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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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ACOTYLEDONOUS a.
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
ACRODONT n.
eth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
ADELOCODONIC a.
oids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.
ADONAI n.
A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".
ADONEAN a.
Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.
ADONIC a. 2 definitions
Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n.
ADONIS n. 3 definitions
A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasaut's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
ADONIST n.
points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.
ADONIZE v.
To beautify; to dandify. I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett.
AERODONETICS n.
The science of gliding and soaring flight.
ANODON n.
A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]
ANTIODONTALGIC a. 2 definitions
Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n.
BANDON n.
Disposal; control; license. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
BELLADONNA n. 2 definitions
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nigh…
BOMBARDO; BOMBARDON n.
ment of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.
BOURDON n. 3 definitions
A pilgrim's staff.
BOUSTROPHEDON n.
An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
BOUSTROPHEDONIC a.
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
BUNODONTA; BUNODONTS n.
A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.
BURDON n.
A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R.
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