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A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniæ, or sons of unmarried women.

the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.

Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as, parthenogenetic forms. -- Par`the*no*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Parthenogenetic.

Same as Parthenogenesis.

A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.

One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.

The hen or female peafowl.

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, used in medicine principally as an antipyretic.

A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.

A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be…

An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic. It resembles phenacetin in its therapeutic action.

A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.

A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.

Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.

Benzene. [Obs.]

The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C6H5.O.C2H5.