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Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

Same as Glyphography.

A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.

Of or pertaining to galvanography.

The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.

Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.

A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

Same as Ontogeny.

The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

One who writes on the subject of hymns.

The art or act of composing hymns.

Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep. De Watteville.

Of or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.

A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

A maker of images. Fairholt.

Of or pertaining to iconography.

ges; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.