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One without method; a quack. [Obs.]

Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly…

A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid substance; uncrystallized.

Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.

es possess power of attraction" is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attribute. Abp. W. Thomson.

of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.

To become larger. [Obs.] Strait was the way at first, withouten light, But further in did further amplify. Fairfax.

Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

Without, or not developing, an allantois.

Without, or not developing, an amnion.

Produced without concourse of sexes.

Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.

Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

esday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive right.

Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B.

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg commo…

Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.