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Petaliform :: Petaliform (a.) Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.

Al- :: Al- (A prefix.) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry..

Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..

Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Spatangoidea :: Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side..

Thallene :: Thallene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..

Carnal-minded :: Carnal-minded (a.) Worldly-minded.

Carnal-mindedness :: Carnal-mindedness (n.) Grossness of mind.

Inequilateral :: Inequilateral (a.) Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.

Myrtle :: Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used i

Corallin :: Corallin (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic..

Al-phitomancy :: Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.

Costal-nerved :: Costal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

Cenation :: Cenation (n.) Meal-taking; dining or supping.

Seal-brown :: Seal-brown (a.) Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed..

Shafiite :: Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei..

Meal-mouthed :: Meal-mouthed (a.) See Mealy-mouthed.

Weal-balanced :: Weal-balanced (a.) Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.

Basal-nerved :: Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

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