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Relating to both parents. [R.]

A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.]

om, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.

the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.

A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

mful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.

Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.

t commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.

o be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

ve phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

An alkaloid, , prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num.…