n. Gum arabic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; calyx. ] (Bot.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Med.) Same as Akinesia. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'akinhtos immovable. ] (Zool.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Acinetæ + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the Acinetæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Veter.) A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis, formerly Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Arica, in Chile. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet, bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet in the form of a basin. ] A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [ Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine. [ PJC ]

2. The investigation of the effects of external environmental factors such as weightlessness on the human body. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler. ] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Calciden p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining. ] [ F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. “Calcining without fusion” Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, calcines. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a calyx; resembling or having the nature of a calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Capsicum. ] (Chem.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Capuchin, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cinéfaction. ] incineration; reduction to ashes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, used in a movie camera.
Syn. -- motion-picture film, movie film. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn. -- the film. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as motion picture. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

{ , a. 1. See Kinematic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the cinema; as, cinematic entertainment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. See Kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, motion + -graph. ] 1. an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zoogyroscope, zoopraxiscope, etc.

The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who takes motion pictures with a movie camera, especially one expert in the art. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one who exhibits motion pictures; an operator of a motion picture projector; a projectionist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

-- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic a. -- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic*al*ly adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + -graph. ] An integrating anemometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes. ] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cinis ashes: cf. F. cinération. ] The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes. ] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of ashes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal. ] (Zool.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvæ feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of insects including the ladybugs.
Syn. -- family Coccinellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. colchicine. ] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark. ] A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. decem ten. ] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Arch.) Same as Cyma&unr_;recta, under Cyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don Quixote. ] A mistress; a sweetheart. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dulceness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis. See Fasces. ] (Fort. & Engin.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue. ] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium flavum, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Glaucous or glaucescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hircinus, fr. hircus hegoat: cf. F. hircin. ] 1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of a strong goatish smell. [ 1913 Webster ]