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The space between two modillions.

See Mandil. Chapman.

Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.

A large medal or memorial coin.

A very great number; an indefinitely large number. Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know. Locke.

One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more. [Written also millionnaire.]

A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. [Humorous] Holmes.

Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits. Pinker

Multiplied by millions; innumerable. [Obs.] Shak.

Millionaire.

Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; being one of a million.

The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.

Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceæ) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.

The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.