n. [ Gr. &unr_; ray + &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) The entire body of a cœlenterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; part. ] (Chem.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Anisomeric. ] (Bot.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. isometric. ] Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; measure + &unr_;, &unr_;, eye. ] Unequal refractive power in the two eyes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. asomatus, Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; body. ] Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressive of awe or terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being awesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Awesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -some body. ] (Zool.) The thorax of Arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + 'o`mma eye + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin. ] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [ Archaic or Fig. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

The housemaid with her besom. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besomed ] To sweep, as with a besom. [ Archaic or Poetic ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses a besom. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ For blithesome: but cf. also Icel. bl&unr_;sma of a goat at heat. ] To be lustful; to be lascivious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lascivious; also, in heat; -- said of ewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cheery; gay; merry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. blosme, blostme, AS. blōsma, blōstma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem, L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Bloom a blossom. ] 1. The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the blossom of my youth. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. [ 1913 Webster ]

In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blossomed p. pr. & vb. n. Blossoming. ] [ AS. bl&unr_;stmian. See Blossom, n. ] 1. To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moving whisper of huge trees that branched
And blossomed. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type. [ 1913 Webster ]

Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit. Isa. xxvii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly. [ PJC ]

n. the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Syn. -- flowering, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of blossoms; flowery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bōsm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. bōsm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough. ] 1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom. [ PJC ]

3. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know
Wherefore they do it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job xxxi. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the bosom of that church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. “The bosom of the ocean.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. Ex. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Inclination; desire. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bosomed p. pr. & vb. n. Bosoming. ] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bosom up my counsel,
You'll find it wholesome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. [ 1913 Webster ]

To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Combining form ] Having such a bosom; as, a big-bosomed woman. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a large bosom; -- of a woman. [ PJC ]

a. Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bengalese, a worshiping assembly. ] A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindus. [ Written also Brama-samaj. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [ R. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Syn. -- awkward, clumsy, ungainly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The debt immense of endless gratitude
So burdensome. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. -- Bur"den*some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; center + -&unr_; the body. ] (Biol.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cephalo- + -some body. ] (Zool.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Chisley. ] Mellow earth; mold. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chrism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + &unr_; the body. ] (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit. p. p. of consommer to finish. ] (Cookery) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. inviting cuddling or hugging; as, a cuddlesome baby. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor.

-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He brought him through a darksome narrow pass
To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very pleasing; delightful. “Delightsome vigor.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12.

-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n. Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of din. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thirst + &unr_; mania. ] (Med.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. To separate from the bosom. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]