n. 1. a white crystalline compound (HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3) used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the commercial analgesics Tylenol and Datril.
Syn. -- p-hydroxyacetanilide, p-acetamidophenol, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century. It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as stomach irritation or stomach bleeding. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + &unr_; voice. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + fe`rein to bear. ] Having straight projecting spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 heliozoans; radiolarians.
Syn. -- subclass Actinopoda [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Adeno- + Gr. pa`qos suffering, paqei^n to suffer. ] (Med.) Pathological enlargement of a lymph node. [ AS ]

a. [ Adeno- + Gr. foro`s bearing. ] (Bot.) Producing glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Adeno- + Gr. fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianopolis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianople [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.
Syn. -- amidopyrine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anwfelh`s useless, hurtful. ] (Zool.) A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nw upward (fr. 'ana` up) + fyto`n a plant, fy`ein to grow. ] (Bot.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed. ] (Zool.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of insects which includes the lice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight. ] (Med.) Defect or absence of sight; blindness. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Arsenic + pyrite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + sqe`nos strength + 'w`ps eye. ] Weakness of sight. Quain. -- As`the*nop"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -pod. ] (Zool.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Balaenopteridae.
Syn. -- genus Balaenoptera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. rorquals; blue whales.
Syn. -- family Balaenopteridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase. [ Also spelled Canopic jar. ] [ PJC ]

adj. covered with or as with a canopy; as, a canopied bed; streets canopied by stately trees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. Canopus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, town of Egypt. ] (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Canopes p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying. ] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. “A bank with ivy canopied.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canopies [ OE. canapie, F. canapé sofa, OF. conopée, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canopè canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See Cone, and Optic. ] 1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. “Golden canopies and beds of state.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; found in southeastern U.S. and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Syn. -- genus Castanopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of clinid fishes consisting of the pikeblennies.
Syn. -- genus Chaenopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, order Chenopodiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of plants comprising the goosefoots and including the pigweed.
Syn. -- genus Chenopodium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + &unr_; to carry. ] An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + photograph. ] One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. -- Chron`o*pho*tog"ra*phy, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chthonophagia; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid. ] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. the former capital of the Eastern Roman Empire; it was built on the site of ancient Byzantium, and the name was changed to Istanbul by the Turks.
Syn. -- Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

The name change was the subject of a humorous song in the 1950's "Istanbul (not Constantinople)":

 Artists: The Four Lads -- peak Billboard position # 10 in 1953 -- Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Nat Simon -- (C) Chappell & Co. Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' 

n. (Mus.) An obsolete name for the cornet-à-piston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, comb + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to carry. ] (Zool.) A phylum of invertebrates, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. They are commonly called the comb jellies, because the separate paddles somewhat resemble combs. This phylum was formerly classified as a subdivision (class) within the Cœlenterata. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Ctenophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance + pa`qos affection. ] (Med.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance + fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. dry^s oak + ba`lanos acorn + 'o`psis appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn in its cup. ] (Bot.) The genus to which belongs the single species Dryobalanops Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) a genus of fleas including the stick-tight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals. [ Stedman ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. em- + panoply. ] Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; armed; &unr_; in + &unr_;, pl., armor. ] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; visible in (a thing) + -mancy. ] Divination by the use of a mirror. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fibrin + Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]