Palea

n.

A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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Latitudinarianism

n.

A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.

Foliaged

a.

Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.

Flexing

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Flex

Accommodable

a.

That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.

Cacochymical

a.

Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.

Germarium

n.

An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

Horatian

a.

Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.

Representation

n.

A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.

Leucite

n.

A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius.

Unguis

n.

The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

Waddler

n.

One who, or that which, waddles.

Regne

n. & v.

See Reign.