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A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

One of the Echinodermata.

Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

nimal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]

Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

To clear of knots; to make clear. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser.

A lymphatic gland.

One of the Monodelphia.

The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.

An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

A cathode. [R.]

A staminodium.

Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.

Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.

A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.