adj. 1. 1 shaped like a spine or thorn
Syn. -- spinous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; -- as, to do something as an afterthought. [ PJC ]

3. a feature or part added to a device, not thought of in its original design. [ PJC ]

conj. [ All + though; OE. al thagh. ] Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark xiv. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Although, Though. Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic than though, is now interchangeable with it in the sense given above. Euphonic consideration determines the choice. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'a`nqos a flower. ] (Bot.) Destitute of flowers; flowerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ Cf. F. aphtheux. ] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bethink. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house for sheltering boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. [ 1913 Webster ]

Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. Barlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. desmo`s bond + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathæ), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [ Obs. ] 2 Kings x. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. dromaius emu + Gr. gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ep- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Epi- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. “Forethought malice.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having forethought. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. See New thought, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself.
Syn. -- pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A brothel; a bagnio. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; after + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Lighthouses A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meso- + Gr. gna`qos jaw. ] (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Methinks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mon- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) Having but one flower; one-flowered. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An East Asiatic saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera) with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons; called also strawberry geranium and strawberry saxifrage.
Syn. -- strawberry geranium, strawberry saxifrage, Saxifraga stolonifera, Saxifraga sarmentosam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + 'a`kanqa a spine. ] (Zool.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any form of belief in mental healing, other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. It was practised in the 19th century, and its central principle was affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. As a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the “old thought” of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation. The term is essentially synonymous with the term High Thought, used in England. -- New` Thought"er, n. -- New` Thought"ist, n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ Oligo- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) Having few flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ortho- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Anat.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially: A small building with one or more seats and a pit underneath, intended for use as a toilet; a privy. [ PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of pentice. ] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. “The penthouse of his eyes.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. Leaning; overhanging. “Penthouse lid.” Shak. “My penthouse eyebrows.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An alehouse. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pro` before + gna`qos the jaw ] (Anat.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their countenances had the true prognathous character. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]