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A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa.

Allegation. [Obs.] With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson.

omething indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

nly on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

A chaplain.

To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.

esh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak.

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.

Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood.

a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized…

To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.] Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser.

figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale.

A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.