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Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Abounding in monsters. [R.] Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton.

A slatternly, untidy woman. Halliwell.

fic infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

pecies of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidæ. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europ…

which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Harvey.

To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of. [Prov. Eng.; Colloq. U.S.]

Neat; tidy; spruce. [Colloq.] -- Nat"ti*ly, adv. -- Nat"ti*ness, n.

Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.

Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.

Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. Law.

In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.

n bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocæla.

kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of popularity against him -- the nepotism of his order. Milman.

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters. Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. Pope. And to taste Think not I shall be nice. Milton.

Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. "Foul breath is noisome." Shak. -- Noi"some*ly, adv. -- Noi"some*ness, n.

News; fresh tidings. [Obs.] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer.

A shortened form of of or on. "At the turning o' the tide." Shak.

Of or pertaining to the Octodontidæ, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.