n. [ LL. almandina, alamandina, for L. alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F. almandine. ] (Min.) The common red variety of garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amande almond. See Almond. ] 1. The vegetable casein of almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

Syn. -- Authoritative; imperative; imperious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a commanding manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gluttony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Gormandized p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing ] [ F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand. ] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself. Shak.
Syn. -- gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. Same as gormandize. [ PJC ]

a. [ Hyo- + mandibular. ] (Anat.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- n. The hyomandibular bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew. Cf. Manger. ] 1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mandibulaire. ] Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible. -- n. The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in which the mandible is developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (anatomy) The joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone.
Syn. -- temporomandibular joint, articulatio temporomandibularis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) An insect having mandibles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr. LGr. mandh`lion, fr. L. mantile, mantele. See Mantle. ] A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mandil. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. (Bot.) See Manioc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + mandibular. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]