a. [ L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal. ] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`tomos cut off sharp; 'a`kros extreme + te`mnein to cut. ] (Min.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unusual ('a priv. + &unr_; custom) + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. + ga`mos marriage. ] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In (Bot.), cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Published under the name of some one other than the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Amounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Amounting. ] [ OF. amonter to increase, advance, ascend, fr. amont (equiv. to L. ad montem to the mountain) upward, F. amont up the river. See Mount, n. ] 1. To go up; to ascend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To signify; to amount to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. amor love. ] 1. Love; affection. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Love making; a love affair; usually, an unlawful connection in love; a love intrigue; an illicit love affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

In amours with, in love with. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] Self-love; self-esteem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; running upward; &unr_; + &unr_; a running, &unr_; to run. ] 1. (Zool.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Angio- + monospermous. ] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. animosus, fr. animus soul, spirit, courage. ] Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lawless + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without name; 'an priv. + &unr_;, Eol. for &unr_; name. See Name. ] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. dro`mos a running. ] (Bot.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamic, apogametic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, a. See Arrhizal, Arrhizous, Arrhythmic, Arrhythmous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 protected with a covering of armor.
Syn. -- steel-plated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. provided with protective covering; -- used of animals. Opposite of unarmored. [ Narrower terms: bone-covered ; scaly, scaley, scaled.
Syn. -- armored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as armor-clad; -- used of persons or things military. Opposite of unarmored. One that is aromour-clad is bulletproof. Narrower terms: lightly armored, lightly armoured; mail-clad, mailed; panzer; scaled
Syn. -- armored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
Syn. -- armorer, artificer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a manufacturer of firearms.
Syn. -- armorer [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a collection of resources.
Syn. -- armory, inventory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. all the weapons and equipment that a country has.
Syn. -- arsenal, armory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.
Syn. -- arsenal, armory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a place where arms are manufactured.
Syn. -- armory, arsenal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; rhythm. ] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; seed. ] (Bot.) Destitute of seeds; aspermatous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] Not possessing a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; nuptial bed. ] (Bot.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_; to assign, hold, sway. ] 1. Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Azym. ] Unleavened; unfermented. “Azymous bread.” Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam. “A balsamous substance.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bel amour fair love. ] 1. A lover. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her snowy brows, like budded belamours. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mourn over. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + ramous. ] (Biol.) Having, or consisting of, two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn. -- blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]