Asymmetrical.
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Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
showing no symptoms of disease.
A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.
Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at.
A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors.
a drug once used to treat malaria (C23H30ClN3O); chemically it is a derivative of the tricyclic structure acridine: 6-chloro-9-[[4-(diethylamino-1-methylbutyl)]amino]-2-methoxyacridine. It also has some anthelmintic activity against cestodes. Atabrine is a trademark.
An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.
After.
See Yataghan.
To overtake.
A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
drug that reduces nervous tension and gives peace of mind.
drug that reduces nervous tension and gives peace of mind.
tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize
Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.
Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form. The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism
Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a lack of coordinating power in movements.
Disorder; irregularity.
The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men.
The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.
Without technical or artistic knowledge.
A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.
A workshop; a studio.
Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. A farcical drama performed at Atella.
Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.
Adamant.
Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.
The quality of being deathless; immortality.
A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
a collection of mantras and formulas.
A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.
The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.
To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist.
An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family.
A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. A native or citizen of Athens.
The capital city of Greece. Population (2000) = nk.
Opposed to theology; atheistic.
Antagonism to theology.
Atheistic; impious.
A small marine fish of the family Atherinid/, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.
Athermanous.
Shaped like an ear of grain.
An encysted tumor containing curdy matter. A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma.
a form of arteriosclerosis characterized by irregular fatty deposits on the inner surface of large and medium-sized arteries; the deposits are associated with fibrosis and calcification of the inner layer of the arteries. Similar conditions may be found in swine and fowl. The deposits may become large enough to impede the blood circulation and in some cases may restrict the blood supply to the heart.
To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus.
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
To repent; to displease; to disgust.
a family of small motile sulphur bacteria.
Wanting drink; thirsty.
One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
a genus temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.
Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.
A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.
Relating to the atlas. Anterior; cephalic.
Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
The life principle, soul, or individual essence. The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian thought.
Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.
An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow.
The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0/ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
Of or pertaining to atmology.
One who is versed in atmology.
That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.
The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances. See also gaseous diffusion.
Separation by atmolysis.
To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.
An apparatus for effecting atmolysis.
An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.
The whole mass of a/riform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars. Any gaseous envelope or medium.
Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
In relation to the atmosphere.
The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.
A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like.
A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
To reduce to atoms.
a bomb of great power in which the explosive energy is derived from the nuclear fission of a fissionable material, such as plutonium or uranium-235. It is a type of nuclear weapon. The strength of an atom bomb is measured in kilotons, i.e. the equivalent energy released by explosion of a thousand tons of TNT. The first atomic bomb was manufactured in 1945.
Of or pertaining to atoms.
In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.
An atomist.
Atomism.
Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.
separating something into fine particles.
a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray.
The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.
Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
divided into separate and often disparate elements.
The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
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