a.
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. →
prep.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness. →
n.
The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins. →
n.
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. →
a.
Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges. →
n.
In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion. →
n.
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim. →
n.
A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty. →