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be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to thei…

Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton.

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.

ssues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.

The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.

Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. -- Arbitrary quantity (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure…

A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. Warburton.

A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

e district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

s which now meet. Macaulay. Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South.

The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

Division into areolæ. Dana.

To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart…