{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; joint. ] (Nat. Hist.) Being without joints; jointless. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. adynamia, fr. Gr. 'adynami`a lack of strength; 'a priv + dy`namis power, strength. ] (Med.) Considerable debility of the vital powers; asthenia. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. Specifically: (Med) Absence of motor power or force. [ AS ]

a. [ Cf. F. adynamique. See Adynamy. ] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by adynamia; weak. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Physics) Characterized by the absence of power or force. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adynamia. [ R. ] Morin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Adyta [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, n., fr. &unr_;, a., not to be entered; 'a priv. + &unr_; to enter. ] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the resistance caused by a gas to the motion of a solid body moving through it. Studied in aerodynamics. [ PJC ]

n. [ Aëro- + dynamics: cf. F. aérodynamique. ] The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; . ] (Aëronautics) a heavier-than-air aircraft; same as aeroplane. Contrasted with aerostat. [ PJC ]

a. [ Aëro- + hydrodynamic. ] Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aërohydrodynamic wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the force of air in motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having a shape designed to minimize wind resistance (aerodynamic drag) when moving through the air or other gas; -- used especially of vehicles; as, the aerodynamic styling of an automobile. [ PJC ]

adv. [ All (OE. al) + ready. ] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. “Joseph was in Egypt already.” Exod. i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ammodytes, Gr. &unr_; sand burrower, a kind of serpent; 'a`mmos sand + &unr_; diver, &unr_; to dive. ] (Zool.) (a) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel. (b) A kind of viper in southern Europe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 type genus of the Ammodytidae.
Syn. -- genus Ammodytes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the sand lances.
Syn. -- family Ammodytidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anodynus, Gr. &unr_; free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + &unr_; pain: cf. F. anodin. ] Serving to assuage pain; soothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The word [ in a medical sense ] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.” Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a. ] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anodyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains various antibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also stimulates production of their specific antibodies by the immune system. In certain “autoimmune” diseases, the immune system of an organism may produce antibodies to parts of the organism's own structure, and can cause considerable damage and even death as a result. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. (Med., Physiol. Chem.) more narrowly, any of the immunoglobulins present in the blood serum or other body fluids of an animal, which reacts with a specific antigenic substance, whether the antibody was produced as a consequence of the stimulus provided by the antigen, or was pre-existing prior to exposure of the organism to the antigen. The soluble antibodies present in serum are complex globins (proteins) with both constant and variable regions in the polypeptide chains, the variable region being responsible for the reaction of the antibody with its specific antigen. Typically, antibodies of more than one structure may react with a given antigen, and any given antigen may stimulate production of more than one antibody. Methods have been developed to grow cells in tissue culture which produce predominantly only one specific antibody, and such antibodies thus produced (called monoclonal antibodies) are highly specific in their reactions to molecular strucures, and are used as valuable reagents in biochemical technology. [ PJC. ]

a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. -- n. A medicine for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of consideration or standing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to strip one's self. ] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'ody`nh pain. ] (Med.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Auto- + dynamic. ] Supplying its own power, as a hydraulic ram. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in bags. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who has a bald head; -- a deprecatory term.
Syn. -- baldhead, baldpate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Telugu ba&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i. ] A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bandies [ Cf. F. bandé, p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See Band, n. ] 1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bandied p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying. ] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. “To bandy hasty words.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having crooked legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ a garment ] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. “A bawdy story.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. “Beady eyes.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having eyes that gleam with malice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [ Obs. ] Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedyed p. pr. & vb. n. Bedyeing. ] To dye or stain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Bend a band. ] (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A familiar form of Bridget. ] An Irish serving woman or girl. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. } 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. of or pertaining to a method of farming that uses only organic fertilizers (rather than chemical fertilizers) and organic materials for improving the soil characteristics. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. dynamics. ] 1. (Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The branch of biology which treats of the active vital phenomena of organisms; -- opposed to biostatics. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Drama) a comedy that treats of morbid, tragic, gloomy, or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot. [ PJC ]

a. Consisting of blades. [ R. ] “Blady grass.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. blōdig. ] 1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [ Vulgar ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bloodied p. pr. & vb. n. Bloodying. ] To stain with blood. Overbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A terrible bugbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]