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The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

turally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.…

The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

e point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.

A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.

Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

ostles' creed, a creed of unknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century. -- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the f…

A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi. 16.