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Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives. The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. Grote.

Making or producing myths or mythical tales.

Malacopoda.

Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of certain air-breathing Mollusca.

An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.

An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children.

The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

The art of correct articulation; voice training.

A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.

An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.

The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances.

An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

One of the Orthoptera.

Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.

A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion. Smart.

A shop where prints are sold.

Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.