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Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence. That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton.

The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.…

A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.]

A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.

but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.

Gullibility. [R.] Swift.

The state of being culpable.

The state of being curable; curableness.

The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Obs.] Bacon.

A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from

A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

Relating to stone in the bladder.

An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.

The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More.

A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.