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Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or full tontine, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the su…

Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.]

Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.

Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.

The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royal antler.

Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.

The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa.

The quality or state of being trusty.

A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

North Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to its extensive production of turpentine.

Not continent; incontinent. Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3).

The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness. Udall.

A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.

Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. Gray.

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

The quality of being witty.

A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrhoea. Called also conessine, and neriine.

The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.