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Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.

Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria.

Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.

Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

Bearing or containing chyme.

An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.

The bark of any species of cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.

Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water. "The wide cisterns of the lakes." Blackmore.

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

Containing, or covered with, cities. [R.] "The citied earth." Keats.

A small village containing a church. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott Sitting at the clachon alehouse. R. L. Stevenson.

A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

e of alumunium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.