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Anæsthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body.

The Fates. See Fate, 4.

One unprovided with motive power.

One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichætium; perichete.

Of or pertaining to the perichæth.

Same as Perichæth.

Surrounded by setæ; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perichætus).

See Perineum.

Same as Peritoneum.

Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.

Of or pertaining to the Phæacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.

Any plant of the class Phænogamia.

The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.

Same as Phænogamous.

Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.

See Phenomenon.

A brownish zoöspore, characteristic of an order (Phæosporeæ) of dark green or olive-colored algæ. -- Phæ`o*spor"ic, a.

The son of Helios (Phoebus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.…

A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.