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Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.

pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.

Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.

A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.

A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only. Gibson.

Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.

Of or pertaining to a uropod.

Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

Apodal.

Apodal; apod.

An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale.

Starch, Granulose, Lignin. Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.

, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top wid…

ctive tissue of a pistil. The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).

Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey.

An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elæolite, and sodalite.

The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.

Internodal. [R.]

lender and relatively thick- walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.