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Oxytone.

The posterior nares. See Nares.

The ketone of palmitic acid.

Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.

A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; - - said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

Pisolite.

A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone." Marlowe.

A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity.

Same as Valylene.

rtions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.

To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.

A substance related to peptone.

The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.

Same as Peritoneum.

Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.