English English Dictionary

Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

To surpass in council.

To outrun.

Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

of Atrium

Of or pertaining to an atrium.

Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.

Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.

Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.

A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.

of Atrocity

An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.