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Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.

A assister.

A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.

The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic (#), a.

Spontaneous generation.

Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.

The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.] If no basis bear my rising name. Pope.

Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.

The basisphenoid bone.

Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

The investigation of life.

The destruction of life.

Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang, U. S.]

A popular name given to a few species of the genus Careopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.