “Ambrosial fragrance.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. “Shakes his ambrosial curls.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. “Smelt ambrosially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ambrosial. [ R. ] . Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Ambrosinus nummus. ] An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. amoroso, fem. amorosa. ] A wanton woman; a courtesan. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [ R. ] Galt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. amoroso, LL. amorosus. ] A lover; a man enamored. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; a joining, &unr_; a joint. ] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 having columns at both ends but not on the sides.
Syn. -- amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed [ WordNet 1.5 ]