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Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow.

A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.

The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor.

An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.

One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. [Written also macrodactyle.]

Having long toes.

The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.

A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.

A macrodont animal.

See Megafarad. [R.]

Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

Long-jawed. Huxley.

A picture of an object as seen by the naked eye (that is, unmagnified); as, a macrograph of a metallic fracture.

Examination or study with the naked eye, as distinguished from micrography.

Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.

An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.

A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; e, in seam, etc.

Having long or large petals.

Having long or large leaves.