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Forming starch; -- applied specif. to leucoplasts.

Starch-forming; amylogenic.

. -- Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. -- Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an…

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. Swift.

lation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

Having small appendages; forming an appendage. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.

serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every…

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.