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tence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

djunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

Not changed in form by inversion. Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics. -- Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.

Without, or not developing, an allantois.

The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

ynthetic. Analytical or coördinate geometry. See under Geometry. -- Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of…

bstance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.

Without, or not developing, an amnion.

An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

Containing no angle. [R.]

The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]

Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.

One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.