n. [ Gr. &unr_; obtuse + &unr_; angle: cf. F. amblygone. ] (Geom.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Obtuse-angled. [ Obs. ] Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; yoke. ] Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Basi- + pterygoid. ] (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Past; gone by. “Bygone fooleries.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something gone by or past; a past event. “Let old bygones be” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual; ease-loving; inactive. Contrasted with tense. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- degage, easy-going, laid-back. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a lax moral or disciplinary standard. [ wns=1 ] strict
Syn. -- lenient. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. unhurried; as, an easygoing pace. Opposite of hurried. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- easy, leisurely. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. unaggressive; as, his easygoing approach to business. Opposite of aggressive. [ wns=4 ]
Syn. -- low-pressure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. being without worry or concern. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + pterygoid. ] (Anat.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; flexible; &unr_; a willow twig + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament, inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'oxy`s sharp + gwni`a an angle: cf. F. oxygone. ] (Geom.) A triangle having three acute angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having acute angles. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palato- + pterygoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Someone who is attending a party{ 4 }; as, the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. -- n. The practice of going to plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. poly`gwnos polygonal; poly`s many + gwni`a angle: cf. F. polygone. ] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polygon of forces (Mech.), a polygonal figure, the sides of which, taken successively, represent, in length and direction, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. Parallelogram of forces, under Parallelogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Polygonum. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceæ), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having many angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polygonal numbers, certain figurate numbers. See under Figurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_; offspring. ] (Zool.) Having two or more broods in a season. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Polygon + -metry. ] The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Polygonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of plant; poly`s many + go`ny the knee, a joint of a plant. So called in allusion to the numerous joints. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Polygonum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Poly-, and Gordius. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a wing + -oid. ] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. -- n. A pterygoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pterygoid bone (Anat.), a bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw. --
Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, an inner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + maxillary. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + palatine. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pterygopodia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fin + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + quadrate. ] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pugh` the rump + &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiæ in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pygh` rump + -pod. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) One of the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidæ, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pygh` the rump + &unr_; a pillar. ] (Anat.) The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebræ, and supports the uropigium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls. -- n. A squamozygomatic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having fat buttocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a sting ray, from Gr.&unr_; a kind of fish with a prickle in the tail. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to Trygon and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Go. Gone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. zygo`n a yoke + &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Zygodactylic. ] (Zool.) Any zygodactylous bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Scansores. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. zygo`n a yoke, pair + &unr_; finger, toe: cf. F. zygodactyle. ] (Zool.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to yoke, zygo`n a yoke. ] (Anat.) (a) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone. (b) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone. (c) The whole zygomatic arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. zygomatique. ] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zygomatic arch, the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles. --
Zygomatic process, a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch. [ 1913 Webster ]