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A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

cklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.

A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

e of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.

or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.

A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

bs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

under Facial. -- Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure. -- Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. -- Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. -- Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90º. -- Optic angle. See under…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

In the night time; at night. [Archaic] Does he hawk anights still Marston.

the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.

To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.