a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a point, a center. ] Not centered; without a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having a subterminal centromere an acrocentric chromosome [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. -- Ad*stric"tion, pos>n. See Astrict, and Astriction. [1913 Webster]

a. See Astrictory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + gasth'r stomach. ] (Physiol.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., , a. Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

adj. 1. of or pertaining to allometry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Like the altrices. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., nourishes, pl. of altrix. ] (Zool.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to præcoces. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. amphitheatricus. ] Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form or manner of an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. electric. ] (Physics) Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n. A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. isometric. ] Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an anthracometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; center. ] Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
Syn. -- anthropocentrism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Pertaining to anthropometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + magistrical for magistratical. ] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Astricting. ] [ L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See Astringe. ] 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Concise; contracted. [ Obs. ] Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. astrictio. ] 1. The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) (a) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy. Dunglison. (b) Constipation. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Astringency. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Scots Law) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The lands were said to be astricted to the mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Binding; astringent. -- n. An astringent. -- As*tric"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Astrictive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Asymmetrous. ] 1. Incommensurable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the Atrichornithidae.
Syn. -- genus Atrichornis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a antural family comprising the scrubbirds.
Syn. -- family Atrichornithidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart. atrioventricular disease
Syn. -- auriculoventricular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Med.) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
Syn. -- atrioventricular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Awe-struck. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. bary`s heavy + ke`ntron center. ] Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea. -- Bath`y*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. electric phenomena in animals or plants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ NL. See Boa, and Constrictor. ] (Zool.) A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a bolometer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; stomach. ] Troubled with bad digestion. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A female professional singer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. cata + dioptric: cf. F. catadioptrique. ] (Physics) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Catopter. ] Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric. ] (Physics) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics. [ 1913 Webster ]