n. An abnormally intense inability to make decisions; severe irresolution.
Syn. -- indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
Syn. -- aboulic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + cauline. ] (Bot.) Same as Acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling little heaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Needle ore. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Esculin. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of fish comprising the bonefish.
Syn. -- family Albulidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. “Animalcular life.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalculisme. ] 1. (Biol.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The theory that the spermatozoön and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalculiste. ] 1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A believer in the theory of animalculism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aulicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hall, court, royal court. ] Pertaining to a royal court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a rod.
Syn. -- baccilar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. baculum staff. ] Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. baculum stick, staff; cf. F. baculite. ] (Paleon.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. betula birch tree. ] (Chem.) a term originally applied to a substance obtained as a resin or tar by extraction from the outer bark of the common European white birch (Betula alba); now referring to the chemical compound (C30H50O2) having a cyclopentanophenanthrene ring system, which is the main constituent of that extract, and which may be obtained crystalline; -- called also birch camphor. Watts. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. botulus sausage + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae.
Syn. -- family Brotulidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>a. 1. of or pertaining to bulimia. [ PJC ]

2. suffering from bulimia. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L. bulimus hunger. See Bulimy. ] (Zool.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. boylimi`a, lit., ox-hunger; boy^s ox + limo`s hunger: cf. F. boulimie. ] 1. (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a disordered eating habit characterized by occasional episodes of excessive eating, followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, to avoid gaining weight; it is often accompanied by feelings of guilt; -- called also bulimia nervosa and binge-purge syndrome. It is observed mainly in young women of normal weight. [ PJC ]

n. pl. See Calculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; E. capsule + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Sp. capuli. ] The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of a seed; -- otherwise called a radicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cauliculi [ L. cauliculus little stalk, dim. of caulis. ] (Arch.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See Cole, and Flower. ] 1. (Bot.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The edible head or “curd” of a cauliflower plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caulis + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. Caules [ L., a stem. ] (Bot.) An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing little cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small lumpy deposits of body fat esp. on women's thighs and buttocks. Not used as a technical term. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis. ] An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerulus dark blue + facere to make. ] Producing a blue or sky color. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Proceeding in a circle; circular. [ Obs. ] “With motion circuline”. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quinone. ] (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. couler to flow, glide. ] 1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fluting in a sword blade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The outside stock exchange, or “curb market, ” of Paris. [ French Use ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. credulitas, fr. credulus: cf. F. crédulité. See Credulous. ] Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crepuscular. [ Obs. ] Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. culex, -icis, gnat. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Mosquito family (Culicidæ). -- n. A culicid insect. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]