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Want of adaptation; unsuitableness.

Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- In*apt"ly, adv. -- In*apt"ness, n.

Want of aptitude.

An intervening or inserted chapter.

A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.

Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.

ds having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.

A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.

The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes. -- Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al, a.

Pedobaptism.

A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.

The baptism of infants or of small children. [Written also pædobaptism.]

One who advocates or practices infant baptism. [Written also pædobaptist.]

A noun having five cases.

A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.

n against disease or mischief; an amulet. Coleridge. Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak.

Capture of fishes, as by angling. [R.] W. H. Russell.

A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fall…

Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser.