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Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

ion of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

ogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positive…

Destitute of flowers; flowerless.

An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.

A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- n.

Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*o"cism, -di*e"cism (#), n.

The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.

A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]