‖ [ It. See Chapel. ] (Mus.) (a) In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal. (b) A time indication, equivalent to alla breve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + carpel. ] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of carpellate.
Syn. -- acarpe [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 not containing cells cellular
Syn. -- cell-free [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not made up of or divided into cells cellular
Syn. -- noncellular [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. occurring outside of cells or without the participation of cells. Opposite of cellular. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a propeller designed for propelling airplanes.
Syn. -- airscrew, propeller, prop. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 any of several varieties of cultivated sour cherry trees of the species Prunus cerasus bearing fruit with colorless juice, e.g. Prunus cerasus caproniana. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Andorra. Population (2000) = 22, 390. [ PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.
Syn. -- genus Anemonella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & adv. Resembling an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin. ] Destitute of skin. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Appealable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal. ] Relating to an appeal; appellate. “An appellant jurisdiction.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) (a) One who accuses another of felony or treason. [ Obs. ] (b) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A challenger. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who appeals or entreats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare. ] Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. “Appellate jurisdiction.” Blackstone. “Appellate judges.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person or prosecuted for a crime. [ Obs. ] See Appellee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal. ] 1. The act of appealing; appeal. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of calling by a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Name. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal. ] 1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appelativum, sc. nomen. ] 1. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name. [ 1913 Webster ]

God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being appellative. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. appellatorius, fr. appellare. ] Containing an appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. appelé, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare. ] (Law) (a) The defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant. (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare. ] (Law) (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone. (b) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. Blount. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant. Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Ital acquerello, fr. acqua water, L. aqua. ] A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A painter in thin transparent water colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amoebalike protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan.
Syn. -- family Arcellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See Arch-, pref. ] A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or /mhw>. [ Ar. aryil, ayyil, stag. ] (Zool.) (a) A variety of the gazelle (Antilope dorcas, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania. ] Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at Atella. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania. ] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n. ] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; -- it is used for weightlifting exercises. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See 1st Barb. ] (Bot.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. 1. Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. put in or stored in a barrel; ; as, barreled beer; -- opposite of unbarreled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. tapered toward both ends; -- of an arrow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or }, a. Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb. b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1). ] 1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. bde`lla leech + -oid. ] (Zool.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bde`lla leech + -meter. ] (Med.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bde`lla leech + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Beadle. [ 1913 Webster ]