n. [ Gr. &unr_; undistinguishable; 'a priv. + &unr_; to separate, distinguish + &unr_; color. ] Color blindness; achromatopsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. & n. [ See Alexipharmic. ] Alexipharmic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Astron.) (a) Same as Almucantar. (b) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; power. ] (Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amphimacrus, Gr. &unr_;; 'amfi` on both sides + &unr_; long. ] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāst&ibreve_;tās. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + makro`s long + -meter. ] (Med.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + maculate, a. ] Having, or marked with, two spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Turk. ] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- manila tamarind, huamachil, wild tamarind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, prop., round of a ladder, fr. &unr_; ladder: cf. F. climactère. See Climax. ] See Climacteric, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. climactericus, Gr. &unr_;. See Climacter. ] Relating to a climacteric; critical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any critical period. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Climacteric. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.

A fourth kind of parallelism . . . is still sufficiently marked to be noticed by the side of those described by Lowth, viz., climactic parallelism (sometimes called “ascending rhythm”). S. R. Driver. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Physics) a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; -- called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider. This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.
Syn. -- particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; collider. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy. ] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.

-- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contumacies /plu>. [ L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn. ] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bear + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; fight. ] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
Syn. -- genus Dermacentor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Diatomous. ] consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils; as, diatomaceous earth (used as a component of dynamite). [ PJC ]

(Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called infusorial earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ F. diplomatie. This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original. See Diploma. ] 1. The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. [ R. ] Burke.

n. [ Gr. &unr_; an assay, examination, fr. &unr_; to examine (Metals), fr. &unr_; assayed, tested, fr. &unr_; to take, approve: cf. F. docimasie. ] The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft. ] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Emaciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emaciated p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating. ] [ L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager. ] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. “He emaciated and pined away.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emaciatus, p. p. ] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.
Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. émaciation. ] 1. The act of making very lean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate. ] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of clearing from spots. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`machos equipped for battle; 'epi` for + ma`chh battle. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; quietly + &unr_; burning, fr. &unr_; to burn. ] A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Shortened form of telefax, from tele- and facsimile. ] A device which is designed to transmit and receive images by the facsimile{ 2 } process. Such a device may also be able to perform other functions, such as scanning an image or copying an image; a telefax device. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. See Pharmacy. ] Medicine; pharmacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

a. (Zool.) Having the structure of a filoplume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fume. ] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmæ; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, giant + &unr_; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie. ] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

. (Aëronautics) A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]