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A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.

n in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different orig…

c doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine. Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James adored. Smollett.

nce; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

r pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

ica. African hemp, a fiber prerared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India. -- African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a Uni…

Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

h gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. "Airy fame." Shak. Empty sound, and airy notions. Roscommon.