(n.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.

(n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

(n.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.

(n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

(a.) Alt. of Anopsy

(n.) Loss of the sense of smell.

(n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

(n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

(pl. ) of Ascidium

(n.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.

(n.) Alt. of Aphasy

(pl. ) of Aphelion

(n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

(n.) Alt. of Aphony

(n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

(n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

(n.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.

(n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

(n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

(n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.

(pl. ) of Pygidium

(n.) The febrile condition.

(n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

(n. pl.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

(n.) Alt. of Copaiva

(n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba.

(n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

(pl. ) of Ciborium

(n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

(n. pl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

(n.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

(pl. ) of Corpus

(n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

(n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

(n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

(pl. ) of Septulum

(n.) One who, or that which, follows.

(n.) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.

(n.) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.

(n.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.

(n. pl.) Matters to be excreted.

(n.) See Exedra.

(n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

(n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.

(pl. ) of Pelma

(n.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.

(n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.

(n.) Pyjama.

(n. pl.) Hardened masses of feces.

(pl. ) of Coagulum

(n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

(n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

(n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

(n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.

(n.) The coarse tow of flax and hemp.

(n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India.

(n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

(n.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

(n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.

(n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

(n.) A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

(pl. ) of Ophidion

(n.) Alt. of Oxyopy

(n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.

(n.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.

(n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

(n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

(n.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.

(n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.

(n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.

(n.) A building used for such an exhibition.

(n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.

(n.) A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

(n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

(n. pl.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

(n.) A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.

(n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet.

(pl. ) of Stamen

(n.) Solanine.

(pl. ) of Solarium

(n. pl.) See Stamen.

(n. pl.) The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.

(n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.

(n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

(n.) A genus of leguminous plants.

(n.) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.

(n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.

(n.) the measles.

(n.) Rubella.

(n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

(n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.

(n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.

(n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.

(n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.

(a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

(n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

(n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

(n.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.

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

(n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

(n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.

(n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.

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

(n.) Same as Atropine.

() Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.

(n.) Same as Berretta.

(n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

(n.) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.

(n.) Alt. of Aureole

(n.) A whitlow.

(n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

(pl. ) of Oogonium

(n.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium.

(n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

(n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

(n.) A treatise on this science.

(n.) See Henna.

(pl. ) of Pyxidium

(n. pl.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

(n. pl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.

(pl. ) of Aquarium

(n.) A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

(n.) Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

(pl. ) of Alluvium

(n.) Alt. of Almadie

(n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

(n.) The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.

(n.) Alt. of Althea

(n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

(n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.

(n.) Alt. of Ariette

(n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

(n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.

(n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

(n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.

(n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

(n.) An armil.

(n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

(n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

(n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

(n.) The measuring of time by beating.

(n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.

(n.) Alt. of Baccarat

(n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

(n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

(n.) The goddess of war.

(n.) A country of central Europe.

(n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3.

(n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.

(n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

(n.) A Bologna sausage.

(n.) A Bengal light.

(n.) Same as Berretta.

(n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

(n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

(n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

(n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

(n.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.

(n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

(pl. ) of Sacellum

(n.) A church bell.

(n.) The pasque flower.

(n.) Same as Gutta.

(n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.

(n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.

(n.) pl. of Soredium.

(pl. ) of Soredium

(n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

(n.) See Bonito.

(n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

(n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

(n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.

(n. pl.) See Brachium.

(n.) A bract.

(n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.

(n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

(n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.

(n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.

(n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

(n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.

(n.) SAme as Rhizome.

(n.) See Rytina.

(n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.

(n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.

(n.) Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.

(n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

(n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.

(n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea.

(n.) Same as Silique.

(n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.

(n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.

(n.) A reddish variety of limestone.

(n. pl.) See Urodela.

(n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.

(n.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

(n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

(n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.

(n.) An interval equal to half a comma.

(n. pl.) See Scholium.

(pl. ) of Scholium

(n.) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.

(n.) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.

(pl. ) of Cerebrum

(n.) Scotomy.

(n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.

(n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:

(n.) Alt. of Bulimy

(n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

(n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

(n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.

(n.) Alt. of Sinopis

(n.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

(n. pl.) Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.

(pl. ) of Tomentum

(pl. ) of Indusium

(n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.

