a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kli`nein to incline. ] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said of the imaginary line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and Southern Africa, with an everlasting flower; most species are usually placed in genus Helipterum.
Syn. -- genus Acroclinium [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Aniline + -ism. ] (Med.) A disease caused by chronic exposure to aniline; aniline toxicity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. pl.; sing. blin. [ Russian. ] Russian pancakes of buckwheat flour and yeast, sometimes made from white flour; they are usually served folded over, with caviar and sour cream on the inside; -- properly, it is a plural word (from the Russian plural of blin) but in America, often used as singular; thus the common plural blinis.
Syn. -- bliny, blinis. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From George Catlin, an American traveler. ] A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; bile. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Clinical. ] 1. One confined to the bed by sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [ Obs. ] Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) a medical facility, often connected with a school or hospital, which treats primarily outpatients. [ PJC ]

4. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested. [ PJC ]

6. (sports) a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation. [ fig. ] [ PJC ]

{ , a. [ Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr. kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. --
Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics. --
Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. --
Clinical medicine,
Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clinical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. of or pertaining to the Clinidae, a family of fish of temperate and tropical seas. [ PJC ]

n. any fish of the family Clinidae, of temperate and tropical seas. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family of viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas.
Syn. -- family Clinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Med.) A clinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kli`nh bed. ] (Bot.) See Clinanthium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. decreasing; as, steadily declining incomes.
Syn. -- down(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. going from better to worse.
Syn. -- deteriorating, failing, regressing, retrograde, retrogressive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. becoming less or smaller; as, declining powers of body and mind. Opposite of increasing.
Syn. -- eroding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. drawing to an end; waning; as, his declining years. [ prenominal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. delinere to smear. See Liniment. ] A smearing. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of demasculinizing; the removal of the testicles of a male animal.
Syn. -- emasculation, castration. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. to remove the testicles of a male animal.
Syn. -- emasculate, castrate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as desalinization.
Syn. -- desalination, desalinization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the removal of salt (especially from sea water); the act or process of desalinating.
Syn. -- desalination, desalinisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. same as desalinate.
Syn. -- desalinate, desalt. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; to incline. ] (Crystallog.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli. [ Sometimes spelled fedellini or fedelline. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. fel, fellis, gall. ] Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frangulinic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Franklinic electricity, electricity produced by friction; called also static electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gadolinite. ] (Chem.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, gadolinium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to or containing gadolinium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Gadolin, a Russian chemist. ] (Min.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gadolinite. ] (Chem.) A rare earth metallic element of the Lanthanide series, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare earth elements. Symbol, Gd; it has an atomic number of 64, an atomic weight of 157.25 (C=12.011), and a valence of +3. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A large mosquito. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the German chemist Gmelin. ] (Min.) A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To transform into a goblin. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. illinire, illinere, to besmear; pref. il- in, on + linire, linere, to smear. ] 1. A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thin crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A thin crust or illinition of black manganese. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Inclination; disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the first inclining towards sleep. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Party or side chosen; a following. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both you of my inclining, and the rest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Inclined, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; to incline. ] Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isoclinal lines (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which a dipping needle indicates the same inclination or dip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soldier armed with a javelin. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process by which feldspar is changed into kaolin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into kaolin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose). [ Written also laevulinic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linum flax + -gerous. ] Bearing flax; producing linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. linimentum, fr. linire, linere, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. liniment. Cf. Letter, Lime a viscous substance. ] A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Line to cover the in side. ] 1. The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lining of his coffers shall make coats
To deck our soldiers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin. [ 1913 Webster ]