a watch-tower. Pharyn got' o my, D. a cutting open the wind pipe. Philip' pic, n. an invect ive; a tart declamation. Phle bot' o my, n. the act of letting blood, or opening a vein. Phlo gis' ton, n. an element supposed by some to be the principle of inflammability, or matter of fire and heat. Phos' pho rus, n. a chemical substance which takes fire readily, and burns with great violence. Phos' phate, n, the salt formed by phosphoric acid and a base. Phthis ic, n. a consump a shortness of tion; breath. Phthis is, n. a consumption, or wasting disease. Phys' e ter, n. a genus of cetaceous fish, or whales. Physics, n. natural philosophy; divinity. Phy tol' o gy, n. the sci ence of plants. Pis civ er ous, a. eating fish; living upon fish. Plan et a' ri um, n. a machine to represent the motions of the planets. Plan' is phere, n. a sphere projected upon a plane. Pla ti na, n. the heaviest of the metals. Ple' ia desó, n. a northern constellation; the 7 stars. Ple' o nasm, n. a fulness of expression; a redundancy of words. Plum ba' go, n. a carburet of iron, improperly called black-lead. Plu mose', a. covered with pappous, or soft down. Plu' mule, n. the first upward shoot from a seed. Plu' to nist, n. one who ascribes the formation of mountains to the agtion of fire. Plu vi am'e ter, n. a rain gauge. Pneu mat' ics, n. the doctrine of the air, or of elastic fluids. Pneu ma tol' o gy, n. the science of spiritual be ings. Po dag' ri cal, a. gouty; relating to the gout. Pol' len, n. the fecunda ting dust of flowers. Pol y cous' tic, n. an in strument to multiply sounds. Pol y an' dri a, n. a class of plants with many sta mens. Pol y del' phi a, n. a class of plants with stamens united in three or more filaments. Pol'y glot, a. written in Pyr' ite, n. a compound of a. em several languages. Poly technic, bracing many arts. Pol'y the isme, n. belief in a plurality of Gods. Po ma ceous, a. consisting of or having apples. Port cul' lis, n. a drawbridge to a castle. Pos tu lat' um, n. a principle taken without proof. Pre hen' sile, a. grasping; adapted to clasp. Pros o po po ia, n. personification; speaking of inanimate things as if animated. Pseu do, a. false; counterfeit pretended ; forged. Pty'a lism', n. a salivation; increased flow of saliva. Pul' 'chri tude, n. beauty; grace; comeliness. Pul' lu tate, v. to bud; to shoot up; to spring. Pul' mo na rỹ, a. belonging to the lungs. Pu' nic, a. false; treacher ous; faithless; pertaining to ancient Carthage. Pus, n. matter from a well digested sore. Pustule, n, a pimple or sulphur and a metal; a firestone. Py rom' e ter, n. an in strument to measure high degrees of heat. Pyr o tech" nics, n. the. art of making fireworks. Pyr' rho nism, n. scepticism; universal doubt. Q. QUAD RA GESI MA, n. lent, consisting of 40 days. Quad' ri fid, a. divided into four segments. Quartz, n. a silicious stone; one of the primitive rocks. Quar ta' tion, n. the process of refining a metal, by mixing one fourth with three fourths of another metal. Quin quen' ni al, a. lasting, or happening in 5 years. Quin' tal, n. a hundred pounds. Quin' tu ple, a. five fold. Quo tid' ian, a. daily; hap. pening every day. n. a fever which returns every day. Red' di tive, a. answering to an interrogative. Re fri" ger a to rỹ, n. a vessel for cooling liquors in distillation. Reg' u lus, n. pure metal separated from other matters. Re nas' cent, a. rising or springing up anew. Ren' i form, a. shaped like the kidneys. Re sid' u um, n. the remains or residue. Re 'sil' i ent, a. leaping back; rebounding; recoiling. Res" o nance, n. a sound sent back again; an echo. Res u' pi nate, a. having the upper side