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Having, or indicating, an equal amount of cloudiness for a given period; as, isonephelic regions; an isonephelic line.

See Jaconet.

One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

n cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. [Written also jacconet.]

A variety of pear which ripens early.

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.

Of or pertaining to Jones. The Jonesian system, a system of transliterating Oriental words by English letters, invented by Sir William Jones.

A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.

An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.

See Curbstone.

One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.

See Keynote.

The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitutio…

Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original United States.

A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.

See Quinone.

See Clinkstone.