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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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AMNIGENOUS a.
Born or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.
AMPHIGENOUS a.
Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
AMPHIGONOUS a.
Relating to both parents. [R.]
ANACHRONOUS a.
Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv.
ANDROGYNOUS; ANDROGYNAL a. 2 definitions
ure both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.
ANGINOUS; ANGINOSE a.
Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
ANISOSTEMONOUS a.
Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
ANNOTINOUS a.
A year old; in Yearly growths.
ANODYNOUS a.
Anodyne.
ANTHEROGENOUS a.
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
APHONIC; APHONOUS a.
Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.
ARGILLO-FERRUGINOUS a.
Containing clay and iron.
ARMISONANT; ARMISONOUS a.
Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]
ASPARAGINOUS a.
d to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
ASSASSINOUS a.
Murderous. Milton.
ASYNCHRONOUS a.
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.
ATHERMANOUS a.
Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.
AUTOCHTHONAL; AUTHOCHTHONIC; AUTOCHTHONOUS a.
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
AUTOGENOUS a. 2 definitions
Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen. Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.
AUTOGENOUSLY adv.
In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
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