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INEXPLOSIVE a.
Not explosive.
INTERCLOSE v.
To shut in; to inclose. [Obs.]
KILOSTERE n.
A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.
LAEVULOSE n.
See Levulose.
LAMELLOSE a.
Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.
LEVULOSAN n.
An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
LEVULOSE n.
g widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left. [Written also lævulose.]C6H12O6.
LOCULOSE; LOCULOUS a.
Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.
MACROGLOSSIA n.
Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
MACULOSE a.
Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.
MEGALOSAUR; MEGALOSAURUS n.
A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.
MOLLIPILOSE a.
Having soft hairs; downy.
MOLOSSE n.
See Molossus.
MOLOSSES n.
Molasses. [Obs.]
MOLOSSINE n.
A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.
MOLOSSUS n.
A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]
MUSCULOSITY n.
The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity. [Obs.]
MUSCULOSPIRAL a.
Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.
NEBULOSE a.
Nebulous; cloudy. Derham.
NEBULOSITY n. 3 definitions
tate or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity ... of the mother idiom. I. Disraeli.
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