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Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.

One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

Failure or lack of development.

A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.

One afflicted with nyctalopia.

Same as Nyctalopia.

A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

An optical glass that is convex on both sides. [Obs.] Hutton.

The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.

An excursion. [Obs.] Florio.

To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.),

An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

A parallelopiped. Hutton.

A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.

Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece. -- n.

A genus of curassows, including the guans.

Art of modeling in cork.

A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. [Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]

Fond of polemics or controversy. [R.]