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The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.

first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth. Tudor style (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a profusion of paneling on the walls.

Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden.

; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.

Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.

Having a single center of growth. Unicentral development, that form of development which takes place primarily around a single central point, as in the lowest of unicellular organisms.

se; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

ferent tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.

Developing too early; premature. Sir P. Sidney.

The process or result of growing up; progress; development. The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green.

An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.

The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.

ctenophore (Cestum Veneris) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust. in Appendix. -- Venus's hair (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches. -- Venus's hair stone (Min.), quart…

Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.

Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.

The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion. "Virility of visage." Holland.

Developed in manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable. [Obs.] Being not of ripe years, not viripotent. Holinshed.

lk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.

A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.