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Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.

Having, or consisting of, many grains.

One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense. Huxley.

Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. "Penannular relics." D. Wilson.

The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.

Same as Penult.

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.

Same as Pinnule.

Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnæ.

Having pinnules.

er organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.

One of the sights of an astrolabe. [Obs.]

In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with ga…

Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult.

Same as Pulvillus.

A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophoræ of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Having, or characterized by, retinul

al oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil. [Written also saponule.] [Obs.]