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holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb. -- Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.

The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.

The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. "When they had ordained them elders in every church." Acts xiv. 23.

Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.

ipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dog…

Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.…

Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.

Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusæ.

A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.

Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.

Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

ore dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.

The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychæta.

aining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid. Citric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, C3H4OH.(CO2H)3, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberies, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.

A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.