n. 1. 1 in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes.
Syn. -- order Accipitriformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acicula needle + -form. ] Needle-shaped; acicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acus needle + -form. ] Shaped like a needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acinaces a short sword + -form: cf. F. acinaciforme. ] (Bot.) Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Acinetæ + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the Acinetæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of small kernels like a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -form. ] Having a radiated form, like a sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aden- + -form. ] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adipocere + -form. ] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.
Syn. -- order Aepyorniformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme. ] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + -form. ] Wing-shaped; winglike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alumen + -form. ] Having the form of alumina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alveolus + -form. ] Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ambulacrum + -form ] (Zool.) Having the form of ambulacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amentum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a catkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Amianthus + -form. ] Resembling amianthus in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Amœba + -form or -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. angius snake + -form. ] Snake-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Antenna + -form. ] Shaped like antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Anther + -form. ] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.
Syn. -- order Apodiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Apoplectic + -form, -oid. ] Resembling apoplexy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.
Syn. -- order Apterygiformes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aqua water + -form. ] Having the form of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. aranea spider + -form. ] (Zool.) Having the form of a spider. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Treelike in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arcus bow + -form. ] Having the form of an arch; curved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. asbestus + -form. ] Having the form or structure of asbestus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a pouch + -form. ] (Zool.) Shaped like an ascidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aspergillum + -form. ] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auris ear + -form. ] Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bacca berry + -form. ] Having the form of a berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bacillum little staff + -form. ] Rod-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a rod.
Syn. -- baccilar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ Basalt + -form. ] In the form of basalt; columnar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + foratus, p. p. of forare to bore or pierce. ] (Bot.) Having two perforations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. biforis, biforus, having two doors; bis twice + foris door. ] (Bot.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceæ. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bifurcate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. biformis; bis twice + forma shape: cf. F. biforme. ] Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + form. ] Having two forms. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A double form. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. Before. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]