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g to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.

Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. "The true peripatetic school." Howell.

The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev.

imate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton.

The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.

The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.

That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy. [R.]

The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws. "Physical philosophy." Pope.

cy of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion. Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science. Huxley.

Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.

magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

ogy, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.

body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax. -- Pill bug (Zoöl.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.

A decree or determination; a dictum. [Obs.] "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.

overed by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.

Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. "Plain yet pious Christians." Hammond. "The plain people." A. Lincoln.

cutter, or Plantain eater (Zoöl.), any one of several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or family Musophagidæ, especially Musophaga violacea. See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos. -- Plantain squirrel (Zoöl.), a Java squirrel (Sciurus plantani) which feeds upon plantains. -- Plantain tree (Bot.), the…

Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.