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Of or pertaining to hypothenuse. [R.]

Same as Hypotenuse.

To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.

A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.

The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.

One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.

Having a typically large size; belonging to the megasthenes.

A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.

See Methylene.

The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.

One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.

Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes.

Full of moths. [Obs.] Fulke.

A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.

A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum.

The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.

A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniæ, or sons of unmarried women.

The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.…