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One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone. Tyndall.

ries of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

r designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.

A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

A palatal letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Jones.

Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. -- Pal`a*ti*za"tion, n. J. Peile.

skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. -- n.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

. -- Partial fractions (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction. -- Partial tones (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, Tone.…

r including a passing tone. -- Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

fractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

A rammer for driving paving stones.