Definition of indirect

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Indirect (a.) Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road..

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Oxanillamide :: Oxanillamide (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide..
Heterogamy :: Heterogamy (n.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
Apagogical :: Apagogical (a.) Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary..
Bye :: Bye (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication..
Backhandedness :: Backhandedness (n.) State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
Circumambage :: Circumambage (n.) A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness.
Subibfer :: Subinduce (v. t.) To insinuate; to offer indirectly.
Tax :: Tax (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride..
Trimethylene :: Trimethylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons..
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
Circuitous :: Circuitous (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end..
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
Show :: Show (v. t.) To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers)..
Subalmoner :: Subaid (v. t.) To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly..
Circle :: Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
Phenose :: Phenose (n.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose..
Karyokinesis :: Karyokinesis (n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell..
Retistene :: Retistene (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
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