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A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.

Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc. Max Müller.

Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.

A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.

Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. "Penitentiary houses." Blackstone.

te pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide.

Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era. -- n.

A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.

sm to a well-developed and much- branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. -- Phy`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.…

gether; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.

The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.

d. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.]

The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham.

A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.

ship or occupancy; to provide or furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or information. (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry. -- To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy. -- Writ of possession (Law), a precept directing…

Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.