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Haematexylin :: Haematexylin (n.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin..

Propitiatory :: Propitiatory (n.) The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

Orator :: Orator (n.) An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator..

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Cabrilla :: Cabrilla (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon..

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.

Burion :: Burion (n.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.

Heterogenesis :: Heterogenesis (n.) Spontaneous generation, so called..

Furzeling :: Furzeling (n.) An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler..

Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente

Bumblebee :: Bumblebee (n.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound..

Teosinte :: Teosinte (n.) A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass..

Cranberry :: Cranberry (n.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it..

Sisal Hemp :: Sisal hemp () The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp..

Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..

Samoan :: Samoan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants..

Pharmacognosis :: Pharmacognosis (n.) That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy..

Brand Goose :: Brand goose () A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

Plagiostomi :: Plagiostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata.

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.

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