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The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.

A herbalist.

A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.

Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

A native or one of the people of Hungary. Hungarian grass. See Italian millet, under Millet.

Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.

Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

ect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Inralapsarians.

The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.

Not given to variation or change; unalterable; unchangeable; always uniform. Physical laws which are invariable. I. Taylor. -- In*va"ri*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*va"ri*a*bly, adv.

The property of remaining invariable under prescribed or implied conditions. J. J. Sylvester.

An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester.

Of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. Burke.

See Calendarial.

Of or pertaining to the Kolarians.

A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.