a. [ L. abortus (see Abort, v.) + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] Producing miscarriage. -- n. A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Anatifæ [ NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See Anatiferous. ] (Zool.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ars, artis, art + facere, factum, to make. ] 1. (Archæol.) A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.
Syn. -- artefact. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Any product of human workmanship; -- applied both to objects made for practical purposes as well as works of art. It is contrasted to natural object, i.e. anything produced by natural forces without the intervention of man.
Syn. -- artefact. [ PJC ]

3. (Biol.) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
Syn. -- artefact. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Technology) an object, oservation, phenomenon, or result arising from hidden or unexpected causes extraneous to the subject of a study, and therefore spurious and having potential to lead one to an erroneous conclusion, or to invalidate the study. In experimental science, artifacts may arise due to inadvertant contamination of equipment, faulty experimental design or faulty analysis, or unexpected effects of agencies not known to affect the system under study.
Syn. -- artefact. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 same as artefactual.
Syn. -- artefactual [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. avis bird + E. fauna. ] (Zool.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + facial. ] Having the opposite surfaces alike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bifarius; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr. &unr_; twofold; &unr_; twice + &unr_; to say. ] 1. Twofold; arranged in two rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bifarious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the sleek, jolly landlord in Farquhar's comedy of “The Beaux' Stratagem.” ] An innkeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chyle + L. facere to make. ] (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. producing or converting into chyle.
Syn. -- chylific, chylifactive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make. ] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n. Any substance which tends to cause delirium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. febris fever + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make. ] Febrific. Dunglison.

-- n. That which causes fever. Beddoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Highfaluting. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. lubricus lubric + facere to make. ] The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Ray. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + facere, factum, to make. ] The production and working or manufacture of metals. [ R. ] R. Park. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + face. ] Having many faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious. ] 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Multiplied diversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. & Ar. muteçarifah office of a mutessarif. ] In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. ] 1. An elephant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient horn, made of ivory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. omnifarius; omnis all + -farius. Cf. Bifarious. ] Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. “Omnifarious learning.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make. ] (Med.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Petrify. ] 1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or condition of being petrified. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. “Petrifaction of the soul.” Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plurifarius, fr. L. plus, pluris, many. Cf. Bifarious. ] Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Putrefy. ] Putrefied. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadrifarius fourfold, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrifarié. Cf. Multifarious. ] Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Rifacimenti /plu>. [ It. ] A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary work or musical composition. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sensus sense + facere to make. ] Converting into sensation. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. septifariam sevenfold. Cf. Bifarious. ] (Bot.) Turned in seven different ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [ R. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + facial. ] (Anat.) See Trigeminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trifallowed p. pr. & vb. n. Trifallowing. ] [ Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf. Thryfallow. ] To plow the third time before sowing, as land. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trifarius of three sorts or ways, threefold; cf. Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Bifarious. ] (Bot.) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the leaves of veratrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + fasciated. ] Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twifallowed p. pr. & vb. n. Twifallowing. ] [ AS. twi- (see Twice) two + fallow. ] To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once fallowed). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + facial. ] Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Vitrification. ] The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitrum glass + facere, factum, to make. ] The manufacture of glass and glassware. [ 1913 Webster ]