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n the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.

th a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

se of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

tted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

uage, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.

a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

titude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic (#), a.…

eter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

r, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder.

e use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Diametrically opposite. His antipodal shadow." Lowell.

Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.

The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed. Geo. Eliot.

One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

hey sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.…

or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

rmerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Specifically (Anat.),