Sarcoma

n.

A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.

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Fold

n.

An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

Reservative

a.

Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.

Reprobacy

n.

Reprobation.

Risible

a.

Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.

Hyperapophyses

pl.

of Hyperapophysis

Fateful

a. .

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.

Kerseynette

n.

See Cassinette.

Rheophore

n.

One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.

Fowler's solution

An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use.

Lashing

n.

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Acerbitude

n.

Sourness and harshness.

Feathery

a.

Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.