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Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

ations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. Shak.

The supreme or highest good, -- referring to the object of human life.

A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

An acid phosphate. Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H2PO4)2, which is soluble and therefore available for the…

Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post- temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

tuated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.

Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. -- n.

Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. -- n.

A making sure; surety. [Obs.] Every surement and every bond. Chaucer.

er's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15.

g which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.

The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

, the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more lon…

The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.

Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. -- n.