{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Atheling. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alleles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Alto-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being ameliorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ameliorated p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating. ] [ L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate. ] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. [ p. pr. of ameliorate. ] causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an unfavorable condition.
Syn. -- ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. amélioration. ] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. “Amelioration of human affairs.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ameliorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ampelitis, Gr. 'ampeli^tis, fr. 'a`mpelos vine. ] (Min.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; hollowed all round; 'amfi` + &unr_; hollow. ] (Zool.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Angelica. ] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Angelic. ] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. angelicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. angélique. ] 1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. “Angelic harps.” Thomson.“Angelical actions.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an angelic smile.
Syn. -- angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.
Syn. -- angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [ Obs. ] Farindon (1647). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. [ 1913 Webster ]

It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Annelid. ] (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of the nature of an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anthelia [ Pref. anti + Gr. &unr_; sun. ] (Meteor.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Same as Antihelix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aphelia [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; sun. ] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; sun + &unr_; belonging to a turning. ] Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; pref. archi- + annelida. ] (Zool.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and West South America.
Syn. -- genus Aristotelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. “Aristotelic usage.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ F. ] A workshop; a studio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. æðeling noble, fr. æðele noble, akin to G. adel nobility, edel noble. The word æðel, E. ethel, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethelwolf, noble wolf; Ethelbald, noble bold; Ethelbert, noble bright. ] An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family. [ Written also Adeling and Ætheling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aurélie. Cf. Chrysalis. ] (Zool.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the aurelia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to autotelism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; as, they established a baseline for the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the back line at each end of a tennis court. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field along which a baseball player must run while running the bases. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity) in the absence of effects from other variables in a measurement, test or experiment; a control value. [ PJC ]

5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a visual display in an electronic device, used as a reference point to which other values are referred. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. bas-relief; bas low + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo. ] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ It. basso-rilievo. ] Same as Bas-relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bas-relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al profit. ] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

What concord hath Christ with Belia ? 2 Cor. vi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

A son (or man)
of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Libel, v. t. ] To libel or traduce; to calumniate. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]