adj. 1. of or pertaining to anestrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not in a state of estrus; not in heat; -- of lower mammals; as, an anestrous bitch. Opposite of estrous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Blusterous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- dioestrous, dioestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- diestrous, diestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster. ] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble. ] To trouble. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. il- not + lustrous. ] Without luster. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Characterized by imposture; deceitful. “Impostrous pretense of knowledge.” Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres. ] (Zool.) Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d Luster. ] Bright; shining; luminous. “ Good sparks and lustrous.” Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals. [ PJC ]

a. [ OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ] 1. Marvelous; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Abounding in monsters. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. “A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. “Who with his wife is monstrously in love.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Opiniaster. [ Obs. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sinister. ] 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. “Sinistrous gravity.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With a tendency to use the left hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Strut. ] To swell; to puff out; to project. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
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