adj. 1. of or pertaining to acidosis; suffering from acidosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`ths an extreme, fr. 'a`kros. ] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface of the body. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Pertaining to acrotism. Dorland. [ AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kro`tos a rattling, beating. ] (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Med.) Of or pertaining to actinomycosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving.
Syn. -- after-shave [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleepless; &unr_; to chase, search for + &unr_; sleep: cf. F. agrypnotique. ] Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with albinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alkalosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an abortion. ] Tending to cause abortion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed to mitotic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. amniotique. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [ R. ] See Allantoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amotio. See Amove. ] 1. Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deprivation of possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + biwtiko`s pertaining to life. ] (Zool.) A division of insects having aquatic larvæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to anabiosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an amnion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] (Med.) Of or relating to anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] n. (Med.) A substance which promotes anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'ana` back + ptwtiko`s belonging to case. ] Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

{ } a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. “Anecdotical traditions.” Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who relates or collects anecdotes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annotinus a year old. ] (Zool.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annotinus, fr. annus year. ] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Antihypnotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chemical substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections.
Syn. -- wonder drug [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any chemical substance having therapeutically useful antibacterial or antifungal activity; -- used commonly but loosely for synthetic as well as natural antimicrobial agents. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an antibiotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having antimicrobial activity; capable of killing microbes. [ PJC ]

-- antibiotically, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; fever, &unr_; to burn. ] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n. A remedy for such a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep. -- n. An antihypnotic agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition. -- n. An agent so used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`fws, 'a`fwtos. ] Without light. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Phytogeog.) A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of herbs and subshrubs: African daisy.
Syn. -- genus Arctotis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Ascomycota.
Syn. -- Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. using you own body as a sexual object. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. -- n. An autohypnotic person. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Auto- + hypnotism. ] Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the automobile. automotive supplies automotive engineering [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement. an automotive vehicle
Syn. -- self-propelled, self-propelling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid. [ R. ] Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]