n. 1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
Syn. -- vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleepless; &unr_; to chase, search for + &unr_; sleep: cf. F. agrypnotique. ] Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an aneurysm.
Syn. -- aneurismal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a sac-like widening of a blood vessel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; shaped like a ladle; &unr_; a ladle + e'i^dos form. ] (Anat.) Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. Orfrays. ] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. bary`tonos; bary`s heavy + to`nos tone. ] 1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. baryton: cf. It. baritono. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.
Syn. -- centroid, center of mass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. bary`s heavy + ke`ntron center. ] Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy. Cf. Baria. ] (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte. ] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Baryta + calcite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) The metal barium. See Barium. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cluster of grapes + -lite. ] (Min.) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in bryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Cryptogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
Syn. -- nonvascular plant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to bryophytes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of caprylic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym CPR. [ PJC ]

n. A talebearer. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n.; pl. Caryatids [ See Caryatides. ] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (&unr_;) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. &unr_;), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids. ] (Arch) Caryatids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; celandine + 'eryqro`s red. ] (Chem.) An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. small quahog larger than a littleneck.
Syn. -- cherrystone clam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a half-grown quahog.
Syn. -- cherrystone clam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; chryso`s gold + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + &unr_; made of ivory, fr. &unr_; ivory, elephant. ] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chrysolithos, Gr. &unr_;; chryso`s gold + &unr_; stone: cf. F. chrysolithe. ] (Min.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a division of mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms, including the Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.
Syn. -- division Chrysophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of low branching shrubs of West North America.
Syn. -- genus Chrysothamnus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + -type. ] 1. A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. Abney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the blockage of the coronary artery of the heart by a thrombus. [ PJC ]

n. a small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids.
Syn. -- genus Coryanthes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. E. Corybants (-b&unr_;nts), oftener L. Corybantes [ L. Corybas, Gr. Kory`bas. ] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. Korybantiasmo`s a corybantic frenzy. ] (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. Korybantiko`s, fr. Kory`bas a Corybant. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (MIcrobiol.) Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria. [ PJC ]

a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of a style associated with rural areas; as, country-style sausage.
Syn. -- country(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn. -- guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kry`os cold + E. hydrate. ] (Chem.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe. ] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cold, frost + -meter. ] (Physics) A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lower freezing point than mercury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.
Syn. -- frostbite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]