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An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.

The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.

West Virginia; -- a nickname.

Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.

Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

st of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.

One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

See Fane. [Obs.] Joye.

Evident; visible. Phanerite series (Geol.), the uppermost part of the earth's crust, consisting of deposits produced by causes in obvious operation.

Same as Acraspeda.

Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to Ant: cryptocrystalline.

Same as Saururæ.

That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

Phanerogamous.

Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.