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(Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

Caryatids.

Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet- shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.

A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xyl…

See under Cartridge.

Divided into a hundred parts.

Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

Shaped like the head. Craing.

Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n.

A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See…

One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididæ. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.

One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidæ), having four small or rudimentary legs.

A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.