‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria.
Syn. -- order Actinomycetales [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a “bush.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. alcalescent. ] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
Syn. -- order Andreaeales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See Ballista. ] (Antiq.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [ Written also arbalet and arblast. ] Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest. ] A crossbowman. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.
Syn. -- order Aristolochiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of fossil gymnospermous plans of the Carboniferous.
Syn. -- order Bennettitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. wearing no brassiere. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. calescens, p. pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm. ] Growing warmth; increasing heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.
Syn. -- order Campanulales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of plants which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas, having only one family, Casuarinaceae.
Syn. -- order Casuarinales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis; the stoneworts.
Syn. -- order Charales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, order Chenopodiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Cf. F. Cingalais. ] A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.), the language of the Cingalese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [ Written also Singhalese. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coalesced p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing. ] [ L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n. ] 1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. De Quincey.

Syn. -- See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. joined together into a whole.
Syn. -- amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coalescens, p. pr. ] Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Convalesced p. pr. & vb. n. Convalescing. ] [ L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Valiant. ] To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Convalescent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He found the queen somewhat convalesced. J. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ L. convalescentia: cf. F. convalescence. ] The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One recovering from sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. convalescens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. convalescent. ] 1. Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to convalescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic.
Syn. -- order Cordaitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms.
Syn. -- order Cycadales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns.
Syn. -- order Cycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order Lyginopteridales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Dalesmen One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants, used in some classifications as coextensive with the family Diapensiaceae.
Syn. -- order Diapensiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fungi coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae.
Syn. -- order Entomophthorales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. an order including the Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; and Monotropaceae.
Syn. -- order Ericales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications it is considered an order of Schizomycetes.
Syn. -- order Eubacteriales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules.
Syn. -- order Eubryales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered into a hymenial layer.
Syn. -- order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An order coextensive with the family Fucaceae.
Syn. -- order Fucales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An order of plants including the Gentianaceae; Apocyanaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; and Salvadoraceae.
Syn. -- order Gentianales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hyaline. ] The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An order of fungi sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes.
Syn. -- order Hymenogastrales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Destitute of an idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being incalescent, or of growing warm. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incalescence. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incalescens, -entis, p. pr. of incalescere to grow hot. See 1st In-, and Calescence. ] Growing warm; increasing in heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of not coalescing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. invalescens, p. pr. of invalescere to become strong. See 1st In-, and Convalesce. ] Strength; health. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]