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An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.

The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

Onomatopoetic. Whitney.

Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Earle.

Onomatopoeia.

A diseased condition of the ear.

To overtop. [Obs.]

To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. "To old Pelion." Shak.

Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.

Eating all kinds of food.

The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.

Same as Pycnogonida.

Light-loving; growing in strong light, as many plants.

A dread or intolerance of light. Sir T. Watson.

An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light. A. G. Bell.

Of or pertaining to photophone.

The art or practice of using the photophone.

(Zoöl.) A light-emitting organ; specif., one of the luminous spots on certain marine (mostly deep-sea) fishes.

A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures; also, the moving-picture representation of a play.