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The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

Shaped like or resembling a mite.

A genus including many species of small mites.

t variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.

ty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.

Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.

Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible. I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1.

One of the suckers on the feet of mites.

A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.

Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti- Sem"ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic (#), a.

In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

mining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. For Jove is arbiter of both to man. Cowper.

coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.

A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.

An atom; a mite; a pigmy.