a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth.
Syn. -- genus Burmannia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal or bractlike leaves and small flowers.
Syn. -- family Burmanniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A genus with only one species, the golden cup.
Syn. -- genus Hunnemania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n.; pl. Jungermanniæ [ NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a German botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales.
Syn. -- family Jungermanniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A large order of chiefly tropical liverworts.
Syn. -- order Jungermanniales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Mannite + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc. ] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Man"nish*ly pos>adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + anhydrite. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Same as mannitol. [ PJC ]

2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannitol, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + -ol. ] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Syn. -- D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because found in the unripe fruit of the bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). ] (Chem.) Same as Inosite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after J. C. Ullman, a German chemist. ] (Min.) A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]