n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; anything cup-shaped. See Cotyledon. ] (Bot.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. albus white. ] Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., equiv. to Gr. &unr_;. See Halcyon. ] (Zool.) A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus formerly called genus Comatula.
Syn. -- genus Antedon [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of feather stars; formerly called family Comatulidae.
Syn. -- family Antedonidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An archduchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Named for Dr. Basedow, a German physician. ] (Med.) A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. batyldour. A corrupted form of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador, warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet, fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n. ] 1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock. [ Also spelled battledore. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ OE. battleder. ] A child's hornbook. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as battledoor.
Syn. -- battledore and shuttlecock. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cause to dote; to deceive. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bédouin, OF. béduin, fr. Ar. bedawī rural, living in the desert, fr. badw desert, fr. badā to live in the desert, to lead a nomadic life. ] One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts. -- Bed"ou*in*ism n. [1913 Webster]

a. Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The spiny dogfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; turning like oxen in plowing; &unr_; to turn. ] An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chalcedony. ] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. See Chalcedonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chalcedonies [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calcédoine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony. ] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [ Written also calcedony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx. Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cholh` bile + -logy. Cf. F. cholédologie. ] (Med.) A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Littré says that the word cholédologie is absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word &unr_;. A proper form would be cholology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. termination of operations; a shutdown.
Syn. -- closure, closing, shutdown. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Comedones [ L., a glutton. See Comestible. ] (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A downfall; an humiliation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cupshaped hollow, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Cotyle. ] 1. (Anat.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (Welwitschia) the cotyledons are permanent and grow to immense proportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to be bordered or edged. ] (Zool.) The hydroid or naked-eyed medusæ. See Hydroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Craspedota. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Creed. ] The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve. ] Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [ R. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + cotyledon. ] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
Syn. -- dicot, dicotyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) same as Dicotyledonae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.

n. 1. The territory of a duke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle. ] (Zool.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The realm or domain of dunces. [ Jocose ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To set free. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'epi`pedos on the ground, level ('epi` + pe`don ground) + -metry. ] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soft felt hat with a crown creased lengthwise.
Syn. -- felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Foredeem. ] To doom beforehand; to predestinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]