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Divided into twelve parts.

Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.

Consisting of twelves. Arbuthnot.

Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion.

Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.

The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.

A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

One of the Echinodermata.

Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

imal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]

Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.

Of or relating to the ectoderm.

Digging up.

Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.

Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid. [R.]

They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.]

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.