Search the Dictionary

A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.

Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. Laurentian period (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions of the Archæan age; -- called also the Laurentian.

he name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.

of Lose. Chaucer.

Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases. Bache.

Having a large brain.

Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] Jamieson.

A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.

The state or quality of being mature; maturity.

The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.

Having a small brain.

To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

Having but a single stone or kernel.

Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.

Greatness. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Like or pertaining to the genus Muræna, or family Murænidæ.

One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.