{ n.; pl. Acalephs Acalephans [ See Acalephæ. ] (Zool.) One of the Acalephæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice of aëronautics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. Of or pert. to aëromechanics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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

n. 1. A native of Afghanistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of worsted blanket or wrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
Syn. -- Afghan, Afghanistani, afghanistani [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a mountainous country in central Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

pos>adv. Beforehand; in anticipation. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand. [ Archaic or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Aforehand in all matters of power. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages; a member of the Agnatha. The group includes the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- jawless vertebrate, jawless fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Also . (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. [ From the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania. ] (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alphanumerics.
Syn. -- alphanumeric, alphameric, alphamerical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Computers) using or consisting of only alphabetical and numerical characters; -- contrasting with binary or control. alphanumeric characters
Syn. -- alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphameric, alphamerical [ PJC ]

n. 1. a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. onhangian. ] To hang. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; invisible ('a priv. + &unr_; to appear) + &unr_; a wing. ] (Zool.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible; 'a priv. + &unr_; to appear. ] (Min.) A very compact, dark-colored &unr_;ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and Angel. ] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See Arch-, pref. ] A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
Syn. -- Arhat, lohan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ashantees A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. & n. See Astrakhan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n. The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Yataghan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; death. ] The quality of being deathless; immortality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? Lowell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. Ar. at-tannūr, fr. Heb. tannūr an oven or furnace. ] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Yataghan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an automatic device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
Syn. -- record changer, changer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a country in the Caucuses, formerly an Asian Soviet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia. ] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. “Tipsy bacchanals.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. Ba`kchos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes. [ L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus. ] 1. A priest of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]