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Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.

Having equal moments of inertia.

Of or pertaining to excrement.

Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.

By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.

Fermentative. [Obs.]

Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden.

Fragmentary.

Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom. The fundamental reasons of this war. Shak. Some fundamental antithesis in nature. Whewell. Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the…

originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

e hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.

Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.

Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes. -- n.

A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

Affording no aliment or nourishment. [Obs.] Bacon.

appening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rog…