adj. 1. 1 same as abundant abounding confidence
Syn. -- galore(postnominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. arundifer; arundo reed + ferre to bear. ] Producing reeds or canes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundinaceus, fr. arundo reed. ] Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arundineus, fr. arundo reed. ] Abounding with reeds; reedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Computers) The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
Syn. -- background processing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Written also barramunda. ] [ Native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus. (b) An Australian river fish (Osteoglossum Leichhardtii). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To infect with jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving with a bound or bounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Burundi; as, the Burundi capital. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Burundian people; as, the Burundian population. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Burundi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as coati.
Syn. -- coati, coon cat, Nasua narica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of combining things.
Syn. -- combination, combining. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. tending to contradict (a hypothesis).
Syn. -- contradictory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
Syn. -- confusion, mix-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. causing astonishment. [ Narrower terms: incredible (vs. credible), unbelievable ]
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumfounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as dumbfounding.
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. facundiosus. ] Eloquement; full of words. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. facunditas. ] Eloquence; readiness of speech. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Fecund + -fy. ] To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund. ] 1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of germinating; as in seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of smelting and casting metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Investing in the public funds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Funding system, a system or scheme of finance or revenue by which provision is made for paying the interest or principal of a public debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gerundivus. ] Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. -- n. (Lat. Gram.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: [ Nominalized form of ground{ 3 }, v. t. ] Elementary instruction; instruction in the basic concepts of a topic or skill. [ PJC ]

3. The act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the swallows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.
Syn. -- family Hirundinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of one who hounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia, immundities. ] Uncleanness; filthiness. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infecunditas: cf. F. infécondité. ] Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Infundibulum. ] Having the form of a funnel; pertaining to an infundibulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Infundibulate Bryozoa (Zool.), a group of marine Bryozoa having a circular arrangement of the tentacles upon the disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infundibulum funnel + -form: cf. F. infundibuliforme. ] 1. Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Funnelform. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Infundibula E. Infundibulums [ L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse. ] 1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund. ] Unpleasantness; disagreeableness. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intermundane. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow. ] (Med.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Affected with jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. jocunditas jucunditas. See Jocund, and cf. Jucundity. ] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. jucunditas, from jucundus. ] Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus clean + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] Serving to cleanse and heal. -- n. A mundificant ointment or plaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or operation of cleansing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cleansing. -- n. A detergent medicine or preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See Mundificant. ] To cleanse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mundus the world + vagans wandering, p. pr. of vagari. See Vagary. ] Wandering over the world. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]