(n.) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.

(n.) Good form; style.

(a.) Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.

(n.) Alt. of Bank

(n.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

(n.) A flat round plate

(n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

(n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

(a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

(n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.

(n.) The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.

(n.) Same as Torque, 1.

(a.) Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid.

(a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

(n.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold.

(n.) A public or state treasury.

(n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.

(v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

(a.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

(a.) Of or pertaining to od. See Od.

(a.) Alt. of Laical

(n.) A layman.