Raptor

n.

A ravisher; a plunderer.

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Allegoric

a.

Alt. of Allegorical

Hote

of Hight

Bacchantes

pl.

of Bacchante

Obelion

n.

The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Homatropine

n.

An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

Academicism

n.

A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

Screw

n.

A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

Hood

n.

A covering for a mortar.

Pallia

pl.

of Pallium

Unbe

v. t.

To cause not to be; to cause to be another.

Graved

imp.

of Grave

Hellanodic

n.

A judge or umpire in games or combats.