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A Nilometer.

See Gun cotton, under Gun.

Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

Cloudy. [R.]

Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. Gray.

The condition of being obdiplostemonous.

The navel.

An instrument for showing visually the changes in a varying current; an oscillograph.

Overscrupulousness.

Having a thick tongue; --applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossæ), including the iguanas and agamas.

Covered with, or bearing, papillæ; resembling papillæ; papillate; papillar; papillary.

Having papulæ; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.

See Parclose.

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. [Written also paraclose and perclose.] Hook.

Resembling a little stake.

The state or quality of being pendulous. Sir T. Browne.

Same as Parclose.

In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid.