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A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society.

ce of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.

The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.

The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:

The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition. What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means Coleridge.

To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc. This original and supreme will organizes the…

A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs.

idered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey.

To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves. A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry. E. S. Dana.

A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear.

the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, bu…

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.

sult was the establishment of the Bureau of American Republics for the promotion of trade relations.

A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

lve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.

ostles'feet. Acts v. 2. Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. Tennyson.

e French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. -- Silent partnership, the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only.