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Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.

Like or related to man; human. [R.] Owen.

The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

To bend forward. [R.] Owen.

in a wall. An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin. The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen.

r advancing near. "The approach of summer." Horsley. A nearer approach to the human type. Owen.

The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise. Owen.

Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen. Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.

a universal affirmative. Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. Bowen.

Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.

he exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. R. Owen. Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Centripetal impression (Physiol.…

Mutual adaption. R. Owen.

Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.

To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen.

Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.

chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

ere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.