a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; heart. ] Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the family of arachnids of the order Acarina consisting of mites.
Syn. -- family Acaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Acarus. ] (Zool.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a mite. ] (Zool.) The order of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or caused by acari (acarids, or mites); as, acarine diseases. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) A member of the order Acarina. [ PJC ]

a. [ NL., acarus a mite + -oid. ] (Zool.) Shaped like or resembling a mite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + carpel. ] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of carpellate.
Syn. -- acarpe [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Acari [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; the cheese mite, tick. ] (Zool.) A genus including many species of small mites. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
Syn. -- genus Afrocarpus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Alcarrazas. /plu> [ Sp., from Ar. al-kurrāz earthen vessel. ] A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Tincal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; similar to + &unr_; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an angiocarp; angiocarpous.
Syn. -- angiocarpous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.
Syn. -- angiocarpic [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Apothecaries. [ OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. &unr_; to put away; &unr_; from + &unr_; to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis. ] 1. One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners, licensed to prescribe medicine -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drugstore; a store where medicines are sold. [ PJC ]

Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the planning that is disrupted when someone "upsets the applecart". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a cart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Araucania, a territory south of Chili. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
Syn. -- family Araucariaceae, araucaria family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. 1 a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
Syn. -- genus Ariocarpus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; bread + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an intestinal worm. ] (Med.) A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Ascarides r Ascarids. [ NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.
Syn. -- family Ascaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a roundworm having a preanal sucker.
Syn. -- genus Ascaridia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.
Syn. -- genus Ascaris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of or pertaining to an ascocarp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or }. (a) [ More fully chenille Axminster. ] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made. (b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. ] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge. ] (Mus.) (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. bibliothécaire. ] A librarian. [ Obs. ] Evelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + calcarate. ] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + carbonate. ] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]