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A clean bill of healthClean Clean, a. [Compar. Cleaner; superl. Cleanest.] [OE.
clene, AS. cl?ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful,
small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure,
bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining.
Cf. Glair.]
1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without
defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous;
as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.
--Lev. xxiii.
22.
6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. --Ps. li. 10
That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven
--Tennyson.
7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in
tone; healthy. ``Lothair is clean.' --F. Harrison.
9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper
authority that a ship is free from infection.
Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4.
To make a clean breast. See under Breast. Achaean
Achaean A*ch[ae]"an, Achaian A*cha"iana. [L. Achaeus,
Achaius; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A
native of Achaia; a Greek.
Achillean
Achillean Ach`il*le"an, a.
Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
Adamantean
Adamantean Ad`a*man*te"an, a. [L. adamant[=e]us.]
Of adamant; hard as adamant. --Milton.
Adonean
Adonean Ad`o*ne"an (-n[=e]"an), a. [L. Adon[=e]us.]
Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. ``Fair Adonean Venus.'
--Faber.
Adsuki bean
Adsuki bean Ad*su"ki bean [Jap. adzuki.]
A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into
the United States.
AEgeanAEgean [AE]*ge"an, a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,
east of Greece. See Archipelago. Allegeance
Allegeance Al*lege"ance, n.
Allegation. [Obs.]
AmebeanAmebean Am`e*be"an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
See Am?bean. Amoebean
Amoebean Am`[oe]*be"an, a.
Alternately answering.
Amphigean
Amphigean Am`phi*ge"an, a. [Gr. ? + ?, ?, the earth.]
Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar
zones inclusive.
Amphiuma meansCongo snake Con"go snake" (Zo["o]l.)
An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found
in the southern United States. See Amphiuma. Andean
Andean An*de"an, a.
Pertaining to the Andes.
Antaean
Antaean An*t[ae]"an, a. [Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Ant[ae]us, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
Antipodean
Antipodean An`ti*po"de*an, a.
Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the
world; antipodal.
Apogean
Apogean Ap`o*ge"an, a.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which
occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
Aramaean
Aramaean Ar`a*m[ae]an, Aramean Ar`a*me"an, a. [L. Aramaeus,
Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Ar[=a]m, i. e. Highland, a name given to
Syria and Mesopotamia.]
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their
language; Aramaic. -- n. A native of Aram.
Aramean
Aramaean Ar`a*m[ae]an, Aramean Ar`a*me"an, a. [L. Aramaeus,
Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Ar[=a]m, i. e. Highland, a name given to
Syria and Mesopotamia.]
Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their
language; Aramaic. -- n. A native of Aram.
Archaean
Archaean Ar*ch[ae]"an, n. (Geol.)
The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the
Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the
appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest
forms of life.
Note: This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term Azoic,
and to the Eozoic of Dawson.
ArgeanArgean Ar*ge"an, a.
Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo. armed GephyreansEchiuroidea Ech`i*u*roi"de*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. echiurus, the
name of one genus (Gr. ? an adder + ? tail) + -oid.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus
and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and
called the armed Gephyreans. AsmonaeanAsmonean As`mo*ne"an, a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the
Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
[Written also Asmon[ae]an.] AsmoneanAsmonean As`mo*ne"an, a.
Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the
Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
[Written also Asmon[ae]an.] Asmonean
Asmonean As`mo*ne"an, n.
One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and
rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
Assidean
Assidean As`si*de"an, n. [Heb. kh[=a]sad to be pious.]
One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic
Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.
Atlantean
Atlantean At`lan*te"an, a. [L. Atlant?us.]
1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients
allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of
mightiest monarchies. --Milton.
AugeanAugean Au*ge"an, a.
1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis,
whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned
for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or
filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
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