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Sphenoid.

Having the form of a spheroid. -- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv. Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the heated su…

Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. -- Su"i*ci`dal*ly, adv.

Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.

Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Same as Surd, a., 3.

by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only. Gibson.

Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.

d by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Longfellow. Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies…

A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] Malcom.

Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.

Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.

Having three feet.

Having three rhombic faces or sides.