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Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying b…

Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a l…

Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.

Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.

resembling, or derived from, mannite. Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.

tic acids. (b) (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources.

Intermediate in excellence of any kind. According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly. Milton.

utes b, d, g (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, p, t, k (p, t, k), and the aspiratæ (aspirates) f, th, x (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior.

Intermediate. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

ord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesne process, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill. -- Mesne profits, profits of premises during the time t…

A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate; specif. (Chem.), denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.

A radioactive product intermediate between thorium and radiothorium, with a period of 5.5 years.

changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Tran…

An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.

he paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper.

A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.

Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. Sir J. Davies.

A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.