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Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.

Destructive of bacteria.

Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

Unreal; illusory. "A sort of Barmecidal feast." Hood.

Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

,n.Beheading. [Modern]

Having, or terminating in, two tails.

An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]

Having two feet; biped.

Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.

Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

ning to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. Caudal fin (Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.

Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glue…

Of or pertaining to a chord.