(n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.

(n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

(n.) Alt. of Taffety

(pl. ) of Addendum

(n. pl.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.

(n.) A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

(n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.

(n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

(pl. ) of Gumma

(n.) A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).

(n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.

(n.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

(n.) Glanders.

(n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.

(n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

(n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

(n.) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.

(n.) A prickle.

(n.) A spine or prickly fin.

(n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

(n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

(n.) Alt. of Crapule

(n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

(n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

(n.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).

(n.) See Romance, 5.

(n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.

(v. & n.) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

(v. & n.) Repetition.

(n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.

(n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.

(a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

(n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.

(pl. ) of Ommateum

(n.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.

(n.) The keystone of an arch.

(n.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.

(n.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

(n.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.

(n.) See Sal soda, under Sal.

(n.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.

(n.) See Simar.

(n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.

(n.) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.

(n.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

(n.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.

(n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.

(n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.

(n.) See Cassava.

(n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

(n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

(n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

(n.) A well known light red variety of American grape.

(n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.

(n.) See Calumba.

(n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.

(n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

(n.) The red-breasted merganser.

(n.) A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

(n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

(n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

(n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

(n. pl.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

(n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao.

(n.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).

(n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.

(n.) Alt. of Dysury

(n.) Platinum.

(n.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

(n.) A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.

(pl. ) of Tegmen

(n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

(n. pl.) acute, colicky pains; gripes.

(n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.

(n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.

(n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

(n.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

(n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

(n. pl.) That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.

(n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.

(n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.

(n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

(n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.

(n.) The smallpox.

(pl. ) of Vasculum

(n.) A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance.

(n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

(pl. ) of Velarium

(n.) Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

(n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.

(n.) An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.

(n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.

(n. pl.) An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.

(n.) One of the West India is islands.

(n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

(n.) The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

(n. pl.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

(pl. ) of Urosteon

(n.) Vaccinia.

(n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.

(pl. ) of Ganglion

(n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

(n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.

(n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

(n.) Alt. of Acrasy

(n.) Alt. of Acrisy

(n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

(n. pl.) See Entozoa.

(pl. ) of Enema

(n.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish.

(n.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

(n. pl.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

(n.) Alt. of Dhurra

(pl. ) of Dogma

(n.) A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

(n.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.

(n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

(n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.

(n.) A Linnaean order of plants having two styles.

(n.) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

(n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.

(pl. ) of Diluvium

(n.pl.) Alt. of Monomyaria

(n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.

(n.) A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

(n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.

(n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

(pl. ) of Spectrum

(n.) A stipule.

(n.) A newly sprouted feather.

(pl. ) of Speculum

(n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

(n. pl.) An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.

(pl. ) of Entozoon

(pl. ) of Stoma

(n.) A little spike; a spikelet.

(n.) A pointed fleshy appendage.

(pl. ) of Spiculum

(n.) The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

(n. pl.) Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

(n.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

(n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.

(n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.

(n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out.

(n.) The title of the empress of Russia.

(n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

(n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.

(n.) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

(n.) A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.

(n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.

(n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

(n.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae.

(n.) A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.

(n.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

(n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.

(pl. ) of Exordium

(n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

(n.) The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

(n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

(n.) Deficiency or want of bile.

(n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

(pl. ) of Emporium

(n.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

(n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.

(n.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.

(n.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

(n.) Alt. of Galangal

(n.) See Fecula.

(n.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.

(pl. ) of Momentum

(n.) An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.

(pl. ) of Germen

(pl. ) of Gigerium

(n.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

(n.) The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

(n.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

(n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.

(n.) A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.

(n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles.

(n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.

(n.) A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

(n.) The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.

(n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

(n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

(n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

(n.) A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.

(n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

(n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

(n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.

(n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

(n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

(n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

(n.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

(n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

(pl. ) of Ectozoon

(n.) A small depression or pit; a fovea.

(n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.

(n.) Alt. of Weigelia

(n.) An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach.

(pl. ) of Vexillum

(n.) A kind of litter or portable couch.

(n.) A South American mammal (Auchenia vicunna) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.

(n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.

(n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

(n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

(n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.

(n. & v. t.) See Subpoena.

(n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

(n.) A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.

(n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.

(n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.

(n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.

