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Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminæ or leaves like mica.

Of the color of minium or red lead; miniate.

To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.

The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.

Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Having a round, full face.

Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.

Having many faces.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.

ertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceæ), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.

A small boat. [Obs.]

y between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.

A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.

Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace. The hooded and the necklaced snake. Sir W. Jones.

ructure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also nucumentaceous.]

See Nucamentaceous.

Ocherous.

A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceæ), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.

Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne.