a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. allemand German. ] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A figure in dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who makes or sells candles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. candelmæsse, candel candle + mæsse mass. ] The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off. ] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco. ] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. emblématique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [ R. ] Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emblematized p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing ] To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a cover; &unr_; over + &unr_; to throw. ] (Bot.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fuglemen [ G. flügelmann file leader; flügel wing (akin to E. fly) + mann man. Cf. Flugrelman. ] 1. (Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing. [ Written also flugelman. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who leads the way. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gabeler. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gentlemen [ OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) One who bears arms, but has no title. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The servant of a man of rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

The count's gentleman, one Cesario. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above the rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the United States, the term is applied to men of education and good breeding of every occupation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford. --
Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc. --
Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords. --
Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.

n. The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; befitting a man of good breeding; well-behaved; courteous; polite; as, gentlemanly behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The carriage or quality of a gentleman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of tropical American cacti, usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.
Syn. -- genus Lemaireocereus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. lemman, lefman; AS. leóf dear + mann man. See Lief, and Man. ] A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Spenser. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fruit tree (Citrus limonia) which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon, having a very acid fruit with an orange peel; also, the fruit of this tree, the rangpur.
Syn. -- rangpur, rangpur lime, Citrus limonia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. See Martinmas. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Middlemen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bully employed by a gangster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Noblemen One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Phylactolæma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; war + &unr_; leader, from &unr_; to be first. ] (Gr. Antiq.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. problematicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. problématique. ] 1. Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful; as, his theory is problematic because it fails to explain several facts. -- Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. Having characteristics which will create difficulties or undesirable consequences; -- of a proposed action; as, the proposed law is problematic because it will cause many people to lose their jobs. [PJC]

n. One who proposes problems. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To propose problems. [ R. ] “Hear him problematize.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Rifleman (Mil.) A soldier armed with a rifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sicklemen One who uses a sickle; a reaper. [ 1913 Webster ]

You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chess) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed in check and there is no other piece which can be moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chess) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tablemen A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey. [ PJC ]

n. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls made to persons who have not previously contacted the seller.
Syn. -- teleselling. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ Turk. & Ar. 'ulamā the wise or learned men, pl. of 'ālim wise, learned, fr. alima to know. ] (Islam) A college or body composed of the hierarchy (the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice). That of Turkey alone now has political power; its head is the sheik ul Islam. This definition was written ca. 1900. The government of Turkey in 1998 is exclusively secular, whereas Iran in 2001 is dominated by Moslem clergy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
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See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
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See edible.
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See emotional.
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See fermentable.
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See geometrical.
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n.; pl. Whalemen A man employed in the whale fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]