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See under Lace.

Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. Kirby. Ampullaceous sac (Zoöl.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.

Akin to, or derived from, the almond.

Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

Same as Anlace.

A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]

Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Mammals which have no placenta.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]

The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace of valor." Burns.

A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.

The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

A retired or private place.

consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.