n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet. ] 1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abecedarian psalms,
hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the family of arachnids of the order Acarina consisting of mites.
Syn. -- family Acaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Acarus. ] (Zool.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a mite. ] (Zool.) The order of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or caused by acari (acarids, or mites); as, acarine diseases. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) A member of the order Acarina. [ PJC ]

adv. In the manner of an accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Customarily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the order comprising sea anemones.
Syn. -- order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any sea anemone or related animal.
Syn. -- actinia, actinian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Adula, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found. ] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius. ] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hostile. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agaricum, Gr. &unr_;, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia. ] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “female agaric” (Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the “male agaric” (Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agrarius, fr. ager field. ] 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agrarian law. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Perh. fr. Ar. 'açārah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'açara to press. ] (Com.) The madder of the Levant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alizarine, fr. alizari. ] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. altarista, F. altariste. ] (Old Law) (a) A chaplain. (b) A vicar of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amaritudo, fr. amarus bitter: cf. OF. amaritude. ] Bitterness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ana` up + xa`ris grace. ] (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

n. [ LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. 'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches. ] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Annually. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Madagascar. Population (2000) = 1, 000, 000. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. opposed to authoritarian government. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic a. [1913 Webster]

a. Good against malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Antiquary ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature. [ 1913 Webster ]