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Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.

Of or pertaining to Judea. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.

Nematoid.

Orchidaceous.

Of or relating to the god Pan. Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes.…

Pholad.

Proboscidian.

Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.

Sotadic.

A starfish, or brittle star.

An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. Ayliffe.

Office or rank of subdean.

Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.

Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

Andean; as, Andine flora.

Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.

hop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.

Extemporary; offhand. [R.] Dean Martin.