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The quality or state of being isostemonous.

An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.

elonging of the mediæval religious orders called Hermits of St. Jerome. [Written also Hieronymite.]

The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.

The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

See Luny.

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.

If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. )

See Metronymic.

An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

Used by way of metonymy. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv.

A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.

The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.

Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. W. Irving.

Of or pertaining to the moon. Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.

Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.

dical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.