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Alexipyretic
Alexipyretic A*lex`i*py*ret"ic, a. [Gr. ? + ? burning heat,
fever, ? fire.] (Med.)
Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n. A febrifuge.
AnachoreticalAnachoret An*ach"o*ret, n. Anachoretical An*ach`o*ret"ic*al,
a.
See Anchoret, Anchoretic. [Obs.] Anchoretic
Anchoretic An`cho*ret"ic, Anchoretical An`cho*ret"ic*al, a.
[Cf. Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an
anchoret.
Anchoretical
Anchoretic An`cho*ret"ic, Anchoretical An`cho*ret"ic*al, a.
[Cf. Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an
anchoret.
Antipyretic
Antipyretic An`ti*py*ret"ic, a. (Med.)
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A
febrifuge.
AporeticalAporetical Ap`o*ret"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?. See Aporia.]
Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] --Cudworth. Apyretic
Apyretic Ap`y*ret"ic, a. [Pref. a? not + pyretic.] (Med.)
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an
intermission of fever. --Dunglison.
CamphreticCamphretic Cam*phret"ic, a. [rom Camphor.]
Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.] Catheretic
Catheretic Cath`e*ret"ic, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to bring down or
raze; ? down + ? to take.] (Med.)
A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other
excrescences. --Dunglison.
Celtis reticulataPalo blanco Pa"lo blan"co [Sp. blanco white.]
(a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata),
having light-colored bark.
(b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark
of which is used in tanning. Cistus CreticusRockrose Rock"rose`, n. (Bot.)
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low
shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European
H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. Cretic
Cretic Cre"tic (kr[=e]"t[i^]k), n. [L. Creticus (sc. pes
foot), Gr. Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan
(metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two
long ones (- [crescent] -). --Bentley.
Diaeretic
Diaeretic Di`[ae]*ret"ic, a. [Gr. ? dividing.] (Med.)
Caustic. [Obs.]
Diaphoretic
Diaphoretic Di`a*pho*ret"ic, n. (Med.)
A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration.
Note: Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only
increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite
the sensible discharge called sweat. --Parr.
Diuretical
Diuretical Di`u*ret"ic*al, a.
Diuretic. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Diureticalness
Diureticalness Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness, n.
The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.
EmporeticEmporetic Em`po*ret"ic, Emporetical Em`po*ret"ic*al, a. [L.
emporeticus, Gr. ?. See Emporium.]
Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.]
--Johnson. EmporeticalEmporetic Em`po*ret"ic, Emporetical Em`po*ret"ic*al, a. [L.
emporeticus, Gr. ?. See Emporium.]
Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.]
--Johnson. Esox reticulatusPickerel Pick"er*el, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (E. Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found. F CreticaThorny Thorn"y, a. [Compar. Thornier; superl. Thorniest.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing. ``The thorny point of
bare distress.' --Shak.
The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F.
Cretica, etc.). Heretical
Heretical He*ret"i*cal, a.
Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by,
heresy.
Heretically
Heretically He*ret"i*cal*ly, adv.
In an heretical manner.
Hereticate
Hereticate He*ret"i*cate, v. t. [LL. haereticatus, p. p. of
haereticare.]
To decide to be heresy or a heretic; to denounce as a heretic
or heretical. --Bp. Hall.
And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism,
to hereticate me. --Fitzed.
Hall.
HystereticHysteretic Hys`ter*et"ic, a. (Elec.)
Of or pert. to hysteresis.
Hysteretic constant, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic
centimeter per cycle. Hysteretic constantHysteretic Hys`ter*et"ic, a. (Elec.)
Of or pert. to hysteresis.
Hysteretic constant, the hysteretic loss in ergs per cubic
centimeter per cycle. Ischuretic
Ischuretic Is`chu*ret"ic, a.
Having the quality of relieving ischury. -- n. An ischuretic
medicine.
OureticOuretic Ou*ret"ic, a. [Gr. ?, from ? urine. Cf. Uretic.]
(Chem.)
Uric. Paretic
Paretic Pa*ret"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
Phloretic
Phloretic Phlo*ret"ic, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic
acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
Plethoretic
Plethoretic Pleth`o*ret"ic, a.
Plethoric. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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