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Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- n.

The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic, a.

Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

Standing before a petal, as a stamen.

Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.

Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.] All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev.

A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

The quality of standing apart.

n his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidæ, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.