Allopathy :: Allopathy (n.) That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy..

Amethyst :: Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone..

Amethyst :: Amethyst () A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms..

Amethystine :: Amethystine (a.) Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet..

Amethystine :: Amethystine (a.) Composed of, or containing, amethyst..

Anthropopathy :: Anthropopathy (n.) The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity..

Anthypnotic :: Anthypnotic () See Antihypnotic.

Anthypochondriac :: Anthypochondriac (a. & n.) See Antihypochondriac.

Anthysteric :: Anthysteric (a. & n.) See Antihysteric.

Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

Antipathy :: Antipathy (n.) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy..

Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..

Bathybius :: Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin..

Bathymetric :: Bathymetric (a.) Alt. of Bathymetrica.

Bathymetrical :: Bathymetrical (a.) Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea..

Bathymetry :: Bathymetry (n.) The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea..

Bismuthyl :: Bismuthyl (n.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color..

Blameworthy :: Blameworthy (a.) Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

Boothy :: Boothy (n.) See Bothy.

Boothy :: Boothy (n.) A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth..

Bothy :: Bothy (n.) Alt. of Booth.

Cenanthy :: Cenanthy (n.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Cerebropathy :: Cerebropathy (n.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag..

Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..

Cricothyroid :: Cricothyroid (a.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.

Cyanopathy :: Cyanopathy (n.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice..

Delthyris :: Delthyris (n.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.

Deuteropathy :: Deuteropathy (n.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach..

Deuthydroguret :: Deuthydroguret (n.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

Diethylamine :: Diethylamine (n.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine..

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