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psules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.]

Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot.

ritten; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift.

ase; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

An animal having feet that are not apparent.

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.

Not transmitting the actinic rays.

Not pervious to heat.

Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.

t with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needfu…

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

joined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

ing on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.