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A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

ation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. Addison.

Distorted; crabbed.

Hematin.

A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.

A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.

Same as Hæmachrome.

A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.

Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]

The state of being illegitimate. Blackstone.

; pure. Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. Denham. Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. Shak. Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. -- Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv. -- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.…

The state of being an inmate. [R.] Craig.

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Jamaicine.

Same as Caimacam.