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A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.

The quality or state of being ratable.

Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value. Twenty oræ were ratable to [at] two marks of silver. Camden.

; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, curaçao, etc. [Written also ratifia and ratafee.]

See Rattan.

Same as Rhatany.

The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.

The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

See Desideratum.

See Erratum.

A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed. Knight.

A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

A woman in love; a mistress. "The fair inamorata." Sherburne.

A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

A West Indian plant of the Pineapple family (Nidularium Karatas).

A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.

A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.