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One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

o the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations. -- Phar`ma*ceu"tic*al*ly, adv. Pharmaceutical chemistry, that department of chemistry which ascertains or regulates the composition of medicinal substances.

The science of preparing medicines.

One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.

A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, used in medicine principally as an antipyretic.

Any species of Phoca; a seal.

Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow.

s or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceæ) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.

Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.

ay, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused se…

To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.

Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.

A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.

In the appointed place. [Obs.]

Having no place or office.

One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.