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1. adelpholite, n. View full entry 1859
...A mineral containing iron, manganese, niobium, and other elements, subsequently identified with samarskite....
2. alipite, n. View full entry 1853
...An apple-green, earthy mineral of uncertain identity, said to be a hydrated silicate of nickel and magnesium....
3. allomorphite, n. View full entry 1842
...A form of barite that is pseudomorphous after anhydrite....
4. alphatron, n. View full entry 1942
...A proposed name for: a cyclotron. rare. disused....
5. alumian, n. View full entry 1858
...A white mineral originally thought to consist of aluminium sulphate and now identified with natroalunite....
6. cryophyllite, n. View full entry 1866
...A lithium- and iron-containing mica, now regarded as a variety of lepidolite....
7. fieldite, n. View full entry 1856
...A zinc-containing form of tetrahedrite now regarded as having been an impure specimen....
8. genotype, n.2 View full entry 1909
...Originally: a pure (inbred or true-breeding) line of an organism (disused). In later use: the genetic constitution of an organism, esp. as distinguished from its phenotype; all of the genes...
9. mitome, n. View full entry 1886
...The fibrillar component of nucleoplasm or cytoplasm; (as a count noun) a filamentous structure in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a cell....
10. motile, adj. and n. View full entry 1857
...Biol. Capable of moving; characterized by or concerned with motion. Also (in extended use): characterized by facility or versatility of movement, mobile....
11. narrowback, n. View full entry 1921
...Physical Anthropol. In racial classification: a slimly built person of tall stature. Now disused....
12. neurohypophysial, adj. View full entry 1893
...Embryol. Designating a tubular structure connecting the developing brain and hypophysis. Now rare or disused....
13. nucleinic, adj. View full entry 1893
...= nucleic acidnucleic1....
14. organic, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Anat. Designating the jugular vein. Obs.rare....
15. organotherapeutics, n. View full entry 1899
...= organotherapy...
16. over-punching, n. View full entry 1958
...The punching of a hole in the upper portion of a punched card; the use of overpunches. Also: the provision of two independent sets of hole positions at opposite ends of a...
17. peptotoxin, n. View full entry 1885
...A poisonous substance occurring in or derived from a peptone during digestion, peptonization, or putrefaction....
18. psychophysic, adj. View full entry 1883
...= psychophysical...
19. quetenite, n. View full entry 1890
...A reddish-brown mineral consisting of hydrated iron and magnesium sulphate (now regarded as identical with botryogen)....
20. rhabarbarin, n. View full entry 1824
...= rhabarbaric acidrhabarbaric...
