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e arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

The formation of starch.

Forming starch; -- applied specif. to leucoplasts.

A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.

Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster.

Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

Starch-forming; amylogenic.

One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force…

The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.