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See Homoiothermal.

Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

, and Gray.] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.

, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomoea purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.

See Kitchen middens.

One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.

Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

s, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.

Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.

to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. Shak.

ed mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

guage of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

y inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.

nd plate (a) (above). -- Ground snake (Zoöl.), a small burrowing American snake (Celuta amoena). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail. -- Ground squirrel. (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern s…

ition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.

A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]

Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]