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Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

Adminicular.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

Alveolar. [R.]

Resembling an ampulla.

. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

Relating to, or situated at, the base.

See Boilery.

A collection of papal bulls.

Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill.

Of or pertaining to calculi.

e; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. "Capitulary acts." Warton.

Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsula; hollow and fibrous. Capsular ligament (Anat.), a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton.