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The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

The thin inner coat of certain spores.

A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

der; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather. Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden.

Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

o settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage. Allowing them to entail their estates. Hume. I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak.

derstandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.

Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic sca…

Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.

A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.

The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.

The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

s at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

pse. -- Equations of condition (Math.), equations formed for deducing the true values of certain quantities from others on which they depend, when different sets of the latter, as given by observation, would yield different values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than…

Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. "How equivocal a test." Burke. Equivocal chord (Mus.), a chord which can be resolved into several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh…

Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.

Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.