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The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.

A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

obalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. -- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia.…

Agglutinant. -- n.

Relating to a comet.

Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Pertaining to communalism.

Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories.

A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation…

Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." Thackeray.

Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages." Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.

embly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe.

One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.

Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n.

n and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so i…

sting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.