Webster's Dictionary 1913

6886

Athalamous

A‐thal″a‐mous (�), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � nuptial bed.] (Bot.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

6887

Athamaunt

Ath″a‐maunt (�), n. Adamant.Written in the table of athamaunt.Chaucer.

6888

Athanasia

{ ‖Ath′a‐na″si‐a (?), A‐than″a‐sy (?) }, n. [NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. �; � priv. + � death.] The quality of being deathless; immortality.Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than ...

6889

Athanasian

Ath′a‐na″sian (?; 277), a. Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly su...

6890

Athanor

Ath″a‐nor (�), n. [F., fr. Ar. at-tannūr, fr. Heb. tannūr an oven or furnace.] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and...

6891

Athecata

‖Ath′e‐ca″ta (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + � chest, box.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

6892

Atheism

A″the‐ism (�), n. [Cf. F. athéisme. See Atheist.] 1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves n...

6893

Atheist

A″the‐ist, n. [Gr. � without god; ἀ priv. + � god: cf. F. athéiste.] 1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.2. A godless person.Sy...

6894

Atheistic

{ A′the‐is″tic (�), A′the‐is″tic‐al (�), } a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; — applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.Atheistical ex...

6895

Atheize

A″the‐ize (�), v. t. To render atheistic or godless.They endeavored to atheize one another.Berkeley.

6896

Atheize (2)

A″the‐ize, v. i. To discourse, argue, or act as an atheist. — A″the‐i′zer (�), n.Cudworth.

6897

Atheling

Ath″el‐ing (ăth″ĕl‐ĭng), n. [AS. æðeling noble, fr. æðele noble, akin to G. adel nobility, edel noble. The word æðel, E. ethel, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethelwolf, noble ...

6898

Atheneum

Ath′e‐ne″um, Ath′e‐næ″um (�), n.; pl. E. Atheneums (�), L. Athenæa (�). [L. Athenaeum, Gr. Αθην̓́αιον a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. Αθηνἀ̑, contr. fr. Αθηνἄα, Αθηναἴα, in H...

6899

Athenian

A‐the″ni‐an (�), a. [Cf. F. Athénien.] Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. — n. A native or citizen of Athens.

6900

Atheological

A′the‐o‐log″ic‐al (�), a. Opposed to theology; atheistic. Bp. Montagu.

6901

Atheology

A′the‐ol″o‐gy (�), n. [Pref. a- not + theology.] Antagonism to theology. Swift.

6902

Atheous

A″the‐ous (�), a. [Gr. � without God. See Atheist.] 1. Atheistic; impious. Milton.2. Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.I should say science was atheous, and therefo...

6903

Atherine

Ath″er‐ine (�), n. [NL. atherina, fr. Gr. � a kind of smelt.] (Zoöl.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species...

6904

Athermancy

A‐ther″man‐cy (ȧ‐thẽr″măn‐sy̆), n. [See Athermanous.] Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. Tyndall.

6905

Athermanous

A‐ther″ma‐nous (�), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + θερμαίνειν to heat, θέρμα heat: cf. F. athermane.] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; — opposed to diathermanous.

6906

Athermous

A‐ther″mous (�), a.(Chem.) Athermanous.

6907

Atheroid

Ath″er‐oid (�), a. [Gr. �, �, a beard, or an ear, of grain + -oid.] Shaped like an ear of grain.

6908

Atheroma

‖Ath′e‐ro″ma (�), n.(Med.) (a) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter. (b) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

6909

Atheromatous

Ath′e‐rom″a‐tous (�), a.(Med.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

6910

Athetize

Ath″e‐tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Athetized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Athetizing (?).] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus.

6911

Athetosis

‖Ath′e‐to″sis (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � not fixed; ἀ priv. + � to set.] (Med.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.

6912

Athink

A‐think″ (�), v. t. To repent; to displease; to disgust. Chaucer.