a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + ko`pos striking. weariness, ko`ptein to strike. ] (Med.) Relieving weariness; restorative. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; changeful + &unr_; a turning, &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; having properties with different values along different axes; not isotropic. In specialized contexts, synonymous with anisotropic. [ Also spelled eolotropic. ] Sir W. Thomson.
Syn. -- [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. allotropique. ] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. [1913 Webster]

n. Allotropic property or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to amblyopia. Quain. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to ametropia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; a turning, &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. 'a`nqrwpos man. ] (Zool.) 1. Like or related to man; human. [ R. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. relating to the period of mankind's existence [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Med.) Good against dropsy. -- n. A remedy for dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; sun + &unr_; belonging to a turning. ] Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase. [ Also spelled Canopic jar. ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dia` through, at variance + &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; through, at variance + &unr_; sun + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ægilops. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an Ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. [ 1913 Webster ]

The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill. ] The killing of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ L. Aesopicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Same as Æsopian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Same as Æsopian, Æsopic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

a. [ See Geotropism. ] (Biol.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hydropicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy. ] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hydropical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Hydrotrope. ] (Bot.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. hygroscopique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Within the tropics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Is- + atropine. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Is- + entropy + -ic. ] (Physics) Having equal entropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isentropic lines, lines which pass through points having equal entropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'iso`rropos in equipoise; 'i`sos equal + "roph` downward inclination or momentum.] Of equal value. [1913 Webster]

Isorropic line (in a diagram) (Geom.), the locus of all the points for which a specified function has a constant value. Newcomb. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; a turning, fr. &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Leuco- + Ethiopic. ] White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids.
Syn. -- lipophilic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]