n. 1. (Chem.) a thermoplastic made by polymerization of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or some derivative of these (such as the esters or amides). It can be formed into a clear hard plastic, and is the basis for the commercial plastics called Lucite and Plexiglass. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to be feverish, fr. &unr_; fire. ] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 inability to urinate.
Syn. -- anuria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ L. ] Same as Apheresis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aphaeresis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to take away; &unr_; + &unr_; to take. ] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; not perforated. ] (Med.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_; misuse, fr. &unr_; to misuse; kata` against + &unr_; to use. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, “To take arms against a sea of troubles”. Shak. “Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cera wax. ] (Chem.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to carry through, to throw off by perspiration; dia` through + &unr_; to carry. ] (Med.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

‖n. [ NL. ] Same as Diæresis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Diæreses or Diereses [ L. diaeresis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to divide; dia` through, asunder + &unr_; to take. See Heresy. ] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synæresis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mark consisting of two dots [ ¨ ], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, coöperate, aërial. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Diuretic. ] (Med.) Free excretion of urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) the motion of charged molecules or particles in a liquid medium under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge move toward the cathode and negative to the anode. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- cataphoresis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Chem., Biochem.) the application of the principle of electrophoresis to separate molecules, used as an analytical or preparative technique; as, separation by electrophoresis; gel electrophoresis. [ PJC ]

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Gel electrophoresis is a technique in which the molecules to be separated are moved through a gelatinous medium under the influence of an electric field. At the completion of a period of electrophoresis, the gel, unlike a liquid solution, may be manipulated as a single object, permitting the substances contained within to be detected or visualized by a variety of methods, and their relative mobilities determined. It is therefore a popular analytic tool in biochemistry, and has many variants. Popular substances used to create the gel are starch, polyacrylamide, and agarose. Since a polyacrylamide gel can be created with different concentrations and different degrees of cross-linking, the pore size of the gel can be controlled to provide special properties appropriate to separation of specific molecules, as for example optimizaion for separation within a particular molecular weight range. in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate, a detergent) is included; it binds to and denatures protein molecules, allowing them to be separated on the basis of their molecular weight alone. It is thus used as one method of determining the molecular weights of isolated protein chains. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to urinate in; &unr_; + &unr_; urine. ] (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.&unr_; a taking away. ] (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a former president. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Not able to burn or able to burn only with difficulty. [ Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible ]
Syn. -- fireproof. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The outside or external covering. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought. [ 1913 Webster ]

This seems an unseasonable foresight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A random expense, without plan or foresight. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surv.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gun.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foresighted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haeresiarcha, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; heresy + &unr_; leader, &unr_; to lead: cf. F. hérésiarque. ] A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chief or great heresy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The book itself [ the Alcoran ] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Heresiography. ] One who writes on heresies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; heresy + -graphy: cf. F. hérésiographie. ] A treatise on heresy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to be behind, to lag. ] (Physics) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biochemistry) electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nonresistance; passive submission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irrésistibilité. ] The quality or state of being irresistible, irresistibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + resistible: cf. F. irrésistible. ] That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being irresistible. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an irresistible manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Irresistible. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A thermosetting plastic formed by the reaction of melamine and formaldehyde. It is used for molding and for preparing laminated sheets used to surface counter tops, walls, and furniture. The commercially marketed Formica (TM) is one type of melamine resin. [ PJC ]

n. Cast iron consisting of graphite in a matrix of austenite.
Syn. -- Ni-resist iron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the State or jurisdiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not rebounding with the normal or expected velocity. [ Narrower terms: inelastic (vs. elastic) ]
Syn. -- dead. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making no resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds that violence should never be resisted by force; especially, a reformer who believes in passive resistance.
Syn. -- passive resister. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not making resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. oleum oil + E. resin. ] 1. (Chem.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- O`le*o*res"in*ous a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. pa`resis, fr. parie`nai to let go; para` from + "ie`nai to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation. [1913 Webster]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Presided; p. pr. & vb. n. Presiding. ] [ L. praesidere; prae before + sedere to sit: cf. F. présider. See Sit. ] 1. To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exercise superintendence; to watch over. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some o'er the public magazines preside. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]