a. Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 distension of the stomach area due to overweight.
Syn. -- paunchiness [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Biol.) Produced by spontaneous generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. abrenuntiare; ab + renuntiare. See Renounce. ] To renounce. [ Obs. ] “They abrenounce and cast them off.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. absonus; ab + sonus sound. ] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [ Obs. ] “Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; calyx. ] (Bot.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone. ] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Adenose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Adipose; -genous. ] (Med.) Producing fat. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. ad- + noun. ] (Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aeruginosus, fr. aerugo rust of copper, fr. aes copper: cf. F. érugineux. ] Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + gynh` woman. ] (Bot.) Without female organs; male. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. albumineux. ] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, albumin; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin; an older term now replaces by proteinaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. proteinaceous; containing or composed of protein. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n. [PJC]

a. Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. altisonus. ] Altisonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aluminosus, fr. alumen alum: cf. F. alumineux. ] Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ambagious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambo both + genus kind. ] Of two kinds. (Bot.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amnigena; amnis a river + root gen of gignere to beget. ] Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; a begetting. ] Relating to both parents. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ L. androgynus, Gr. &unr_;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne. ] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; warp, thread; &unr_; to stand. ] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annotinus, fr. annus year. ] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Announced p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing ] [ OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her [ Q. Elizabeth's ] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Publish laws, announce
Or life or death. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. -- To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. stated publicly; as, their announced intentions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who announces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anodyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Anura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Anurous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -genous. ] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal; incapable of all but whispered speech. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Containing clay and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. armisonus; arma arms + sonare (p. pr. sonans) to sound. ] Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. connecting an artery to a vein. an arteriovenous fistula [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Murderous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not + synchronous. ] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
Syn. -- nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Paleontology) occurring in different geologic times; -- of taxa/ synchronous
Syn. -- allochronic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time or era
Syn. -- anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

4. (Computers) occurring at different speeds in different computers connected by a data transmission link; -- said of methods data of transmission between computers. Opposite of synchronous. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] 1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a. Autogenetic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern. ] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. [ 1913 Webster ]