| ammoniuretted | Combined with ammonia (or, according to later views, ammonium); as ‘ammoniuretted oxide of gold,’ now ‘aurate of ammonium’. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| amphicœlian | = amphicœlous adj.; also, possessing or characterized by amphicœlous vertebræ. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| anapophysis | A small bony process, springing in a backward direction from the neural arch of… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropotomy | Anatomy of the human body. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| antimonate | A salt of Antimonic acid. (This is the form used by Watts, and is analogous to selenate, chromate;… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| antimoniuretted | Combined with antimony (in a gaseous state); as in antimoniuretted hydrogen, SbH 3… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| archetypally | In the archetype; originally. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| azygously | In azygous manner; not in pairs, singly. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| bichromate | A salt containing two equivalents of chromic acid, e.g. the bichromate of potash, used in photography and other arts. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| buffer | In Photogr., A machine used for polishing daguerreotype plates. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| calcigenous | Producing a calx; said of those metals which with oxygen form a ‘calx’. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| chlorination | Mining. The process of extracting gold and silver from certain ores by means of chlorine. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| chloriniferous | Yielding chlorine. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| cuprate | A salt of cupric acid. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| dayal | = dial-bird n. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| dehydration | The loss or removal of water, or the elements of water. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| diapophysis | A term applied by Owen to a pair of exogenous segments of the typical vertebra, forming lateral processes of the neural arch. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| dinoxide | Erron. f. (after binoxide) for dioxide n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| di-solution | A solution of a sub- or proto-salt (e.g. of mercury). | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| disulphuret | = disulphide n. (in obs. and current senses). | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| dithionic | In dithionic acid, a synonym of hyposulphuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 6, a dibasic acid not isolated… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| Drummond light | The lime-light, or oxyhydrogen light (invented by Capt. T. Drummond, R.E., 1825)… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| emboîtement | Anat. The fitting of a bone into another. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| epihyal | That is placed upon the hyoid bone. Applied to the upper part of the hyoid arch; also, to a bone found in certain fishes. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| episternum | In mammals, the upper part of the sternum or breast-bone; in other animals, applied… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| evaporability | The quality of being evaporable. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| fabella | (See quot. 1884.) | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| ferrate | A salt of ferric acid. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| gobioid | A fish of this kind. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| goniodont | A fish belonging to this family. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| herbivore | A herbivorous animal; one of the Herbivora. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| hydration | The action of hydrating or condition of being hydrated; combination with water. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| hypapophysis | An apophysis n. or spinous process on the lower or ventral side of a vertebral centrum. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| hypo-iodic | In hypo-iodic acid, an old name for periodic oxide. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| hyponitric | In hyponitric acid, an old name for tetroxide (or peroxide) of nitrogen, pernitric oxide, NO 2 or N 2 O 4. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| hypophosphoric | In hypophosphoric acid, P 2 O 2 (OH) 4, a tetrabasic acid, obtained as an odourless liquid. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| interopercular | Belonging to, or of the nature of, an interoperculum, chiefly in interopercular bone = interoperculum n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| iodize | trans. To treat or impregnate with iodine or an iodide. (Chiefly in Photogr. and Med.) | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| iridiate | A salt of iridic acid. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| kaligenous | Producing an alkali: said of metals that form alkalis with oxygen. Cf. alkaligenous adj. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| monatomism | = monatomicity n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| monocarbonate | A neutral salt of carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3) in which both hydrogen atoms are replaced by a metal. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| mononitrate | A compound having one nitrate group in the molecule. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| monosulphite | A sulphite containing one sulphite anion in the molecule. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| monosulphuret | = monosulphide n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| mucodermal | Zool. Designating the dermal elements of the vertebrate skeleton. Obs. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| myonine | Muscular tissue; the substance of muscle. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| neuroskeletal | Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the neuroskeleton. Also: both neural and skeletal. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| novargent | A solution containing a silver salt and sodium thiosulphate used for silver plating. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| opisthocoelian | = opisthocoelous adj. Also in extended use. Now rare. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| ornithotomy | The dissection of birds; the anatomy of birds. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| osteine | Originally: calcified bone tissue. Later: = ossein n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| outstretcher | A thing which stretches out or extends something. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| ozonation | Impregnation or treatment with ozone; reaction with ozone, esp. in an ozonolysis process. Also: conversion of oxygen into ozone. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| palato- | (a) adj. relating to or consisting of the palatine and pterygoid bones or cartilages; (b) n.… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| persolution | A solution of a salt of a given metal in which the anion occurs in its highest… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| priodont | Zool. Designating an armadillo of the genus Priodontes, which comprises only the… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| proportionalism | Chem. The combination of elements in definite proportions. Obs. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| salamandroid | Resembling a salamander, salamandriform. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| scapho- | the epithet of a small bone in the carpus of some animals; also ellipt. as n. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| sclerotal | Any of the component plates of the bony ring which protects the sclerotic coat of the eyeball in certain birds and reptiles. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| segmented | Anat., Zool., etc. Consisting of segments or similar parts arranged in a longitudinal series. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| siphonage | The action of drawing off liquid by means of a siphon; also spec., the accidental emptying of a siphon-trap. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| skeletal | Of or belonging to, forming or formed by, forming part of, or resembling, a skeleton. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| specialized | Biol. (Cf. specialize v. 2b.) | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| spheroidicity | The state or character of being spheroidal. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| Stonesfield | a stratum of thin-bedded limestone and calcareous sandstone forming part of the… | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| subbrachiate | Of a fish: subbrachial (subbrachial adj. 1). | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| sudoric | an acid said to be present in human sweat. (Cf. hidrotic adj. n.) | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| tallying | That tallies; corresponding. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| tarso-metatarsus | The bone formed by ankylosis of the tarsus and the metatarsus in birds and early reptilian types. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| testudinian | A member of the tortoise family. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| thin-walled | Having thin walls. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| tithonism | = tithonicity n. at tithonic adj. Derivatives, actinism n. 1. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| trihydrate | A compound containing three molecules of water combined with an element or radical or… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| uncalcified | (un- prefix 8.) | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| uranile | = uranyl n. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| vomerine | Of or belonging to the vomer (esp. of fishes); composing the vomer. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| zygantrum | A double cavity on the posterior side of the neural arch of each ordinary vertebra in… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| zygapophysis | A lateral process on the neural arch of a vertebra, articulating with the corresponding… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| zygosphene | A double wedge-shaped projection on the anterior side of the neural side of each… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
