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To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. "To novelize history." Sir J. Herschel.

; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.

at which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident. The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. I. Taylor.

A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. -- Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated…

One versed in the history of names. Southey.

The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

One versed in the natural history of serpents.

That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.

The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny. Haeckel.

The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel.

Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc. London Quart. Rev.

That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.

icaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.

That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.

Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

ch Europeans designate religious temples and tower- like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.