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Nowed :: Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent..

Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..

Pentagonous :: Pentagonous (a.) Pentagonal.

Ophidian :: Ophidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.

Pentacrinoid :: Pentacrinoid (n.) An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus..

Pentagraphic :: Pentagraphic (a.) Alt. of Pentagraphica.

Abietine :: Abietine (n.) A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether..

Resipiscence :: Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance..

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Repented :: Repented (imp. & p. p.) of Repen.

Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Otaheite Apple :: Otaheite apple () The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

Quincuncial :: Quincuncial () Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation..

Pentatomic :: Pentatomic (a.) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.

Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..

Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..

Elapine :: Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia..

Torpent :: Torpent (a.) Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.

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