n. 1. same as Ethiopia.
Syn. -- Ethiopia, Yaltopya [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abyssinian gold, an alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native of Abyssinia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of the Abyssinian Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Actiniæ E. Actinias [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) (a) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [ See Polyp. ]. (b) A genus in the family Actinidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any sea anemone or related animal.
Syn. -- actinia, actiniarian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the order comprising sea anemones.
Syn. -- order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any sea anemone or related animal.
Syn. -- actinia, actinian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
Syn. -- genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Argentina or its inhabitants. Argentinian tago
Syn. -- Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Argentina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609). [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. --
Augustinian hermits or
Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. --
Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. --
Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + laciniate. ] Doubly fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
Syn. -- genus Calandrinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Math.) See under Oval. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist. ] Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled “The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection.” The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are to survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of Darwinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Darwinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Eleusinius, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Equine. ] (Med.) Glanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ after Erwin F. Smith, an American pathologist. RHUD ] a genus of rod-shaped motile bacteria, classed among the Enterobacteriaceae, that may attack plants. Species of Erwinia may also be cultured on artificial growth media. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. finire to finish, end. See Finish. ] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Frontignac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gadolinite. ] (Chem.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, gadolinium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gh^ earth + karki`nos crab. ] (Zool.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white. ] (Zoöl.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly. [ Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hex-, and Actinia. ] (Zool.) The Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures. [ Narrower terms: human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.
Syn. -- homonid. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A genus having only one species, the tansy-leaved rocket.
Syn. -- genus Hugueninia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Hydra, and Actinia. ] (Zool.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the inion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Script. Hist.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Laciniæ [ L., the lappet or flap of a garment. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Lacinia. ] 1. Fringed; having a fringed border. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds including the nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos.
Syn. -- genus Luscinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]