{ a. [ L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A native of Achaia; a Greek. [ 1913 Webster ]

a & n. See Achæan, Achaian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adamantēus. ] Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Adonēus. ] Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. “Fair Adonean Venus.” Faber. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Jap. adzuki. ] A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. Aegeus; Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allegation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) See Amoebean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Alternately answering. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_;, &unr_;, the earth. ] Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Andes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Aramaeus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Heb. Arām, i. e. Highland, a name given to Syria and Mesopotamia. ] Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n. A native of Aram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning. ] Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term Azoic, and to the Eozoic of Dawson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Archimedeus. ] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archimedean screw, or
Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Aristotle; Aristotelian. Aristotelean logic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [ Written also Asmonæan. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. khāsad to be pious. ] One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; starry. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the genus Astræa or the family Astræidæ. -- n. A coral of the family Astræidæ; a star coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Atlant&unr_;us. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong. [ 1913 Webster ]

With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear
The weight of mightiest monarchies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the dawn. a dim aurorean glow
Syn. -- auroral. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Vengeance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bene, AS. beán; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. pōna, Icel. baun, Dan. bönne, Sw. böna, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba. ] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris. [ 1913 Webster ]

As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bean aphis (Zool.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant. --
Bean fly (Zool.), a fly found on bean flowers. --
Bean goose (Zool.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). --
Bean weevil (Zool.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus fabæ. --
Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. --
Ignatius bean, or
St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. --
Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. --
Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. --
Sacred bean. See under Sacred. --
Screw bean. See under Screw. --
Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. --
Tonquin bean, or
Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree. --
Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; it is thrown from person to person in games. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn. -- beaner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Bot.) A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn. -- beanball. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (British) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen.
Syn. -- beany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards.
Syn. -- lotto, bingo, keno. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. stem of a bean plant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Bot.) A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as beanie.
Syn. -- beanie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. beaucéant. ] The black and white standard of the Knights Templars. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mean; to lower. C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. a tight-fitting trousers made of blue denim or a similar fabric, designed originally to serve as inexpensive durable workclothes, and often having metal rivets for reinforcement. They have become very popular as casual wear for all age groups, and more expensive and more carefully styled and tailored versions called designer jeanshave also become popular among girls and women.
Syn. -- jeans, Levis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a perennial plant of Europe and America (Menyanthes trifoliata) having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.
Syn. -- water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; strong. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an Old World upright plant grown esp. for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.
Syn. -- broad bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A perennial plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) of Europe and America which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white, reddish, or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean. It often roots at the water margin and spreads across the surface.
Syn. -- water shamrock, bogbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One of the Cabiri. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cadmeus, Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east. ] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ. These are called Cadmean letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other. Similar to a Pyhrric victory. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]