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proper; fit; adequate. [R.] An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an idoneous person. Ayliffe.

A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.

Not having scales. -- n.

Containing, or derived from, amidogen. Amido acid, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid. -- Amido group, amidogen, NH2.

om the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

Of the nature of an annelid.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

r of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv.

Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell.

The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Divided into a hundred parts.