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The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.

The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.

The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.

d specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, an acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series.

s united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a diffe…

Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

thy throne. Ps. ixxxix. 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them. Shak.

just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of ac…

Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. "Manners so kind, yet stately." Tennyson.

The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words. In kind a father, but not in kindliness. Sackville.

The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

hile sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the right. The third acid, ethylene lactic acid, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically inactive. -- Lactic ferment, an organized ferment (Bacterium lacticum or lactis), which produces lactic fermentation, decomposing the sugar of…

or heaviness; as, a languid day. Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. W. Black.

ind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days. [Colloq.]

Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic] Shak.

The quality of being legible; legibleness. Sir. D. Brewster.

The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor. His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.