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jection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. Of necessity, by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or irresistible power; perforce.

of need. A man must needs love mauger his head. Chaucer. And he must needs go through Samaria. John iv. 4. He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies.

icles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidæ. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.

re primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. This method is also known as Pointillism (stippling).

A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.

eed (, a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils.

nd Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria. -- n. (Zoöl.)

from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.

A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

liar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariæ by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.

Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

ous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.

odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.

Shak. I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds. Shak. At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds did fall." Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds." Shak. -- It is odds, it is probable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; f…

An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2

An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.

h music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

As defined (with minor variations) in the statutes of various States of the United States:

some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.…