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Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

A native of Arabia; an Arab.

A native or natives of Aracan.

A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.

A native of Aram.

A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

gas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.

A native of Armorica.

A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356º Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenticum of the ancients. The element and its compounds…

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

A native, or one of the people, of Asia.

A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosæ. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found als…

A native or natives of Assam.

e unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. The god assumed his native form again. Pope.