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A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill.

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.

become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.

The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal.…

An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

Without, or not developing, an allantois.

The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

Without, or not developing, an amnion.

A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.

One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.