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The Chinese paper parasol.

An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.

g from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession (Astron.), that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon. -- Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the new a…

A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff. marchpane.

Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.

A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

t of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.

Same as Thomsonite.

A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.

A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] Kepler. Hutton.

Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment. G. H. Lewes.

An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.

Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct.

The study of young birds.

Failure of solution or explanation.

Inability to pay debts; insolvency.

Not solvent; insolvent.

Of or pertaining to nosology.

One versed in nosology.

A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.