a. [ Acaleph + -oid. ] (Zool.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine + fe`rein to bear. ] Spine-bearing. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + &unr_; sound. ] The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + &unr_; voice. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + fe`rein to bear. ] Having straight projecting spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'adelfo`s brother. ] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adeno- + Gr. foro`s bearing. ] (Bot.) Producing glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Religious indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Adiaphorous. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Adiaphorist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'adia`foros; 'a priv. + dia`foros different; dia` through + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good as a medicine. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'adiafori`a. ] Indifference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Aero- + Gr. fo`bos fear: cf. F. aérophobie. ] (Med.) Dread of a current of air or of fresh air. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; voice. ] (a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet. (b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Alpha- + -ol as in alcohol. ] (Pharm.) A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). [ 1913 Webster ]

Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ G. Alpenhorn. ] A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + morfh` form. ] 1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shapeless; 'a priv. + morfh` form + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + E. peptone. ] (Physiol.) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Amophoræ [ L., fr. Gr. 'amforey`s, 'amforey`s, a jar with two handles; 'amfi` + forey`s bearer, fe`rein to bear. Cf. Ampul. ] Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amphoralis. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Resembling a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty bottle; especially, a respiratory sound heard over cavities in the lungs during percussion and auscultation; as, amphoric respiration or resonance. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfo`teros both. ] 1. Partly one and partly the other [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially: (Chem.) Having both acidic and basic groups within the same molecule, and consequently neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [ R. ] Smart. [ PJC ]

n. 1. an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of Streptomyces nodosus. It is one of a class of polyene macrolide antibiotics effective against fungal infections. It has a molecular weight of 924.11; it is soluble in oganic solvents but only slightly soluble in water.
Syn. -- Fungizone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope. ] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form anew; &unr_; again + &unr_; to form; morfh` form. ] 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'anafora`, fr. 'anafe`rein to carry up or back; 'ana` + fe`rein to carry. ] (Rhet.) 1. A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The use of a substitute word, such as a pronoun, in reference to a something already mentioned in a discourse; also, the relation between the substitute word and its antecedent. It is contrasted with cataphora, the use of a pronoun for a word or topic not yet mentioned. Thus, in the sentence “John was tall but he was not very heavy.” the “he” is an anaphora for John, or an anaphoric reference to John. [ PJC ]

adj. Of or pertaining to anaphora; as, anaphoric reference. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who hates England and everything English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Anglo- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe n. [1913 Webster]

n. a gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bearing flowers; 'a`nqos flower + &unr_; bearing, fe`rein to bear. ] (Bot.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flower bearing; supporting the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism. ] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transformation into the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. “Anthropomorphous apes.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. -- n. A remedy for hydrophobia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. 'anti`fwna. See Anthem. ] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]