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A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.

One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.

Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

(Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

Caryatids.

Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

Caryophyllaceous.

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

Having the fruit covered with spines.

Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus.

One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.

Shaped like or resembling a mite.

Having no carpels.

Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

A genus including many species of small mites.

Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.

A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.