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Named or quoted before.

Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour.

Allotropic property or nature.

Analcime.

The state or quality of being English.

A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.

The state or quality of being apostolical.

Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.

Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.

Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope.

Craftiness; astuteness. [R.] Carlyle.

Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. The atrocities which attend a victory. Macaulay.

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

The quality or state of being a base.