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Somnipathy.

The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

plished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. "As foul as Vulcan's stithy." Shak.

Having strength; strong. [Obs.]

See Stithy.

Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. "A swarthy Ethiope." Shak. Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. Addison.

but other sight instead -- a crowd Of ugly serpents! Horror on them fell, And horrid sympathy. Milton.

The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. -- Tel`e*path"ic, a. -- Te*lep"a*thist, n.

A tunicate.

A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.

A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

Capacity for religious affections or worship.

A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.

Toothed; with teeth. [R] Croxall.

A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.