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Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.

Color blindness; achromatopsy.

Cockfighting.

Cockfighting.

Alexipharmic. [Obs.]

A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel.

A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast. Andrews.

A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.

cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Having, or marked with, two spots.

A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes.

See Climacteric, n.

Relating to a climacteric; critical.

See Climacteric. Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.