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The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).

A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.

Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]

A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

Same as Hemothorax.

A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. Gives not the hawthorn b…

Hawthorn. R. Scot.

Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.

An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

Wormlike; vermiform.

Of or pertaining to helminthology.

One versed in helminthology.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

Same as Monoclinic.

An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.