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Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. [R.] Shak.

The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogæa); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.

The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.

Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.

rtaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

ne of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis. "Three persons and one God." Bk. of Com. Prayer.

s and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous. "Excess of outward and pharisaical holiness. " Bacon. "Pharisaical ostentation." Macaulay. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phar`i*sa"ic*al*ness, n.

Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners. "A piece of pharisaism." Hammond.

A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.

A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained. [Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. Chaucer. We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our school. Locke.

The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.

In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.

The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid.

The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl.

The peanut (Arachis hypogæa); -- so called in the West Indies.

A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel.