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Pulmonata :: Pulmonata (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis..

Elixir :: Elixir (n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

Trinitarian :: Trinitarian (n.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans..

Anthelix :: Anthelix (n.) Same as Antihelix.

Paregoric :: Paregoric (a.) Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir..

Arcanum :: Arcanum (n.) A secret remedy; an elixir.

Helix :: Helix (n.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane..

Elix :: Elix (v. t.) To extract.

Spirillum :: Spirifer (n.) Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side..

Elixir :: Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix..

Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale..

Helix :: Helix (n.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.

Helix :: Helix (n.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species..

Helical :: Helical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring..

Elixation :: Elixation (n.) A seething; digestion.

Antihelix :: Antihelix (n.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear..

Helicin :: Helicin (n.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.).

Helix :: Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

Elixate :: Elixate (v. t.) To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething..

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