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Tessellation :: Tessellation (n.) The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed..

Portland Stone :: Portland stone () A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building..

Lamellarly :: Lamellarly (adv.) In thin plates or scales.

Dumb-bell :: Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise..

Blunderhead :: Blunderhead (n.) A stupid, blundering fellow..

Companionable :: Companionable (a.) Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.

Linden :: Linden (n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe..

Bellows Fish :: Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish..

Miscellanies :: Miscellanies (pl. ) of Miscellan.

Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Herald :: Herald (v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in..

Monad :: Monad (n.) One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera..

Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.

Blatherskite :: Blatherskite (n.) A blustering, talkative fellow..

Budget :: Budget (n.) The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries..

Stasmia :: Starwort (n.) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed..

Divine :: Divine (a.) Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies..

Illtreat :: Illtreat (v. t.) To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

Gelsemine :: Gelsemine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia..

Turbinated :: Turbinated (a.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.

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