n. Same as Acephal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Acephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Same as Anthodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. exhalant. ] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of the Holocephali, fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also Hoocephali. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. inhalant. ] Inhaling; used for inhaling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Nonchalant. ] Indifference; carelessness; coolness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron. ] Indifferent; careless; cool. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx. ] (Zool.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., pl. of Phalanx. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Phalangeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phalangides (Zool.) One of the Phalangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. phalangium a kind of venomous spider, Gr. fala`ggion, fr. fa`lagx a spider. Cf. Phalanx. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (Phalangista vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) Same as Phalangist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. falaggi`ths: cf. F. phalangite. ] A soldier belonging to a phalanx. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see Phalangious) + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A phalanstery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. phalanstérien, a. & n. ] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ies [ F. phalanstère, fr. Gr. fa`lagx a phalanx + stereo`s firm, solid. ] 1. An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phalanxes L. Phalanges [ L., from Gr. fa`lagx. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. “In cubic phalanx firm advanced.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. [ 1913 Webster ]

At present they formed a united phalanx. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed,
All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ pl. Phalanges. ] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]