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1. acanthopterygious, adj. View full entry 1753
...Ray-finned; = acanthopterygian...
2. adenology, n. View full entry 1721
...A branch of medical science dealing with the structure and function of glands and lymphoid organs....
3. aileron, n. View full entry 1797
...Entomol. In dipteran flies: an alula. Now disused....
4. albicant, adj. View full entry 1750
...Brilliantly white. Obs.rare....
5. alimentariness, n. View full entry 1727
...The quality of being alimentary; nutritiousness. Obs.rare....
6. alleotic, n. and adj. View full entry 1721
...= alterative...
7. bigeminous, adj. View full entry 1770
...Biol. Occurring or arranged in pairs or two pairs; bigeminate, bigeminal. Obs....
8. biograph, v. View full entry 1776
...trans. To write a biography or biographical profile of (a person, esp. a historical or public figure); (also) to record (historical information) in a biographical account. Occas. intr....
9. bronze, n. View full entry a1721
...A brown-coloured alloy of copper and tin, sometimes also containing a little zinc and lead. Formerly included under the term brass, q.v.; the name bronze was introduced for...
10. cellular, adj. and n. View full entry 1716
...Anat. and Physiol. Of a tissue or organ: containing many small cavities or spaces; having an open or porous texture; (of bone) cancellous; spec. designating adipose or...
11. colourization | colorization, n. View full entry 1731
...Chem. and Biol. = coloration3....
12. crypto-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Forming chiefly scientific nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘concealed, not visible, not apparent’. See also cryptobiosis, cryptobranchiate, cryptocrystalline, cryptophyte, etc....
13. electric organ, n. View full entry 1773
...Zool. In certain fishes: an organ which is used to produce an electrical discharge for stunning prey, sensing the surroundings, or defence....
14. galactic, adj. View full entry 1788
...= lactic acidlactic...
15. geognosy, n. View full entry 1792
...The description and classification of the rocks and rock formations (and, in later use, other inorganic substances) of which the earth consists; the branch of natural science (or later of geology) dealing...
16. hindbrain, n. View full entry 1715
...The cerebellum (now rare or disused). In later use: the part of the brain that develops from the most posterior of the three cerebral vesicles of the embryonic...
17. monadic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1788
...Of or relating to monads or units....
18. mouth pipe, n. View full entry 1728
...Any of various simple wind instruments consisting of a pipe into which the player blows....
19. nankeen, n. and adj. View full entry c1700
...A kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanking from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed; more fully nankeen cloth....
20. nebulosity, n. View full entry 1762
...Astron. An indistinctly luminous or hazy appearance or state; nebulous quality. Also: matter having such an appearance or form; (as a count noun) an indistinct, faintly luminous mass, a nebula or...
