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One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different pos…

- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matt…

s heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole united armament of Greece." Glover.

to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. -- Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a comm…

One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.

In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick. Knight.

iety, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said…

To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. Dryden.

, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. -- Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. -- Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by th…

A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.