‖n. [ F., fr. accoucher. See Accouchement. ] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wheaten flour + -mancy: cf. F. aleuromancie. ] Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour + -meter. ] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aleurone. ] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour. ] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love. ] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior that demonstrates a lack of professional competency. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or character of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. 'amfi` + &unr_; sinew, nerve. ] (Zool.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as thiamin; a B vitamin (vitamin B1) that prevents beriberi. [ Also spelled aneurine. ]
Syn. -- vitamin B1, thiamin, antiberiberi factor [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'aney`rysma, 'aneyrysmo`s, a widening, an opening; 'ana` up + e'yry`s wide. ] (Med.) A soft, usually pulsating, sac, containing blood or blood clot, arising from the abnormal dilation of the walls of an artery, vein or heart. The more common spelling is aneurysm. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an aneurysm.
Syn. -- aneurismal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a sac-like widening of a blood vessel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

1. (Med.) Neuropathy of the neurons innervating blood vessels. Called also Angioneurosis, Vasomotor neurosis, Vasoneurosis. [ AS ]

2. (Med) Angiopathic neuropathy. [ AS ]

‖n. [ NL.; angio- + neurosis. ] (Med.) Angioneuropathy{ 1 }. The term angioneuropathy is now used more frequently than angioneurosis. -- An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; side. ] (Zool.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aponeuroses [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pass into a tendon; &unr_; from + &unr_; to strain the sinews, &unr_; sinew, tendon, nerve. ] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aponeurosis + Gr. &unr_; a cutting. ] Dissection of aponeuroses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who engages in arbitrage; i. e. one who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential.
Syn. -- arb, arbitrager. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; the side. ] (Zool.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. beurre butter. ] (Bot.) A beurré (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurré d'Anjou; Beurré Clairgeau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America.
Syn. -- genus Campyloneurum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., a huntsman. See Chase to pursue. ] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit., stoker. ] 1. [ pl. ] (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. One who manages the running of an automobile or limousine; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A hairdresser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Collaborator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry. ] A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor. ] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The connoisseur is “one who knows, ” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.” Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a connoisseur. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Color; -- chiefly used in a few French phrases, as couler de rose, color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A suit of cards, as hearts or clubs; -- used in some French games. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. contrefleuri. ] (Her.) Counterflory. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. See 2d Rigor. ] According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. doux sweet. See Douce. ] 1. Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. écraser to crush. ] (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &unr_; a sinew, nerve. ] (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; within + &unr_; rib, side. See Pleura. ] (Bot.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; a rib. ] (Zoöl.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. en- (L. in) + fleur flower. ] A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. See Enterprise. ] (Polit. Econ.) One who takes the initiative to create a product or establish a business for profit; generally, whoever undertakes on his own account an enterprise in which others are employed and risks are taken. F. A. Walker. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship; as, entrepreneurial risks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. willing to undertake a project requiring initiative and involving risk, for one's own purposes; -- of people. [ PJC ]

n. the activity of organizing, managing, and assuming the risks of a business enterprise. The individual doing the organizing is called the entrepreneur. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + neural. ] (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a nerve. ] (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + pleural. ] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]