‖n. [ F. origin unknown. ] Charcoal prepared for making powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -gram. ] A record made by an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + -graphy. ] 1. A description of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -logy. ] The science of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anemometer + -graph. ] An anemograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.
Syn. -- genus Anemonella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Anemone. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. pollinated by the wind; -- of flowering plants; especially grasses etc. entomophilous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.
Syn. -- genus Anemopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -scope: cf. F. anémoscope. ] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; wind. ] A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; warp, thread; &unr_; to stand. ] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being before the time of Moses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n. A remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. behemōth, fr. Egyptian P-ehe-maut hippopotamus. ] 1. An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. something of large size or great power. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bemoaned p. pr. & vb. n. Bemoaning. ] [ OE. bimenen, AS. bem&unr_;nan; pref. be- + m&unr_;nan to moan. See Moan. ] To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Deplore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bemoans. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mock; to ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bemock the modest moon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + moil, fr. F. mouiller to wet; but cf. also OE. bimolen to soil, fr. AS. māl spot: cf. E. mole. ] To soil or encumber with mire and dirt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bémol, fr. bé ♭ + mol soft. ] (Mus.) The sign ♭; the same as B flat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make monstrous or like a monster. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mourn over. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. blasphemus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. “Blasphemous publications.” Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blasphemous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; demon: cf. F. cacodémon. ] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerimonialis: cf. F. cérimonial. See Ceremony. ] 1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. [ In this sense ceremonious is now preferred. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

He moves in the dull ceremonial track. Druden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being ceremonial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cérémonieux, L. Caerimoniosus. ] 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [ In this sense ceremonial is now preferred. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ceremonious part of His worship. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. “Ceremonious phrases.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too ceremonious and traditional. Shak.

Syn. -- Formal; precise; exact. See Formal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ceremonious way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ceremonies [ F. cérémonie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make. ] 1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [ the Passover ]. Numb. ix. 3 [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring her up the high altar, that she may
The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The heralds ] with awful ceremony
And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim
A solemn council. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . .
But where there is true friendship there needs none. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disrobe the images,
If you find them decked with ceremonies.
. . . Let no images
Be hung with Cæsar's trophies. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cæsar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Yet, now they fright me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. --
Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in cheese. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Formerly also }. [ Chemical + Gr. &unr_; arrangement, fr. &unr_; to arrange. ] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoospores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). -- Chem`o*tac"tic a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Chemical + Gr. &unr_; a loosing. ] A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a swelling of the cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. &unr_; a gaping, hence a cockleshell. ] (Med.) Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea. -- Che*mot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Chemical + osmosis. ] Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; as, chemosorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts.
Syn. -- chemisorption. [ WordNet 1.5 ]