A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made. A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.
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An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
Axle or axletree.
Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; lard prepared for medical use.
Same as Aye.
Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, /To call for the ayes and noes;/ /The ayes have it./
A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.
The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Again; back against.
Backward.
A grandfather.
The utterance of the ejaculation /Ay me !/ [Obs.] See Ay, interj.
Beyond.
Beyond.
One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
See Aerie.
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
a genus of large important East Indian trees: the neem trees.
a triterpenoid (C35H44O16) isolated from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), used as an insecticide.
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.
The Neapolitan medlar (Crat/gus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.
a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany family, native to Northern India and China, having long clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a shade tree and is common in the southern United States; -- called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
a country in the Caucuses, formerly an Asian Soviet.
a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.
any chemical compound containing the azido group -N3, such as sodium azide (ionic and inorganic) or ethyl azide (organic and nonionic).
relating to or containing the azido group -N3.
an antiviral drug, (C10H13N5O4) used in the treatment of AIDS. It has the generic name of zidovudine.
The quadrant of an azimuth circle. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.
Lit.: Quicksilver Silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro- are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as, furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines are also used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc.
Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
a genus of ferns, someties placed in its own family Azollaceae.
a family designation used in some classifications for the genus Azolla.
not divided into zones; -- opposite of zonal.
Confined to no zone or region; not local.
Of or pertaining to the Azores. A native of the Azores.
A switch or whip.
Nitrogenized; nitrogenous.
the accumulation of an abnormally large amount of nitrogen-containing waste products, such as urea, in the blood; uremia.
of or pertaining to azotemia.
The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them. The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.
A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.
To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.
Nitrous; as, azotous acid.
Excess of urea or other nitrogenous substances in the urine.
same as azidothymidine.
Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519. One of the Aztec race or people.
To color blue.
Of an azure color; sky-blue.
Of a fine blue color; azure.
The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus c/ruleus); -- so called from its color.
Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
Azure.
Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.
Unleavened bread.
Azymous.
One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.
Unleavened; unfermented.
A large long-range bomber airplane of the U. S. military aircraft fleet; B- stands for bomber. It has the capability of delivering nuclear weapons.
a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers.
that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.
an exceedingly short-lived meson.
before Christ; used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born, i.e. 1 a. d..
To kiss.
The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
The bleating of a sheep.
The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
Worship of Baal; idolatry.
A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him.
A kind of plum cake.
a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (babassu oil) and a kind of vegetable ivory.
To line with Babbitt metal.
lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal.
Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Babble.
An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
Babble.
Babyhood.
The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
Finery of a kind to please a child.
The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Muslims. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced.
The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
A baboon.
A large hoglike quadruped (Sus babirussa, syn. Porcus babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
A believer in Babism.
The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. Acacia Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.
One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
Baboonish behavior.
Like a baboon.
A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire.
To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.
having a face resembling that of a baby
act as a baby-sitter
A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support small children while they are learning to walk, and usually having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called also walker and go-cart.
The state or period of infancy.
A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
The state of being a baby.
An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.
Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
See Babiroussa.
The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.
A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
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