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Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.

Oregon; -- a nickname.

Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.

Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

Tennessee; -- a nickname.

The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

Vital statistics.

Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Having two punctures, or spots.

Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

With two partitions or septa. Gray.

Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.

The State of Delaware; -- a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of…

The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.

A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4º - 10º C. (39º - 50ºF.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet.

hat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

A singing. [Obs.] Blount.

Caontaining cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.]

A female professional singer.