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Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied

Hepatogenous :: Hepatogenous (a.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice..

Epipleural :: Epipleural (a.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.

Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..

Uprising :: Uprising (n.) Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent..

Rising :: Rising (prep.) More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age..

Psoas :: Psoas (n.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebrae and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas..

Cauliculus :: Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian..

Aura :: Aura (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics..

Emprising :: Emprising (v. t.) Full of daring; adventurous.

Thecosomata :: Thecosomata (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.

Bank :: Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow..

Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.

Creep :: Creep (n.) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground..

Heterosomati :: Heterosomati (n. pl.) An order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. Called also Heterosomata, Heterosomi..

Schizonemertea :: Schizonemertea (n. pl.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

Thaliacea :: Thaliacea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum..

Arising :: Arising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aris.

Ennui :: Ennui (n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium..

Welter :: Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest..

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