a. [ LL. absentaneus. See absent ] Pertaining to absence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aëneus. ] (Zool.) Colored like bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Albugo. ] Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Different in nature or kind. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguineus. ] Snakelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Antecede. ] Antecedent; preceding in time. “Capable of antecedaneous proof.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; dogbane; &unr_; from + &unr_; dog. ] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Araneina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. araneosus. ] Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. araneosus, fr. aranea spider, spider's web. ] Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundineus, fr. arundo reed. ] Abounding with reeds; reedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + -graphy. ] A description of baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + -logy. ] A treatise on baths; the science of bathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balneum bath + Gr. qerapey`ein to heal. ] The treatment of disease by baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Borneo + -ol. ] (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carneus, from caro, carnis, flesh. ] Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. “Carneous fibers.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilageneus. ] See Cartilaginous. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place. ] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + L. terra earth. ] Being or dwelling around the earth. “Circumterraneous demouns.” H. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coaetaneus; co- + aetas age. ] Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.

-- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley. [1913 Webster]

a. Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine. ] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
Syn. -- consanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consectaneus. ] Following as a matter of course. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consentaneus. ] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.

-- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous. ] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman

-- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. At the same time with some other event. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. conterraneus; con- + terra country. ] Of or belonging to the same country. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corneus, fr. cornu horn. ] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Contemporaneous. ] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cutané, fr. L. cutis skin. See Cuticle. ] Of or pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration; cutaneous nerves; a cutaneous infection. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. dissentaneus. ] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time. ] Contemporaneous. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See Err. ] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [ Obs. ] “Erroneous circulation.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. inadvertent incorrectness.
Syn. -- error. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Extempore. ] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exterraneus; es out + terra land. ] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors. ] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. genus race. ] Belonging to another race or kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra-, Strange. ] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.

-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Ferruginous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Frustrate, a. ] Vain; useless; unprofitable. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fulmen thunder. ] Of, or concerning thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass. ] (Bot.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gynecocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship. ] The adoration or worship of woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. hétérogène. ] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæc loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter in the singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural. --
Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids. --
Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical signs. [ 1913 Webster ]