{ } a. [ L. academicus: cf. F. académigue. See Academy. ] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. “Academic courses.” Warburton. “Academical study.” Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an academical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agamic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. F. agronomique. ] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. alchimique. ] Of or relating to alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'alexifa`rmakos keeping off poison; 'alexein to keep off + fa`rmakon drug, poison: cf. F. alexipharmaque. ] (Med.) Of or relating to an alexipharmic or alexipharmac; warding off poison; antidotal; prophylactic. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See Amiable. ] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier. Burrill. --
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious. -- Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It does, however, imply something of real cordiality; while amicable supposes very little more than that the parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel. Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties. “Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each other can live amicably together.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amicable; amicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amicable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi`dromos running about or around. ] Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. anatomicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. anatomique. See Anatomy. ] Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [ Obs. ] J. Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. astronomicus, Gr. 'astronomiko`s: cf. F. astronomique. ] Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Astronomical clock. See under Clock. --
Astronomical day. See under Day. --
Astronomical fractions,
Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. atomique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to atoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extremely minute; tiny. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atomic bomb, see atom bomb in the vocabulary. --
Atomic philosophy, or Doctrine of atoms, a system which, assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion, accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things. This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by Epicurus, and hence is sometimes denominated the Epicurean philosophy. --
Atomic theory, or the Doctrine of definite proportions (Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. --
Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. balsamique. ] Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to biochemistry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a chemical substance produced by a living organism, or such a substance produced synthetically. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , a. } 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. of or pertaining to a method of farming that uses only organic fertilizers (rather than chemical fertilizers) and organic materials for improving the soil characteristics. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chemical attraction or
Chemical affinity. See under Attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Relating to comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. “Comical adventures.” Dryden.

Syn. -- Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll.

-- Com"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Com"ic*al"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Comicalities The quality of being comical; something comical. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos. ] 1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. “Cosmic ranges of time.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. of unsurpassed size, extent, or significance; vast; as, of cosmic proportions; of cosmic importance. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Universally. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coxcombical. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Conceitedly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Mus.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dimicatio, fr. dimicare to fight. ] A fight; contest. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or shaped like, a dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; powerful, fr. &unr_; power, fr. &unr_; to be able; cf. L. durus hard, E. dure: cf. F. dynamique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force. [ 1913 Webster ]

Science, as well as history, has its past to show, -- a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine. J. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic, causes. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet lists a number of narrower terms for dynamic and adj. [ Narrower terms: can-do; driving; energizing, energising, kinetic; forceful, slashing, vigorous; projectile; propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive; renascent, resurgent; self-propelled, self-propelling; high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. &unr_; economical. See Economy. ] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. “In this economical misfortune [ of ill-assorted matrimony. ]” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

And doth employ her economic art
And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just rich enough, with economic care,
To save a pittance. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil. [ wns=3 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

5. of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn. [ 1913 Webster ]

These matters economical and political. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. H. C. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. of or pertaining to economics. economic theory [ WordNet 1.5 ]

8. profitable. Opposite of uneconomic. [ wns=4 ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

9. avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.
Syn. -- frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Physics) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. embolismique. ] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication. ] Beaming forth; flashing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle. ] A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]