a. [ L. ab + E. actinal. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. “The aboral or abactinal area.” L. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; agate. ] (Zool.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agglutinans, -antis, p. pr. of agglutinare. ] Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. -- n. Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglutinating. ] [ L. agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a thing; ad + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See Glue. ] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agglutination. ] 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ] 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn. -- polysynthetic, holophrastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a country in South America, bordering Chile and Bolivia.
Syn. -- the Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.
Syn. -- genus Argentina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Ascomycota.
Syn. -- Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Basidiomycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Bastinado, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bastinado. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bastinadoes [ Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. bâton) a stick or staff. See Baston. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing. ] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pectinate. ] (Biol.) Having two margins toothed like a comb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From It. concerto a concert. ] A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., conglutinans, p. pr. ] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglutinatus, p. p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating. ] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination. ] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conglutinatif. ] Conglutinant.

n. a class of cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous; most are substantial trees; it includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian) and Volztiales (of the Permian-Jurassic).
Syn. -- Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. cortinae (Biology) a cobwebby remnant of the partial veil which in some mature mushrooms hang from the edges of the cap. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a large genus of rusty-spored agarics having prominent cortinae.
Syn. -- genus Cortinaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. crastinus of to-morrow, from cras to-morrow. ] Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a class or subdivision of plants comprising palmlike gymnosperms: it includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta).
Syn. -- class Cycadopsida, subdivision Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deglutinating. ] [ L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ungluing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to dentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. destinable. ] Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a destinable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Determined by destiny; fated. [ Obs. ] “The order destinal.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine. ] Destined. [ Obs. ] “Destinate to hell.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To destine, design, or choose. [ Obs. ] “That name that God . . . did destinate.” Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. destinatio determination: cf. F. destination destination. ] 1. The act of destining or appointing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

Syn. -- Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. festinatus, p. p. of festinare to hasten. ] Hasty; hurried. [ Obs. ] -- Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. festinatio. ] Haste; hurry. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fritinnire to twitter. ] A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -intestinal. ] (Anat. & Med.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gelatinated p. pr. & vb. n. Gelatinating. ] To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
Syn. -- Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophytina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating. ] [ L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue. ] To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]