The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose. peptonoid noun (n.) A substance related to peptone. peptonuria noun (n.) The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body...
Fifth Estate also ran a series of advertisements, newspaper pieces, radio announcements and mass mailings that included statements that the tower to be erected on Poor Farm Hill would destroy the town's picturesque skyline; for the water tank site alone, Green Mountain would take more than $...
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed. noun (n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place ...
A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar. almucantar noun (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same ...
The act or business of transporting from one place to another. carry noun (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. verb (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; ...
A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. adjudicature noun (n.) Adjudication. admixture noun (...