a. [ L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel. ] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bellicose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corticosus. ] Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans. ] (Trig.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Cozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cozenage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Perceiving together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cozy. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kro`kos saffron. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. [ Written also crokose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dextro- + glucose. ] (Chem.) Same as Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. floccosus. Cf. 2d Flock, n. ] 1. Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fruticosus, from frutex, fruticis, shrub ] (Bot.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet. Cf. Glycerin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -ose. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke. ] Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical.

-- jo*cose"ly, adv. -- jo*cose"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Jocose + serious. ] Mingling mirth and seriousness. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. my`khs a mushroom. ] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose. [ Written also mykose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea. ] Abounding with fleas. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sarcosepta [ Sarco- + septum. ] (Zool.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Spadiceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. spica a spike, or ear. ] (Bot.) Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. suf- + fruticose. ] (Bot.) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. talqueux. ] (Min.) Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tenebricosus. ] Tenebrous; dark; gloomy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. varicosus, from varix, -icis, a dilated vein; cf. varus bent, stretched, crooked. ] 1. Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly. ] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ventricose shell. (Zool.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Varnish. ] (Bot.) Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. verrucosus, fr. verruca a wart. ] Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vorticosus. ] Vortical; whirling; as, a vorticose motion. [ 1913 Webster ]