Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... substance found in some seeds between the coat and the embryo which it is to nourish ; e.g. flour of corn . Alburnum . [ L. ] Sap - wood , immediately below the bark ; opposed to heart - wood , or dūrāmen [ L. , hardness ] . Albus liber ...
... substance found in some seeds between the coat and the embryo which it is to nourish ; e.g. flour of corn . Alburnum . [ L. ] Sap - wood , immediately below the bark ; opposed to heart - wood , or dūrāmen [ L. , hardness ] . Albus liber ...
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... substance being added , in various forms , which exhibit different properties . So , ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen . Phosphorus is a remarkable example ; sulphur also . Alloy . A combination of two or more metals , except when ...
... substance being added , in various forms , which exhibit different properties . So , ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen . Phosphorus is a remarkable example ; sulphur also . Alloy . A combination of two or more metals , except when ...
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... substance , morbid ( ? ) , in the in- testines of the sperm whale ; used as a perfume , and to flavour wine . Ambidextrous . [ L. ambo , both , dextra , the right hand . ] 1. Using the left hand as usefully as the right . 2. Shuffling ...
... substance , morbid ( ? ) , in the in- testines of the sperm whale ; used as a perfume , and to flavour wine . Ambidextrous . [ L. ambo , both , dextra , the right hand . ] 1. Using the left hand as usefully as the right . 2. Shuffling ...
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... substance ( sarcode , protoplasm ) , of no particular shape , but protruding any part as a pseudopŏdĭon , to serve as a hand or a foot , and extemporizing any part as a mouth and digestive cavity . Sub- kingd . Prōtōzōa . Amabean ode ...
... substance ( sarcode , protoplasm ) , of no particular shape , but protruding any part as a pseudopŏdĭon , to serve as a hand or a foot , and extemporizing any part as a mouth and digestive cavity . Sub- kingd . Prōtōzōa . Amabean ode ...
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... substance is resolved into components which are themselves compound ; ultimate , when it is resolved into its elements . Qualitative A. determines the nature , Quantita - 1 . tive A. the amount , of the various ingredients . Volumetric ...
... substance is resolved into components which are themselves compound ; ultimate , when it is resolved into its elements . Qualitative A. determines the nature , Quantita - 1 . tive A. the amount , of the various ingredients . Volumetric ...
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Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool