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The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.

An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.

Same as Euthanasia.

Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called. Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.

A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.

The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.

Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin. Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin.

he urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt.

A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

A midwife. [Recent] Dunglison.

The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley.

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.

An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons.