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Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl.

A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).

A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Having little knots or lumps.

The top of the head; the head or noll. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Nutlet.

Wealth; riches; affluence. Swift

See Opulence. Shak.

Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent; as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen. -- Op"u*lent*ly, adv. I will piece Her opulent throne with kingdoms. Shak.

A small or petty work.

One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense. Huxley.

One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney.

The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.

, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.

See Palulus or Palus.

Same as Papula.

A pedicel.