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A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

See Albumose.

Same as Antaphrodisiac.

Same as Antapoplectic.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

Same as Antasthmatic.

Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short.

Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.…

Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.

One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

Old; antique. (Zoöl.)