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rted matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.

ds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. -- Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. -- Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. -- Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved w…

R.] God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. Bentley.

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to Ant: egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain. -- Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.

To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

Beneath. [Scot.]

obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

ed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.

A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.

-- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot t…

Distorted vision, in which straight lines appear bent.

A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a.

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison.

To bend forward. [R.] Owen.

The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.