turned downwards. Re sus' ci tate, v. to stir up anew; to revive; to raise again. Re tic' u lar, Ret' i form, S } a. made in the form of a net. Ret'i na, n. the expansion of nerves at the bottom of the eye, by which vision is produced. Rhomb, n. a quadrangular figure with equal sides, and two angles acute and two obtuse. Rhyth' mus, n. proportion between the parts of music. Ri dot to, n. a musical en tertainment; an opera. Ri mose', a. full of clefts or chinks. Rin' gent, a. gaping; o pening as a cleft. Roc' am bole, n. a wild garlic; Spanish garlic. Ro do mon tade', n. boast ing; noise; bluster; rant. Ro que laure', (rok e lo`,) n. a sort of man's cloak. Ro rif' erous, a. producing or causing dew; wet. Ros' trum, n. the beak of a bird; a ship's head; a stage for speakers; a pulpit. Ru bes' cent, a. growing, or becoming red. Ru bi fa" cient, n. that which makes red. Ru gose', a. full of wrin kles; rough; uneven. Run' ci nate, a. having lobes convex before, and straight behind. Ru'nic, a. denoting the language, &c. of the ancient people of the north of Europe. S. SA BI AN ISM6, n. the system of oriental religion, consisting in the worship of the heavenly bodies and elements. Sac 'cho lac' tic, a. denoting an acid, obtained from the sugar of milk. Sa" gi tate, a. shaped like an arrow. Sa li ent, a. leaping; beat ing; projecting. Sal ma gun' di, n. a mix ture of chopped meat, pickled herrings, oil, onions, vinegar, &c. Sal so a' cid, a. consisting of saltness and sourness. San' da rac, n. a resin ob tained from the juniper tree; also a beautiful fossil. San' he drim, n. the su preme council of the Jews. San'ies, n. a thin matter issuing from a wound. San' scrit, Shan' scrit, } n. the an cient language of India, Sa po na' ceous, } a. soa py; like soap. Sap o rif' ic, a occasioning or producing taste. Sap" phire, n. a blue pre cious stone. Sar coph' a gous, a eating or feeding on flesh. Sca' brous, a. rough; rugged; harsh; unmusical. Sce nog ra phyỹ, n. the art of perspective Schir" rous, a. having an indurated gland. Sci' o list, n. a mere smatterer in any science. Sci op' trics, n. the science of exhibiting images through a hole in darkened room. Scle rot' ic, a. hard; firm; tough; hardening; one of the coats of the eye. Se baceous, a. fat; pertaining to fat. a Se' cant, n. a line drawn from the centre of a circle till it cuts a tangent to the circle ; a line which cuts another Sec' tor, n. a portion of a circle; a mathematical instrument. Se cu' ri form, a. in the shape of an ax, Sel' e nite, n. sulphate of lime; fossil of various species; gypsum. n. a Sel e nog' ra phy, description of the moon. Sem i nif' er ous, a. producing seed. Sem per' vir ent, a. ever green. Senile, a. belonging to or consequent on old age. Sep' tic, a. causing or pro moting putrefaction. Se ros' i ty, n. the thin or watery part of the blood. Ser rate, a. jagged like a saw; having teeth. Ser ru late, a. finely serrate with small teeth. Serum, n. the thin watery part of the blood: whey. Ses qui pe da' li on, a. containing a foot and a half. Ses' sile, a. growing on the stem without a foot stalk. Se taceous, a. set with strong hairs; bristly; resembling bristles. Se tose', a. set with Sil' i quous, strong hairs; bristly. Sex a" gen a ry, a. per. taining to sixty. Sham' ois, n. a wild a. having or formed in a pod. Sim' on y, n. buying or selling church prefer ment. goat; leather made of Si moon', n. hot suffoca its skin. ting wind in sandy deserts. Sine, n. a geometrical line from the end of an arc perpendicular to the radius, being half the cord of double the arc. Sib i la tion, n. the act of Si no vi a, n. the liquid |