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Having the form of liber, or resembling liber. Libriform cells, peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick- walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.

plant of the genus Hyacinthus. -- Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish. -- Lily of the valley (Bot.), a low perennial herb (Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding, fragrant, white flowers. -- Lily pad, the large floating leaf of the water lily.…

an province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.

The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.

d is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whe…

A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

. A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

xia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.

The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.

A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.

omyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.

The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.

oids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.

A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.

A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.

Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.