a. 1. Var. of Algonquian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a period or era recognized by the United States Geological Survey and some other authorities, between the Archæan and the Paleozoic, from both of which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n. The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; seed of a lentil. ] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus consisting of giant shipworms.
Syn. -- genus Bankia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to any current country.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic; as, the Czech population.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to a citizen of any current country. The natives of the former Czechoslovakia are now Czechs or Slovaks.
Syn. -- Chechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Fyodor Dostoevski. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Epinicial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous South African tree (Pterocarpus angolensis) having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; it yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood.
Syn. -- bloodwood tree, Pterocarpus angolensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. See Kyaboca wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The dziggetai. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Lamarckism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. ] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical Old World trees, including the nitta trees.
Syn. -- genus Parkia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; a shadow + -scope. ] (Med.) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows. -- Ski*as"co*py Ski*as"co*py n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. n., etc. See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) See Tanka. [ 1913 Webster ]