a. [ (a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux. ] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Acerose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. α priv. + ke`ras a horn. ] (Zool.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. (b) Without antennæ, as some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 African antelopes: impalas.
Syn. -- genus Aepyceros [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. boy`kerws horned like an ox; boy^s ox + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cancéreux ] Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. “cancerous vices” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero. ] (Zool.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (Scomberomorus regalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -graph. ] A writing on wax. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to cerography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices cerography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -graphy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -lite. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, fr. khroy^n to wax over, fr. khro`s wax. ] 1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Arch.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The cere of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -mancy. ] Divination by dropping melted wax in water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Seroon. ] A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; for modeling in wax; khro`s wax + &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Fine arts) (a) Relating to the art of modeling in wax. (b) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; art): cf. F. céroplastique. ] The art of modeling in wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cera wax. ] (Chem.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Cerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cerotum a pomade. See Cerate. ] (Chem.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Cerotene. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cerotene. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wax + -type. ] A printing process of engraving on a surface of wax spread on a steel plate, for electrotyping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. having chelicerae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Ciceroni E. Cicerones [ It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide. ] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [ the Italians ] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator. ] Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. “Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. glycérolé. ] (Med.) Same as Glycerite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; broad + ke`ras horn. ] (Zoöl.) Having broad horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`gas great + ke`ras horn. ] (Paleon.) The Irish elk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`li honey + &unr_; wax. ] (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; mo`nos alone, single + ke`ras horn. ] 1. A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mighty monoceroses with immeasured tails. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from puce a flea. See Puce. ] (Zool.) Any plant louse, or aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. "rinoke`rws, "rinoke`rwtos; "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + ke`ras a horn: cf. F. rhinocéros. See Horn. ] (Zool.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and Rhinoceros Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhinoceros auk (Zool.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. --
Rhinoceros beetle (Zool.), a very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head. --
Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.) (a) A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill. (b) An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rhinoceros. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to sorcery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; triangle + &unr_; horn. ] (Zool.) Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of goats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ulcerosus: cf. F. ulcéreux. ] 1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Ul"cer*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See Vice, prep. and Royal. ] 1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia archippus syn. Limenitis archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Viceroyalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles. Mivart. [ 1913 Webster ]