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Amoraecium stellatumSea pork Sea" pork` (Zo["o]l.)
An American compound ascidian (Amor[ae]cium stellatum)
which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork. AnnellataAnnellata An`nel*la"ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
See Annelida. Anobium tessellatumDeathwatch Death"watch` (?; 224), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied
species). By forcibly striking its head against
woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of
the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by
superstitious people to presage death.
(b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid[ae],
which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called
also deathtick.
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing
deathwatches. --Addison.
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the
deathwatch beat. --Tennyson.
2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. AppellateAppellate Ap*pel"late, a. [L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare.]
Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. ``Appellate
jurisdiction.' --Blackstone. ``Appellate judges.' --Burke.
Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals. AppellateAppellate Ap*pel"late, n.
A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee. AppellationAppellation Ap`pel*la"tion, n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare:
cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.]
1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. The act of calling by a name.
3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called
and known; name; title; designation.
They must institute some persons under the
appellation of magistrates. --Hume.
Syn: See Name. AppellativeAppellative Ap*pel"la*tive, a. [L. appellativus, fr.
appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive
denomination; denominative; naming. --Cudworth.
2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a
class. Appellative
Appellative Ap*pel"la*tive, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
1. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common
name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or
species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is
the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and
vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth.
A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single
thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the
Defender of them. --Jer. Taylor.
Appellatively
Appellatively Ap*pel"la*tive*ly, adv.
After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express
whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used
appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong
man.
Appellativeness
Appellativeness Ap*pel"la*tive*ness, n.
The quality of being appellative. --Fuller.
Appellatory
Appellatory Ap*pel"la*tory, a. [L. appellatorius, fr.
appellare.]
Containing an appeal.
An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the
party appellant. --Ayliffe.
BarbellateBarbellate Bar"bel*late, a. [See 1st Barb.] (Bot.)
Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. --Gray. Biflabellate
Biflabellate Bi`fla*bel"late, a. [Pref. bi- + flabellate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Flabellate on both sides.
Biflagellate
Biflagellate Bi`fla*gel"late, a. [Pref. bi- + flagellate.]
Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.
Bilamellate
Bilamellate Bi*lam"el*late, Bilamellated Bi*lam"el*la`ted,
a. [Pref. bi- + lamellate.] (Bot.)
Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also,
having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.
Bilamellated
Bilamellate Bi*lam"el*late, Bilamellated Bi*lam"el*la`ted,
a. [Pref. bi- + lamellate.] (Bot.)
Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also,
having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.
BiocellateBiocellate Bi*oc"el*late, a. [L. bis twice + ocellatus. See
Ocellated.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc. Butomus umbellatusFlowering Flow"er*ing, a. (Bot.)
Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many
names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;
flowering almond, etc.
Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with
conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet
places.
Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils,
and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --
distinguished from flowerless plants.
Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus
umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. CancellateCancellate Can"cel*late, a. [L. cancellatus, p. p. of
cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without
intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants;
latticelike.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines,
crossing at right angles. Cancellated
Cancellated Can"cel*la`ted, a.
1. Crossbarred; marked with cross lines. --Grew.
2. (Anat.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones.
Cancellation
Cancellation Can`cel*la"tion, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F.
cancellation.]
1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the
cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the
contract itself.
2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in
both the dividend and divisor.
Capitellate
Capitellate Cap`i*tel"late, a. [L. capitellum, dim. of caput
head.] (Bot.)
Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into
minute capitula.
CastellatedCastellated Cas"tel*la`ted, a. [LL. castellatus, fr.
castellare. See Castle.]
1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern
castellated. [Obs.] --Johnson.
2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle;
built in the style of a castle. CastellationCastellation Cas`tel*la"tion, n. [LL. castellation, fr.
castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle.]
The act of making into a castle. ClavellateClavellate Clav"el*late, a.
See Clavate. Clavellated
Clavellated Clav"el*la`ted, a. [Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti
ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior
sort of soda, E. clavate.] (Old Chem.)
Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been
obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]
CompellationCompellation Com`pel*la"tion, n. [L. compellatio, fr.
compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
``Metaphorical compellations.' --Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, ``My little
children.' --Bp.
Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by
``Sire,' which is nothing else but father. --Sir W.
Temple. Compellative
Compellative Com*pel"la*tive, n. (Gram.)
The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Compellatory
Compellatory Com*pel"la*to*ry, a.
Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]
ConstellateConstellate Con"stel*late (? or ?), v. i. [Pref. con- + L.
stellatus, p. p. of stellare to cover with stars, stella
star. See Stellate.]
To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general
light. [R.]
The several things which engage our affections . . .
shine forth and constellate in God. --Boule.
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