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The entire body of a coelenterate.

The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.

A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. -- Ad`e*nom"a*tous, a.

Pertaining to adenotomy.

Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.

sp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- A`ër*o*drom"ic (#), a.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

A mechanic or mechanician expert in the art and practice of aëronautics.

Of or pert. to aëromechanics.

The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics.

An instrument for ascertaining the weight or density of air and gases.

Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations.

The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

nto a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.