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Having curved teeth.

One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

Ending in a point.

To make pointed or sharp.

Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almost tasteless; -- called also tricarbimide.

Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidæ.

ertain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides.

Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.

An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example.

Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zoöl.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base. Cycloidal engine. See Geometric lathe.

An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.

A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.

Having the form of a cyme.