(pl. ) of Abacus

(pl. ) of Animus

(n.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

(a.) Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

(pl. ) of Cippus

(n. pl.) See Cirrus.

(pl. ) of Cirrus

(n.) A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

(pl. ) of Scudo

(n.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

(n.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.

(pl. ) of Coccus

(n.) A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum

(pl. ) of Navus

(pl. ) of Soldo

(n.) See Sufi.

(n.) pl. of Radius.

(pl. ) of Radius

(n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

(n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

(n.) Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.

() A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

(pl. ) of Byssus

(pl. ) of Cactus

(pl. ) of Saccus

(pl. ) of Discus

(n.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.

() As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.

(pl. ) of Cello

(pl. ) of Cercus

(n.) Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.

(n.) pl. of Tarsus.

(pl. ) of Tarsus

(pl. ) of Acarus

(pl. ) of Rectus

(n.) The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.

(n.) Same as Salmis.

(n.) A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.

(pl. ) of Carpus

(n.) A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.

(n.) A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.

(pl. ) of Tophus

(pl. ) of Torso

(n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.

(n. pl.) All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together.

(n.) See Curare.

(n.) See Curare.

(pl. ) of Nimbus

(n.) Alt. of Spahee

(n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.

(n.pl.) The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.

(n.pl.) Records or registers of important events.

(pl. ) of Genius

(n. pl.) See Fungus.

(pl. ) of Fungus

(pl. ) of Acinus

(n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.

(pl. ) of Succus

(pl. ) of Sulcus

(pl. ) of Medius

(pl. ) of Iambus

(n. pl.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.

(n.) Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.

(n.) Same as Izedi.

(n.) The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.

(n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

(pl. ) of Pileus

(pl. ) of Pullus

(n.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.

(n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

(n.) pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus.

(pl. ) of Obelus

(pl. ) of Obolus

(n.) pl. of Villus.

(pl. ) of Villus

(imperative.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.

(pl. ) of Lituus

(n.) See Litchi.

(n.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.

(pl. ) of Oculus

(n.) An official expounder of Mohammedan law.

(n.) Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; -- a term derived from the British service in India.

(pl. ) of Palpus

(n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.

(n.) The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar.

(n.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin.