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Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.

Same as Rugosa.

Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.

e division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Adorned; decorated. [Obs.] Milton.

By adorning; decoratively.

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

Same as Alcoranic.

Same as Alcoranist.

A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC…

le leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.…

The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

n entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.