a. Before birth. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carbonate. ] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. See Carinate. ] A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Consignitary. ] A consignee. [ Obs. ] Jenkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Donatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. enatare to swim out. See Natation. ] A swimming out. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See Nation, and cf. Noel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

Princes' children took names from their natal places. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Propitious star, whose sacred power
Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Native, natural. See Native. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) same as Aleppo boil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. [ L. natalitius, from natalis. See Natal. ] Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's nativity. [ Obs. ] “Natalitial poplar.” Evelyn. “Natalitious fire.” W. Cartwright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Natal aloes. ] (Chem.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Carissa (formerly Arduina) (Carissa bispinosa and Carissa grandiflora). It is also called amatungulu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the shrub bearing the natal plum{ 1 }; a very large closely branched South African shrub (Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. pl. One's birth, or the circumstances attending it. [ Obs. ] Fitz-Geffry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. natans, -antis, from swim, v. intens. fr. nare to swim: cf. F. natant. ] 1. (Bot.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimming toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a floating manner; swimmingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. natatio, fr. natare to swim: cf. F. natation. See Natant. ] The act of floating on the water; swimming. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. natator a swimmer. ] (Zool.) The swimming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They were formerly united into one order, which is now considered an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] A swimming bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. natatorius. ] Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to a neonate; as, neonatal care; a neonatal unit at a hospital. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. newly born; recently born.
Syn. -- newborn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. -taks the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish). [ Eskimo nunaettak. ] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth. ] (Zool.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + natal. ] After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being or happening before birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward + L. pulmo a lung. ] (Zool.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung. ] (Zool.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ It. serenata. See Serenade. ] (Mus.) A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or serenate, which the starved lover sings
To his pround fair. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name serenata was given by Italian composers in the time of Handel, and by Handel himself, to a cantata of a pastoreal of dramatic character, to a secular ode, etc.; also by Mozart and others to an orchectral composition, in several movements, midway between the suite of an earlier period and the modern symphony. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., fr. It. & L. sonare to sound. See Sound a noise. ] (Mus.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The same general structure prevails in symphonies, instrumental trios, quartets, etc., and even in classical concertos. The sonata form, distinctively, characterizes the quick opening movement, which may have a short, slow introduction; the second, or slow, movement is either in the song or variation form; third comes the playful minuet or the more modern scherzo; then the quick finale in the rondo form. But both form and order are sometimes exceptional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supernatanus, p. pr. of supernatare to swim above; super above + natare to swim. ] Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. The act of floating on the surface of a fluid. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Nl. See Testudo. ] (Zool.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. transnatare to swim over; trans across, over + natare to swim. ] The act of swimming across, as a river. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. uncinus a hook. ] (Zool.) A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas. [ 1913 Webster ]