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A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoöphoron.

Capable of being proved; demonstrable. -- Prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Prov"a*bly, adv.

Provender or food. [Obs.] One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. Beau. & Fl.

d for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor provant rapier." B. Jonson.

The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium, analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.

Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.

One who, or that which, renovates. Foster.

Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.

Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.

The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.

Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.

A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.

Half oval.

Half ovate.

A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anæsthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing anæsthesia below the point of introduction.