a. Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. accoustumance, F. accoutumance. ] Custom; habitual use. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Customarily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Usual; customary. [ Archaic ] Featley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; barley meal + -mancy: cf. F. alphitomancie. ] Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + sto`ma mouth. ] (Biol.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] Not possessing a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum. Stedman [ PJC ]

adj. (Med.) showing no symptoms of disease.
Syn. -- symptomless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a vending machine from which you can get food. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a type of cafeteria where food is served from machines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. 1. make automatic; to change [ a process ] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.
Syn. -- automatize. [ WordNet 1.5 ] [ +PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 accomplished by machinary without the intervention of a human operator; -- of processes. Development of the automated sequence analyzer made practical a project to sequence the human genome.
Syn. -- machine-controlled, machine-driven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] One who is self-taught. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. light machine gun.
Syn. -- automatic rifle, machine rifle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released; as, a .45 automatic.
Syn. -- automatic pistol. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. automatique. See Automaton. ] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; operating with minimal human intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic transmission. The opposite of manual. Narrower terms are: autoloading(prenominal), semiautomatic ; automated, machine-controlled, machine-driven ; self-acting, self-activating, self-moving, self-regulating ; self-locking ; self-winding . Also See: mechanical. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; as, automatic movements or functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn. -- reflex(prenominal), reflexive, involuntary [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Unconscious or automatic reasoning. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic `thank you'
Syn. -- automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike, machine-like, robotlike. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an automatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. Specifically: (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as automate.
Syn. -- automate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. L. Automata E. Automatons [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; self-moving; &unr_; self + a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. &unr_; to strive. See Mean, v. i. ] 1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

These living automata, human bodies. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. automatus, Gr. &unr_;. See Automaton. ] Automatic. [ Obs. ] “Automatous organs.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a ballet enthusiast. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr., Gr. &unr_; gill + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy. ] The art of telling fortunes with cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. charta paper + -mancy. Cf. Cartomancy. ] Divination by written paper or by cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, outh. ] (Zool.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [ Also written Chillostomata. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Teaching what is useful. “A chrestomathic school.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; useful + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, comb + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, -&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. coustumable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Customary. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Usually. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a customary manner; habitually. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being customary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even now I met him
With customary compliment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. ] A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖/mhw>, n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bear + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; fight. ] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Diatomous. ] consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils; as, diatomaceous earth (used as a component of dynamite). [ PJC ]

(Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms; also called infusorial earth, kieselguhr, and diatomite. It is used in polishing powder, and in the manufacture of dynamite. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + sto`ma mouth. ] (Zool.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, the mouth. ] (Zoöl.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; visible in (a thing) + -mancy. ] Divination by the use of a mirror. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, giant + &unr_; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie. ] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_;, &unr_;, the mouth. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [ Written also Gnathostomata. ] [ 1913 Webster ]