n. [ Acetyl + anilide. ] (Med., Chem.) An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group (C6H5.NH.CO.CH3); it is a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 135.16. [ Written also acetanilid ] AS
Syn. -- phenylacetamide, N-phenylacetamide, antifebrin, antifebrine, acetylaminobenzene, acetylaniline [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 + AS ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Afghanis.
Syn. -- Afghani, Afghan, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Pashto, Pathan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Bhutani language or people. Bhutani Buddhists
Syn. -- Bhutanese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bhutan. Bhutani mountains [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
Syn. -- Bhutanese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. botanique. See Botany. ] Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Bo*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. --
Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots. [1913 Webster]

v. to collect and study plants.
Syn. -- botanize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. botaniste. ] One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Botanized p. pr. & vb. n. Botanizing ] [ Cf. F. botaniser. ] To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To explore for botanical purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who botanizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. charlatanisme. ] Charlatanry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz. ] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hindustani. See Hindoostanee.
Syn. -- Hindustani, Hindoostani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India. ] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Hindustan or its inhabitants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
Syn. -- Hindu, Hindoo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. See Hindoostanee.
Syn. -- Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Chem.) See Lanthanum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian peninsula, corresponding roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal. -- n. One of the people of Lusitania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the instrument. ] A person that plays on the lute. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mahometanized p. pr. & vb. n. Mahometanizing ] To convert to Islam, the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } See Mohammedan, Muslim, Mohammedanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + titanic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. montanus, fr. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. ] Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic Mon`ta*nis"tic*al a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mult- + L. animus mind. ] Many-minded; many-sided. [ 1913 Webster ]

The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; as, Pakistani mountain passes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Pakistan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One versed in paleobotany. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. platanista a sort of fish, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. plataniste. ] (Zool.) The soosoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prytanes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a puritanical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Puritanized p. pr. & vb. n. Puritanizing ] To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. putanisme, fr. putain harlot. ] Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. satanique, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. “Satanic strength.” “Satanic host.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sa*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The worship of Satan. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A very wicked person. [ R. ] Granger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A worshiper of Satan. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Stannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hawking with staniels, or stannels, -- a base kind of falconry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a sultan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [ Written also tannier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir. tanaiste, tanaise, second, the second person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince. ] In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

This family [ the O'Hanlons ] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tanist. ] In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The primitive intention seems to have been that the inheritance should descend to the oldest or most worthy of the blood and name of the deceased. This was, in reality, giving it to the strongest; and the practice often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which reason it was abolished under James I. [ 1913 Webster ]