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The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. [Written also ilion, and ileum.]

See Cilia.

The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.

The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.

An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda.

dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke. Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.

e progress or advance. A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore. Dennham. Westward the course of empire takes its way. Berkeley.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily.

A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata.

all intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written also ileon, and ilium.]

Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.

A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

Pertaining to the ilium; iliac.

A combining form used in anatomy to denote connection with, or relation to, the ilium; as, ilio-femoral, ilio-lumbar, ilio-psoas, etc.

Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians. -- Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.…

A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.

A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.