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An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

To join; to be united. Tooke.

g, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.…

the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different pos…

- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matt…

ometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

s heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

A access, or opportunity of drawing near. The approach to kings and principal persons. Bacon.

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

Of or pertaining to an arc. Arcual measure of an angle (Math.), that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to the radius of the circle.

The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.

ician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.