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The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley.

A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

hill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. -- Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called f…

Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. T. Arnold. A"gu*ish*ness, n.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.

A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

gulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat. -- Alkali albumin, albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also albuminate.

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

Producing albumin.

f this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

Producing cold.

An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

umus, forming a dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.

inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.