n. 1. 1 a genus of European fishes.
Syn. -- genus Abramis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pyramidal. ] Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; earthenware. Cf. Keramic. ] Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ceramic. ] 1. The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Pertaining to a diorama. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sending out; emission. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foraminatus. ] Having small opening, or foramina. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foraminosus. ] Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch. & Engin.) A framework, or a sy&unr_; of frames. [ 1913 Webster ]

Framing chisel (Carp.), a heavy chisel with a socket shank for making mortises.

n. (Zool.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [ Written also goramy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gramen, graminis, grass. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.
Syn. -- family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Gramineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass. ] (Bot.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Bearing leaves resembling those of grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat greedily. ] Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydr- + -amide. ] (Chem.) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydroxyl + amine. ] (Chem.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as ceramic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ceramics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lactic + urea + amic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Macro- + pyramid. ] (Crystallog.) See Macroprism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + p. p. of ramify. ] Divided into many branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Oxaluric + amide. ] (Chem.) Same as Oxalan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Panoramic camera. See under Camera. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Presented with a broad perspective; as, a panoramic view of European history. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; proverb + -graph + -er. ] A collector or writer of proverbs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + mitome. ] (Biol.) The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A highly seasoned cut of smoked beef. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Phlorlucin + amine. ] (Chem.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to a phonogram. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Art or process of decorating pottery with photographically prepared designs. -- Pho`to*ce*ram"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, of Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the manager promises high profits, but instead of investing the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or pyramid operation. This process inevitably collapses when insufficient new investors are available, leaving the later investors with total or near-total losses of their investments. The managers usually blame government regulations or interference for the collapse of the scheme, rather than admit fraud. [ PJC ]

Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the plane of the base. --
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the vertex to the center of the base. --
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth. --
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular to the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Speculation) To enlarge one's holding or interest in a series of operations on a continued rise or decline by using the profits to buy or sell additional amounts on a margin, as where one buys on a 10% margin 100 shares of stock quoted at 100, holds it till it rises to 105, and then uses the paper profit to buy 50 shares more, etc. The series of operations constitutes a pyramid. A similar process of reinvesting gains or winnings (as of a gamble), but not involving operation on margin, is called a parlay. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. (Speculation) To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. See Pyramid, v. i. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. pyramidal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mystic obelisks stand up
Triangular, pyramidal. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pyramidal numbers (Math.), certain series of figurate numbers expressing the number of balls or points that may be arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, etc., are triangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, etc., are square pyramidal numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like a pyramid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal. “ A pyramidical rock.” Goldsmith. “Gold in pyramidic plenty piled.” Shenstone. -- Pyr`a*mid"ic*al*ly, adv. Pyr`a*mild"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pyramidia [ NL., from L. pyramis. See Pyramid. ] The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, pyramid + -id: cf. F. pyramidoïde. ] A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pyramides [ L. ] A pyramid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Malay. ] (Bot.) The grasscloth plant (Bœhmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ramification. See Ramify. ] 1. The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The production of branchlike figures. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]