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A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral.

Capable of being seized.

A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.

A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.

Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.

A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.

A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.

Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.

The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.

Half Christianized.

Designating an internal-combustion engine of a type resembling the Diesel engine in using as fuel heavy oil which is injected in a spray just before the end of the compression stroke and is fired without electrical ignition. The fuel is sprayed into an iron box (called a hot bulb or hot pot) opening into the combustion…

Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.

The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.

Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150- 1250.

Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in sensation and volition. Dunglison.

A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.

hat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.

Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.