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A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

In an articular or an articulate manner.

Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.

The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Without columns or pilasters. Weale.

A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli.

Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot.

A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton…

Relating to a hall.

Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.

A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

In an auricular manner.

A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.

See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.

aining to an uncle. In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way. I. Taylor.

Axillary.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.