cammas

Camass \Cam"ass\, n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.)
   any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and
   South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant
   ({Camassia esculenta}) of northwestern America, the bulbs of
   which were collected for food by the Indians. [Written also
   {camas}, {cammas}, and {quamash}.]

   Syn: camass, quamash, camosh, camash.
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   Note: The {Eastern cammass} is {Camassia Fraseri}.
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Cammas \Cam"mas\, n. (Bot.)
   See {Camass}.
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archi-

Archi- \Ar"chi-\ [L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a prefix which is
   from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh
   the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Cf. AS. arce-,
   erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-.]
   A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect,
   archiepiscopal. In (Biol.) and (Anat.) it usually means
   primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the
   primitive fin or wing.
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antitrust

antitrust \antitrust\ adj.
   1. opposed to trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations
      of business or capital which threaten fair competition;
      designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair
      business practices; -- of laws and regulations.

   Syn: antimonopoly.
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apodan

Apodan \Ap"o*dan\, a. (Zool.)
   Apodal.
   [1913 Webster] Apodeictical
   Apodictic
   Apodeictic

blotting

Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.]
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   1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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            The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
                                                  --Gascoigne.
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   2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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            It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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            Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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   4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface;
      -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a
      sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
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            One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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            He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
                                                  --Cowley.
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   6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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   Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
        disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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