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ed, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

One who elopes.

horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

See Oryx.

latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents. push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine. push the en…

A genus of curassows, including the guans.

See Water buck.

Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.

Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).

two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.