n. 1. naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the burdock.
Syn. -- genus Arctium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An ancient city on the Bosphorus founded by the Greeks. It was later renamed Constaninople in honor of the emperor Constantine, and renamed Istanbul by the Turks, which name it still retains. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) The first proposed name for a supposed new element of the rare-earth group, accompanying lutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths. It is now considered identical to Lutetium. The proposed symbol was Ct (no period), but this name and symbol are no longer used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a genus of weedy plants of the pink family, comprising the mouse-ear chickweeds.
Syn. -- genus Cerastium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus containing two species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered.
Syn. -- genus Chordospartium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns.
Syn. -- genus Cronartium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dim. of &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a wave. ] (Arch.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type genus of the Helotiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Helotium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Corrupted fr. L. hic est doctus this is a learned man. ] A juggler. [ Cant ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Hospice. ] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An inn of court. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. It is a member of the Lanthanide rare earth group. Symbol, Lu; atomic number 71; atomic weight 174.967 [ C=12.011 ]. Previously spelled Lutecium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

prop. n. 1. A country on the island of Mauritius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An island in the Indian Ocean.
Syn. -- Ile de France. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See Nose of the face, and Torture. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (Tropaeolum peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ostia [ L. ] (Anat.) An opening; a passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. pagkra`tion a complete contest, fr. pagkrath`s all-powerful; pa^s, pa^n, all + kra`tos strength. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Perichaetia [ NL., fr. Gr. about + &unr_; flowing hair, foliage. ] (Bot.) Same as Perichæth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Podetia E. Podetiums [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sclerotia [ NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard. ] 1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or petty sect. [ R. ] “Some new sect or sectiuncle.” J. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Solace, n. ] Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Spermatia [ NL. ] (Bot.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. J. H. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Strontia. ] (Chem.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n.; pl. Syncitia [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; a hollow vessel. ] 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The ectoderm of a sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) A radioactive isotope of hydrogen having one proton and two neutrons in the nucleus. It decays spontaneously to Helium-3 by the emission of an electron (beta ray), with a half-life of 12.3 years. Symbol ₁H³. Atomic weight 3.01605 (C-12 = 12.0000). It is one of the radioisotopes commonly used to label chemical compounds for use as tracers in biochemistry and chemistry. It is also used as one of the fusionable components of a hydrogen bomb. [ PJC ]

n. [ Dim. of vibration. ] A small vibration. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Zoocytia [ NL., fr. Gr. zw^, on an animal + &unr_; a hollow vessel. ] (Zool.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]