a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; growth. ] (Biol.) Non-germinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink. ] 1. Abstaining from wine. [ Orig. Latin sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. “One abstemious day.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Academic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of an academy, university, or college. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. academicus: cf. F. académigue. See Academy. ] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. “Academic courses.” Warburton. “Academical study.” Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an academical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. académicien. See Academy. ] 1. A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collegian. [ R. ] Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the position or state of being a member of an honorary academy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. academiste. ] 1. An Academic philosopher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An academician. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Acetone; Hæma-. ] (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by the presence of ketone bodies (including acetone, acetoacetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid) in the blood, as in diabetes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. E. albumin. ] (Med.) The level of albumin in the blood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. alchimique. ] Of or relating to alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste. ] One who practices alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are alchemist; make gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to or practicing alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alchemy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a; 'an priv. + a'i^ma blood. ] (Med.) A morbid condition in which number of the red blood cells or concentration of hemoglobin decreases below that of normal. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anaemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Suffering from anaemia. [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ NL.; Gr. 'an priv. + oxygen + Gr. a'i^ma blood. ] (Med.) A former term used to refer to an abnormal condition due to deficient oxygenation of the arterial blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness; now the term is replaced by the term hypoxemia. -- An`ox*ae"mic, An`ox*e"mic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖ [ fr. Gr. 'anqemi`s flower. ] A floral ornament. See Palmette. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'anqemi`s, equiv. to 'a`nqos flower; an herb like our chamomile. ] (Bot.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; voice. ] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from aplasia{ 2 }. ] (Med.) an anemia characterized by substantial reduction or cessation of production of red blood cells and hemoglobin by the bone marrow. Stedman
Syn. -- Ehrlich's anemia; anemia gravis. [ PJC ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [ Obs. ] J. Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mint (Mentha rotundifolia or Mentha suaveolens) with apple-scented stems of South and West Europe; naturalized in U.S.
Syn. -- apple mint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of supreme chemical powers. [ R. ] “The archchemic sun.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'A`rtemis, a Greek goddess. ] (Zool.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology; one of the Olympian deities, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with the Roman Diana.
Syn. -- Cynthia, Diana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; sign. ] (Med.) Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Auto-, and Toxæmia. ] (Physiol.) Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) the accumulation of an abnormally large amount of nitrogen-containing waste products, such as urea, in the blood; uremia. [ PJC ]

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

n. The presence of bacteria in the blood.
Syn. -- bacteriemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to bacteremia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. The presence of bacteria in the blood; same as bacteremia. [ PJC ]

v. t. To mingle; to mix. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bemired p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring. ] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To envelop in mist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Comeliness. Baret. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming; suitable. [ Archaic ] -- Be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seem"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]