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. noun (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of ...
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 ...
According to Patricia S. York forSouthern Living, water is the only additional ingredient you need for a good egg scramble. When you add a splash of water to the mix, it will create steam, which leads to a moist, fluffy, and more voluminous scramble. The rest comes down to how you pr...
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 $...
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...
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 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 ...
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 (...