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Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

(Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

se; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng. Dict.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

-- Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. -- Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay.

To tie; to unite by some tie. Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale.

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. The alloments of God and nature. L'Estrange. A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs. Broome.

The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

Acting by turns; alternate. Milton. Altern base (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.

y, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. Shak.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

ephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also call…

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.