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Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ly, adv. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ness, n.

Performing with speed. [Obs.] Bacon.

The extrastapedial part of columella.

Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

One of the Fissipedia.

Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]

including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Shaped like a globe.

Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

Hastate.

Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.] All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.

Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.] When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson.

Impregnated with hops.

Having a hump, as the back.

The apparent resistance in an electric circuit to the flow of an alternating current, analogous to the actual electrical resistance to a direct current, being the ratio of electromotive force to the current. It is equal to R2 + X2, where R = ohmic resistance, X = reactance. For an inductive circuit, X = 2pfL, where f =…

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.

Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer. Taylor.