Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural platesin the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
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Intercrural
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Shaddock
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a largespecies of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
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Ecthyma
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, uponan indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.
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Millepore
Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearlysmooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. Theanimals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.
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Martial
Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martialpreparations. [Archaic] Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystallinesalt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] -- Martial law,the law administered by the military power of a government when ithas superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civilauthorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished frommilitary law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulationof the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war.
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Bletonism
The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs andcurrents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.
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Pitch
See Pitchstone. Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis.See Kauri.-- Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.-- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (AbiesCanadensis); hemlock gum.-- Jew's pitch, bitumen.-- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.-- Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.-- Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.-- Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yieldingpitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America.
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Lixiviation
Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance formone that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water;leaching.
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Hesperides
The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), andfabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, atthe western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragonand get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules.Called also Atlantides.
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Coridine
A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor,occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded asan organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series ofmetameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written alsocorindine.]
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Aptychus
A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammoniteshells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.
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Topic
A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms orcommonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable toa great many different subjects, which the orator was directed toconsult. Blair.In this question by [reason] I do not mean a distinct topic, but atranscendent that runs through all topics. Jer. Taylor.
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Precoracoid
The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united withthe clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
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Subtilism
The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.The high orthodox subtilism of Duns Scotus. Milman.
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Tatty
A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at adoor or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.[India]
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Tremendous
Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish orterrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as,a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.A tremendous mischief was a foot. Motley.
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Silvan
Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.[Written also sylvan.]Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and grovesforever green. Dryden.
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Bryony
The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genusBryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioicais a strong, irritating cathartic. Black bryony, a plant (Tamuscommunis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; blackbindweed.
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Rosefinch
Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the generaCarpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male ismore or less colored with rose red.
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Bostryx
A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one sideof the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparoushelicoid cyme.