n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetphenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Acetic + phenyl + one. ] (Chem.) A crystalline ketone, CH3.CO.C6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; self + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; self + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [ R. ] Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; a sound. ] (Med.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; that may be increased + &unr_; sound, voice. ] A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + 'o`mma eye + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + photo + fwnh` sound, voice. ] An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; -- an archaic term replaced by movie projector. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + &unr_; to bear. ] (Biol.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to the blastophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum; the hornworts.
Syn. -- family Ceratophyllaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the sole genus constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae; the hornworts.
Syn. -- genus Ceratophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Christ + Gr. &unr_; to show. ] An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Zool.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.
Syn. -- order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of birds including the anis. See ani.
Syn. -- genus Crotophaga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + fyto`n plant. ] (Med.) A fungus infecting and parasitic on the skin, especially one which causes disease; as, ringworm is caused by a dermatophyte.

n. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; a plant. ] (Med.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + &unr_; to eat: cf. &unr_; to live on milk. ] One who eats, or subsists on, milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. galactophade. ] Feeding on milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + fe`rein to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous. ] (Anat.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant. ] (Bot.) In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of Southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long.
Syn. -- genus Grammatophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Zool.) A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Med.) Same as hemophilia; -- an obsolete term. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. "isto`s tissue + Gr. &unr_; clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + &unr_; a plant. ] (Zool.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Kinetic, Phone. ] A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the motion-picture film. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the lotus + &unr_; to eat. ] (Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater. [ 1913 Webster ]

ety>[ Written Mephostophilus in Shakespeare, Fletcher etc., Mephostophilis in Marlowe, but now generally Mephistopheles, as in Goethe: a made-up name, like most of the names of the medieval devils, but supposed by some to be formed (irregularly) from Gr. mh`, not, fw^s (fwt-), light, and fi`los, loving. ] A familiar spirit mentioned in the old legend of Sir John Faustus, and a principal agent in Marlowe's play Dr. Faustus and in Goethe's Faust. In medieval demonology, he was one of the seven chief devils. [ Century Dictionary 1906 ]

He is frequently referred to as “the Devil, ” but it was well understood that he was only a devil. Goethe took only the name and a few circumstances connected with the first appearance of Mephistopheles from the legend: the character, from first to last, is his own creation; and, in his own words, “on account of the irony and knowledge of the world it displays, is not easily comprehended.” Although he sometimes slyly used it (though less frequently than Faust) as a mask through which to speak with his own voice, he evidently drew the germ of some characteristics from his early associate, Merck. . . . The original form of this name was Mephostophiles. There has been much discussion in regard to its meaning, but Düntzen's conjecture is probably correct, -- that it was imperfectly formed by some one who knew little Greek, and was intended to signify “not loving the light.” B. Taylor, Notes to Faust. [ Century Dictionary 1906 ]

prop. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, “a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;” devilish in character or aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness; as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.
Syn. -- devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) Same as Coelenterata. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.
Syn. -- genus Notophthalmus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, night + &unr_; to love. ] (Zool.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Odontophore. ] (Zool.) Same as Cephalophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Odonto- + Gr. fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having an odontophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pantophagous. ] A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pantofa`gos; pa^s, panto`s, all + fagei^n to eat. ] Eating all kinds of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pantofagi`a. ] The habit or power of eating all kinds of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + Gr. &unr_; loving. ] (Phytogeog.) Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light + fo`bos fear. ] (Med.) A dread or intolerance of light. Sir T. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light. A. G. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. The art or practice of using the photophone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + Gr. fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Med.) A form of endoscope using an electric light. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Zool.) A light-emitting organ; specif., one of the luminous spots on certain marine (mostly deep-sea) fishes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]