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e side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

he state of having advanced money on account; as, A is advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.

A compound of nitrogen and boro

tance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, t…

(Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.…

A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

tion has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

rrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following…

he organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.

A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

y; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. Macaulay.