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Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the pestilential vapors." Longfellow.

Pestilently.

Pestilential. [Obs.]

In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above all measure pestilently noisome." Dr. H. More.

The quality of being pestilent.

Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.

Woven; plaited. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons.

One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.

Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.

of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.

Same as Quadrate.

The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72º. Hutton.

Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices. There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke. And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.

Apable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.

A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brooklite.

Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.

Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.