n. An insoluble solid alcohol (C12H25OH) with an unbranched paraffin chain, used to make detergents, such as sodium lauryl sulfate.
Syn. -- lauryl alcohol [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide. ] 1. Act of waiting; delay. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless + E. dextrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acus needle + E. node. ] (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ F. à la mode after the fashion. ] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef shops.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anapo`deiktos; 'an priv. + 'apodeikto`s. See Apodeictic. ] Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrode. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be the last syllable rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pl., fr. Gr. &unr_; with the feet opposite, pl. &unr_; &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] 1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel? Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + codeine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid, C18H19NO2, prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n.; pl. Apods r Apodes [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, footless; 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Zool.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. See Apoda. ] (Zool.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. apodicticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to point out, to show by argument; &unr_; from + &unr_; to show. ] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Arillus + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'derm. ] (Zool.) The external covering of an Arthropod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_; a binding together. ] (Surg.) Surgical fixation of joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. asphodelus, Gr. &unr_;. See Daffodil. ] (Bot.) A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Syn. -- genus Asphodelus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

imp. & p. p. of Bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. derm. ] (Embryology) the early stage of an embryo after the first cleavages of the ovum; also, the layer of cells of which the early embryo is composed; specifically: (a) the early embryo developing from a blastodisc, after the blastocoel has formed. (b) in an insect embryo, the layer of cells that surrounds the internal mass of the yolk. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of aristocratic birth and refined upbringing.
Syn. -- aristocratic, coroneted, gentle, highborn, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding. ] [ OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo&unr_;a to announce, Sw. båda to announce, portend. √89. See Bid. ] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good onset bodes good end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bid; an offer. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t. ] A messenger; a herald. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Abide. ] A stop; a halting; delay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. [ 1913 Webster ]

There that night they bode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Portentous; ominous. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An omen; a prognostic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl
Makes all these bodements. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + lode leading. ] (O. Eng. Law) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
Syn. -- incubator. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; demon: cf. F. cacodémon. ] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. cata + elecrode. ] (Physics) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; descent; &unr_; down + &unr_; way. ] (Physics) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also . [ Cathode + -graph. ] (Physics) A picture produced by the Roentgen rays; a radiograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]