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n hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. Dryden.

An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperature of 14-30º C. (58-86º F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.

One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.

The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.

To evaporate from living cells.

A lasso cell.

The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. -- Trich`o*gyn"ic, a.

The special cell in red algæ which produces or bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne.

Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart.

The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.

Having the form of a tube; tubeform. "Tubiform cells." Carpenter.

osed in a membrane called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the neighboring cellular substance. -- Fatty tumor. See under Fatty. -- Innocent tumor, or Benign tumor, one which does not of itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur after extirpation. -- Malignant tumor, a tumor which tends…

s mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.

Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.

An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale.

n; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house. Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into wells under water, will keep long. Bacon. Be gathered now, ye waters under heaven, Into one place. Milton.

The basement or cellar.

Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.

Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.