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In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

Having the form of a goat.

Having the form of a caulis.

Like the brain in form or substance.

Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anæsthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.

Resembling cholera.

Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.

Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office.

Club-shaped; clavate. Craig.

Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Spoon-shaped.

Shaped like a little column, or columella.

Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. Bacon.

The state of being conformable.

Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; --usually followed by to.

The quality of being conformable; conformability.

With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.