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A combining form from Gr. few, little, small.

A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Bacon.

The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs.

Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

A combining form fr. Gr.

A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.

of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.

A combining form of Gr. a bone.

A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear.

A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consisting of the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder of explosive charge, as of gas and air; second stroke, compression, ignition, and explosion of this charge; third stroke (the working stroke), expansion of the gases; fourth stroke, expulsion…

The utmost or last extremity. Combat à outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death.

also certain plant of the Buckwheat family. Oxalic acid (Chem.), a dibasic acid, existing combined in oxalis as an acid potassium oxalate, and in many plant tissues as the calcium oxalate. It is prepared on a large scale, by the action of fused caustic soda or potash on sawdust, as a white crystalline substance, which…

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically:

An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

ting, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related.

To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).