n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy. -- Berke"ley*ism, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Bishop George Berkeley; b. 1685, d. 1753. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from the city of Berkeley, California, location of the University of California campus where it was discovered. ] a chemical element of the transuranic series. Chemical symbol Bk; atomic number 97; atomic weight 247. It is a radioactive element, with no stable isotopes; the longest-lived isotope is of mass number 247.07, decaying by alpha-emission with a half-life of 1, 400 years. The isotope with atomic weight 249 has a half-life of 314 days, and was isolated in weighable quantities.
Syn. -- Bk. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. genus of herbs of SW America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath.
Syn. -- genus Brickelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Wet and dirty; begrimed. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

A United States five-cent coin minted from 1913 to 1937 having an image of an American bison (“buffalo”) on its reverse, and an American Indian on the obverse. [ PJC ]

n. See Ciclatoun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Cell Biology) Of or pertaining to the cytoskeleton; as, cytoskeletal microtubules. [ PJC ]

n. (Cell Biology) An arrangement of microtubules, microfilaments, and larger filaments within a cell serving to provide structural support of components of the cell, and to transport components from one part of the cell to another; the filaments are composed of protein and form a latticelike arrangement which may change rapidly with time. [ PJC ]

n. (Paper Making) Same as Deckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Derm + skeleton. ] (Anat.) See Exoskeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Drink. ] Given to drink; drunken. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or insignificant duke. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + skeleton. ] (Anat.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + skeleletal. ] (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo- + skeleton ] (Anat.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc., as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of plants with seeds that stick to clothing, including stickseed and some of the beggar's lice.
Syn. -- genus Hackelia, Lappula, genus Lappula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ An onomat&unr_;poetic word. Cf. G. holter-polter, D. holder de bolder. ] In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + skeletal. ] (Anat.) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Cavl. ] Having a kell or covering; webbed. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Keel to cool. ] To cool. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A modification of kale. ] A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Caul. ] 1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kiln. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also spelled cheloid. ] 1. A keloid tumor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An abnormally large scar tissue growing at the site of a cut or surgical incision. [ PJC ]

a. [ Also spelled cheloid. ] [ F. kéloïde, from Gr. chhlh` crab's claw + -oid: cf. F. kéloïde, chéloïde. ] (Med.) Applied to a variety of tumor forming hard, flat, irregular excrescences upon the skin, or to keloid scar tissue. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) See Celotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin. ] 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kelp crab (Zool.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color. --
Kelp salmon (Zool.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.

n. Same as Kelp, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n.; pl. Kelpies [ Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse. ] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Keelson. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Kilt, n. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. kult quilt. ] Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A salmon after spawning. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Celt, one of Celtic race. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt. ] Regular order or proper condition. [ Usually written kilter in th U. S. ] [ Colloq., chiefly British spelling ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If the organs of prayer be out of kelter or out of tune, how can we pray? Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Celtic, a. & n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from Lord Kelvin, English physicist. ] The SI unit of temperature, defined as being 1/273.16 of the triple point of water; abbreviated K. The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 273.15 Kelvins, and the boiling point 373.15 Kelvins. One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade, and 9/5 degrees Fahrenheit. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ G. See Copper, and Nickel. ] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little lake. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Likely + -hood. ] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What of his heart perceive you in his face
By any likelihood he showed to-day ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Likeness; resemblance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Statistical probability; probability of being true or of occurring in the future; as, the likelihood of being abducted by aliens is close to zero.. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Likelihood; probability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitableness; agreeableness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Likelier superl. Likeliest. ] [ That is, like-like. See Like, a. ] 1. Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Similar; like; alike. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome. Shak. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Improbable; unlikely; -- used ironically; as, a likely story. [ informal ] [ PJC ]