(pl. ) of Peridium

(n. pl.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.

(n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence.

(n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.

(n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.

(n.) A woman who has borne one child.

(n.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.

(n. pl.) An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.

(n.) A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.

(n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.

(n.) A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).

(n.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare.

(a.) Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.

(n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.

(n.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

(n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

(sing.) A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

(n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

(n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.

(n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.

(n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.

(n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

(n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.

(n.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.

(n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

(n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

(n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

(n.) A fringe, or fringed border.

(n.) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain.

(n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.

(n.) An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.

(n.) A reed; a pipe.

(n.) A pipe for convejing water.

(n.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.

(n. pl.) Same as Thecophora.

(n.) A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.

(n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.

(n.) A grace or embellishment.

(n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).

(n.) Zaffer.

(n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.

(n.) Memory.

(n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.

(n.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

(n. pl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

(pl. ) of Zooecium

(n.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

(n.) The open sea supposed to surround the north pole.

(n.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).

(pl. ) of Phyma

(n. pl.) Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and Phylactolaemata.

(pl. ) of Polyzoon

(n.) See Piassava.

(n.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.

(pl. ) of Pignus

(n.) Same as Pimento.

(n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst.

(n.) Same as Pinnule.

(n.) Injury; invasion of another's rights.

(n.) Alt. of Tsaritsa

(n.) See Hatteria.

(n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

(n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight.

(n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.

(pl. ) of Gonidium

(n.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

(n.) Alt. of Grandmamma

(n.) Alt. of Grandpapa

(n.) See Synochus.

(n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.

(n.) A genus of plants; the lilac.

(n.) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.

(pl. ) of Aecidium

(n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.

(n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.

(n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.

(pl. ) of Hymenium

(pl. ) of Hypogeum

(n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

(n.) A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.

(n. pl.) The external organs of generation.

(n.) One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.

(n.) Potassium oxide.

(n.) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash.

(n.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.

(pl. ) of Propylon

(pl. ) of Pronotum

(n.) A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.

(n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

(n.) Same as Masora.

(n.) A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

(n. pl.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.

(n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

(n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

(n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

(n. pl.) A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.

(a.) Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.

(n.) A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa.

(n.) A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.

(a.) Same as Manila.

(n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.

(n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.

(n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

(n.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.

(n.) A livid ecchymosis.

(n.) See Peliom.

(n.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.

(n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

(n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.

(n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.

(n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

(n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.)

(a.) Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a; -- said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other purposes.

(pl. ) of Vinculum

(pl. ) of Lemma

(n.) A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.

(n.) pl. of Viscus.

(n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.

(pl. ) of Viscus

(n.) A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae.

(n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.

(n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.

(n.) A tonguelike process or part.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

(pl. ) of Vivarium

(n.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.

(n.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

(n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

(pl. ) of Patagium

(n.) A small dish, pan, or vase.

(n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.

(n.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.

(n.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.

(n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

(sing.) A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

(n.) Pain in the ear; earache.

(n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.

(n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.

(a.) Beyond the sea; foreign.

(adv.) Alt. of Overseas

(pl. ) of Pectus

(n.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

(n.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

(n.) Alt. of Tzaritza

(pl. ) of Ulnare

(n. pl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.

(pl. ) of Tympanum

(n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.

(n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

(n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.

(n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.

(n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

(n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

(n.) A fathom.

(n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.

(n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.

(pl. ) of Labellum

(n.) The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

(n.) A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

(pl. ) of Plectrum

(n.) Alt. of Parelle

(n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.

() The middle part of the sea or ocean.

(n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.

(n.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.

(n.) Morphine.

(n.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.

(n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.

(n.) Military service; warfare.

(n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.

(n.) A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.

(n. pl.) Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura.

(n.) Alt. of Mozzetta

(n.) A blackish fish (Hypoplectrus nigricans), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.

(n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

(n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

(n.) The herb allheal.

(n.) Same as Person, n., 8.

(n.) A plumule.

(n.) A down feather.

(n.) A suite; a set of variations.

(n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.

(n.) One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.

(n.) A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

(pl. ) of Podetium

(n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.

(n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.

(n.) See Polonaise.

(n.) Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

(n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

(n.) See Cithara.

(n.) See Pirogue.

(n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.