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onmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.

An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted.

See under Membrane. -- Mucous patches (Med.), elevated patches found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and anus, usually due to syphilis. -- Mucous tissue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomat…

A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.

any differing parts; manifold. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More.

Having several or many planes or plane surfaces; as, a multiplane kite.

Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.

me filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity. The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden.

The worship of the dead; manes worship. H. Spenser.

In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Eu…

ng to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic.

A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor.

y to two muscles of the eyeball. -- Oblique narration. See Oblique speech. -- Oblique planes (Dialing), planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon. -- Oblique sailing (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with…

One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes.

ed cast iron is converted into steel by the addition of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called the Siemens-Martin process, from the inventors. -- Open-hearth steel, steel made by an open-hearth process; -- also called Siemens-Martin steel. -- Open ne…

An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea ha…

A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.

ace; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.