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pace, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.

de up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.

rom its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.

A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

y distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.

small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.

ent under the seal of England. -- Letter-sheet envelope, a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope. -- Letters testamentary (Law), an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizi…

dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid. (CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH. L-leucine, the natural form, is present in most proteins.…

s one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of hone, connective tissue, etc.

An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.

elites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother. The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford.

A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.

ribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given…

A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous, a.

The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

ht of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

Good fortune; favorable issue or event. Locke.

bstance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

agulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.