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The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.

See Supra-esophagal.

arts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.

A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond w…

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.

Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.

See Hara-kiri.

A crystallized substance of the composition C4I4NH, technically tetra-iodo-pyrrol, used like iodoform.

figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere. -- Ker`au-nog"ra-phy, n.

Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.

iety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.

Same as Hara-kiri. Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis.

Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. -- n.

le. -- Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea. -- Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See Cereus. -- Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus. Thistle bird (Zoöl.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles…