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Cellang ::: See Cellular.
Cellang See {Cellular}.
Cell Body ::: The main part of a neuron where the information is processed.
Cell [from Latin cella a small room] A small enclosed space; applied to the unit of organic life since the mid-17th century, when Robert Hooke, using one of the early microscopes, discovered that cork consisted of many little empty enclosed spaces separated from each other, which he called cells. A century later these cells were found to contain a semi-transparent substance occurring in all vegetable and animal matter, which thereafter was regarded as the basis of organic life and so received the name of protoplasm. The cells is a collective entity containing subordinate symbiotic entities. Its structure is divided into two major parts: the central nucleus which contains the genetic material, and the surrounding cytoplasm. Theosophically, human cells sprang originally from the inner human entity, who functions as their oversoul.
Cello "web" A {web browser} {client} for {IBM PCs}. Runs under {Microsoft Windows}. (2014-08-23)
Cello ::: World-Wide Web browser client for IBM PCs. Runs under Microsoft Windows.
Cells ::: In solid waste disposal, holes where waste is dumped, compacted, and covered with layers of dirt on a daily basis.
Cellular Digital Packet Data ::: (communications, protocol) (CDPD) A wireless standard providing two-way, 19.2 kbps packet data transmission over exisiting cellular telephone channels.[Reference?] (1994-12-05)
Cellular Digital Packet Data "communications, protocol" (CDPD) A wireless standard providing two-way, 19.2 kbps {packet} data transmission over exisiting {mobile telephone} channels. [Reference?] (1994-12-05)
Cellular "language" A system for {cellular automaton} programming by J Dana Eckart "dana@faculty.cs.runet.edu". Cellular includes a {byte-code compiler}, {run-time system} and a viewer. Posted to comp.sources.unix, volume 26. See also {Cellang}. (2000-10-07)
Cellular ::: (language, cellular automaton) A system for cellular automaton programming by J Dana Eckart . Cellular includes a byte-code compiler, run-time system, and a viewer.Latest version: 2.0, as of 1993-04-03.Posted to comp.sources.unix, volume 26.See also Cellang.(2000-10-07)
Cellular manufacturing - Involves producing a 'family of products' in a small self-contained unit (a cell) within a factory.
Cellular Neural Network ::: (architecture) (CNN) The CNN Universal Machine is a low cost, low power, extremely high speed supercomputer on a chip. It is at least 1000 times faster computer. Because the entire computer is integrated into a chip, no signal leaves the chip until the image processing task is completed.Although the CNN universal chip is based on analogue and logic operating principles, it has an on-chip analog-to-digital input-output interface so that user-friendly CNN high-level language, like the C language, have been developed which makes it easy to implement any image processing algorithm.[Professor Leon Chua, University of California at Berkeley]. (1995-04-27)
Cellular Neural Network "architecture" (CNN) The CNN Universal Machine is a low cost, low power, extremely high speed {supercomputer} on a chip. It is at least 1000 times faster than equivalent {DSP} solutions of many complex {image processing} tasks. It is a stored program supercomputer where a complex sequence of image processing {algorithms} is programmed and downloaded into the chip, just like any digital computer. Because the entire computer is integrated into a chip, no signal leaves the chip until the image processing task is completed. Although the CNN universal chip is based on analogue and logic operating principles, it has an on-chip analog-to-digital input-output interface so that at the system design and application perspective, it can be used as a digital component, just like a DSP. In particular, a development system is available for rapid design and prototyping. Moreover, a {compiler}, an {operating system}, and a {user-friendly} CNN {high-level language}, like the {C} language, have been developed which makes it easy to implement any image processing algorithm. [Professor Leon Chua, University of California at Berkeley]. (1995-04-27)
cell ::: 1. A small humble abode, such as a hermit"s cave or hut. 2. A narrow confining room, as in a prison or convent.
cell 1. "spreadsheet" In a {spreadsheet}, the intersection of a row a column and a sheet, the smallest addressable unit of data. A cell contains either a constant value or a {formula} that is used to calculate a value. The cell has a {format} that determines how to display the value. A cell can be part of a {range}. A cell is usually referred to by its column (labelled by one or more letters from the sequence A, B, ..., Z, AA, AB, ..., AZ, BA, BB, ..., BZ, ... ) and its row number counting up from one, e.g. cell B3 is in the second column across and the third row down. A cell also belongs to a particular sheet, e.g. "Sheet 1". 2. "networking" {ATM}'s term for a {packet}. (2007-10-22)
cell adhesion molecules ::: A family of molecules on cell surfaces that cause them to stick to one another (see also fibronectin and laminin).
cella ::: n. --> The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
cellarage ::: n. --> The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.
Chare for storage in a cellar.
cellar ::: an underground shelter, as from storms. cellars.
cellarer ::: n. --> A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
cellaret ::: n. --> A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
cellarist ::: n. --> Same as Cellarer.
cellar ::: n. --> A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
CELLAS ::: CELLular ASsemblies.A concurrent block-structured language.[Mentioned in Attribute Grammars, LNCS 323, p.97]. (1994-12-05)
CELLAS "language" CELLular ASsemblies. A {concurrent} {block-structured} language. [Mentioned in "Attribute Grammars", LNCS 323, p.97]. (1994-12-05)
cell ::: biology: The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane. cells.
cell: Categories of data divided into rectangular arrays through more than one variable. It is essentially a conventional use for the analogue of groups in 1 dimensions.
celled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Cell ::: a. --> Containing a cell or cells.
cellepore ::: n. --> A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.
celliferous ::: a. --> Bearing or producing cells.
celli ::: pl. --> of Cello
cell ::: n. --> A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Any small cavity, or hollow place.
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Same as Cella.
A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
cell ::: (networking) ATM's term for a packet. (1996-08-21)
cello ::: n. --> A contraction for Violoncello.
cellos ::: pl. --> of Cello
cell reference "spreadsheet" A string identifying a particular {cell} in a {spreadsheet}, possibly relative to the cell containing the reference. A cell reference may be absolute (denoted by a "$" prefix in {Excel}) or relative (no prefix) in each dimension, thus, e.g. B$6 refers to the second cell across in the sixth row. The distinction between absolute and relative is only significant when the referring cell is copied, e.g. if cell A1, which refers to B$6, is copied to cell B1, then B1 will refer to C6. If the reference is to a cell in a different sheet then it is prefixed with the target sheet's name and an exclamation mark. E.g. "Sheet 1!B3". (2007-10-22)
CELLSIM "application" A program for modelling populations of biological cells. ["CELLSIM II User's Manual", C.E. Donaghey, U Houston. Sep 1975]. (1994-12-05)
CELLSIM ::: (application) A program for modelling populations of biological cells.[CELLSIM II User's Manual, C.E. Donaghey, U Houston. Sep 1975]. (1994-12-05)
cells of inference
CEll Space Simulation Language "language" (CESSL) A language for simulating {cellular space models}. ["The CESSL Programming Language", D.R. Frantz, 012520-6-T, CS Dept, U Michigan, Sept 1971]. (1994-12-14)
CEll Space Simulation Language ::: (language) (CESSL) A language for simulating cellular space models.[The CESSL Programming Language, D.R. Frantz, 012520-6-T, CS Dept, U Michigan, Sept 1971]. (1994-12-14)
CELL—The smallest element of an organized body that manifests independent vital activities. The tissues
cellular ::: a. --> Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.
cellular automata {cellular automaton}
cellular automaton "algorithm, parallel" (CA, plural "- automata") A regular spatial lattice of "cells", each of which can have any one of a finite number of states. The state of all cells in the lattice are updated simultaneously and the state of the entire lattice advances in discrete time steps. The state of each cell in the lattice is updated according to a local rule which may depend on the state of the cell and its neighbors at the previous time step. Each cell in a cellular automaton could be considered to be a {finite state machine} which takes its neighbours' states as input and outputs its own state. The best known example is J.H. Conway's game of {Life}. {FAQ (http://alife.santafe.edu/alife/topics/cas/ca-faq/ca-faq.html)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.theory.cell-automata}, {news:comp.theory.self-org-sys}. (1995-03-03)
cellular automaton ::: (algorithm, parallel) (CA, plural - automata) A regular spatial lattice of cells, each of which can have any one of a finite number of states. The the lattice is updated according to a local rule which may depend on the state of the cell and its neighbors at the previous time step.Each cell in a cellular automaton could be considered to be a finite state machine which takes its neighbours' states as input and outputs its own state.The best known example is J.H. Conway's game of Life. .Usenet newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata, comp.theory.self-org-sys. (1995-03-03)
cellular multiprocessing "architecture, parallel" (CMP) The partitioning of {processors} into separate computing environments running different {operating systems}. The term cellular multiprocessing appears to have been coined by {Unisys}, who are developing a system where computers communicate as clustered machines through a high speed {bus}, rather than through communication {protocols} such as {TCP/IP}. The Unisys system is based on {Intel} processors, initially the {Pentium II Xeon} and moving on to the 64-bit {Merced} processors later in 1999. It will be scalable from four up to 32 processors, which can be clustered or partitioned in various ways. For example a sixteen processor system could be configured as four {Windows NT} systems (each functioning as a four-processor {symmetric multiprocessing} system), or an 8-way NT and 8-way {Unix} system. Supported operating systems will be {Windows NT}, {SCO}'s {Unixware} 7.0, Unisys' {SVR4} {Unix} and possibly the OS2200 and MCP-AS {mainframe} operating systems (with the assistance of Unisys' own dedicated {chipset}). {(http://marketplace.unisys.com/ent/cmp.html)}. (1998-09-09)
cellular multiprocessing ::: (architecture, parallel) (CMP) The partitioning of processors into separate computing environments running different operating systems.The term cellular multiprocessing appears to have been coined by Unisys, who are developing a system where computers communicate as clustered machines through a high speed bus, rather than through communication protocols such as TCP/IP.The Unisys system is based on Intel processors, initially the Pentium II Xeon and moving on to the 64-bit Merced processors later in 1999. It will be scalable NT systems (each functioning as a four-processor symmetric multiprocessing system), or an 8-way NT and 8-way Unix system.Supported operating systems will be Windows NT, SCO's Unixware 7.0, Unisys' SVR4 Unix and possibly the OS2200 and MCP-AS mainframe operating systems (with the assistance of Unisys' own dedicated chipset). . (1998-09-09)
cellulated ::: a. --> Cellular.
cellule ::: n. --> A small cell.
celluliferous ::: a. --> Bearing or producing little cells.
cellulitis ::: n. --> An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
celluloid ::: n. --> A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
cellulose ::: a. --> Consisting of, or containing, cells. ::: n. --> The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is
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1. Of or pertaining to the structure of waxy, hexagonal cells formed by bees for the production and storage of honey. 2.* Fig.* Anything containing sweetness likened to honey.
accomplishment ::: n. --> The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
accrementition ::: n. --> The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
acontia ::: n. pl. --> Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
acrospore ::: n. --> A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
adj. 1. Beautiful. 2. Fine, bright, sunny. 3. Free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character. 4. Of pleasing form or appearance. 5. Neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good. fairer.* *n. 6.* That which is fair (in senses of the adj.*).
admirable ::: a. --> Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.
Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.
admirableness ::: n. --> The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
admirable ::: worthy of admiration; inspiring approval or respect; excellent.
admiration ::: n. --> Wonder; astonishment.
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
adversaria ::: n. pl. --> A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
aerocyst ::: n. --> One of the air cells of algals.
air cell ::: --> A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
air jacket ::: --> A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
air sac ::: --> One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
air vessel ::: --> A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.
albuminin ::: n. --> The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds&
alga ::: n. --> A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
alveolar ::: a. --> Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
alveoliform ::: a. --> Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities.
alveolus ::: n. --> A cell in a honeycomb.
A small cavity in a coral, shell, or fossil
A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc.
amber ::: A pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator. 2. The yellowish-brown colour of resin.
amber ::: a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator. 2. The yellowish-brown colour of resin.
ambrosial ::: a. --> Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
Divinely excellent or beautiful.
amphiaster ::: n. --> The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
amphigamous ::: a. --> Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants.
amylose ::: n. --> One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
anasarca ::: n. --> Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
anastate ::: n. --> One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.
angelicalness ::: n. --> The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
angiosporous ::: a. --> Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
anophyte ::: n. --> A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
antheridium ::: n. --> The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
apolar ::: a. --> Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
appreciation ::: n. --> A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
appreciativeness ::: n. --> The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
araucaria ::: n. --> A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.
archchancellor ::: n. --> A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
archil ::: n. --> A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
The plant from which the dye is obtained.
::: "As for immortality, it cannot come if there is attachment to the body, — for it is only by living in the immortal part of oneself which is unidentified with the body and bringing down its consciousness and force into the cells that it can come. I speak of course of yogic means. The scientists now hold that it is (theoretically at least) possible to discover physical means by which death can be overcome, but that would mean only a prolongation of the present consciousness in the present body. Unless there is a change of consciousness and change of functionings it would be a very small gain.” Letters on Yoga
“As for immortality, it cannot come if there is attachment to the body,—for it is only by living in the immortal part of oneself which is unidentified with the body and bringing down its consciousness and force into the cells that it can come. I speak of course of yogic means. The scientists now hold that it is (theoretically at least) possible to discover physical means by which death can be overcome, but that would mean only a prolongation of the present consciousness in the present body. Unless there is a change of consciousness and change of functionings it would be a very small gain.” Letters on Yoga
assapanic ::: n. --> The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
attain ::: v. t. --> To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
To overtake.
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
aulic ::: a. --> Pertaining to a royal court. ::: n. --> The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).
avicularia ::: n. pl. --> See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird&
basidium ::: n. --> A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
bass viol ::: --> A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.
beauty ::: n. --> An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
beebread ::: n. --> A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.
beeswax ::: n. --> The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
behind ::: a. --> On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
bell animalcule ::: --> An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
bellibone ::: n. --> A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
below ::: prep. --> Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. ::: adv.
beneath ::: prep. --> Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
best ::: a. --> Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
Most; largest; as, the best part of a week. ::: n.
beyond ::: prep. --> On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
At a place or time not yet reached; before.
Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one&
biforine ::: n. --> An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
bilocular ::: a. --> Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.
binucleate ::: a. --> Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.
biocellate ::: a. --> Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.
biophor biophore ::: n. --> One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.
bipolar ::: a. --> Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.
blackfish ::: n. --> A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.
The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.
A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the
black hole ::: --> A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air.
blastula ::: n. --> That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.
blemish ::: v. t. --> To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.
To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. ::: n. --> Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or
bloat ::: v. t. --> To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote. ::: v. i.
blood ::: n. --> The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or
Body-mind ::: There is an obscure mind of the body, of the very cells, molecules, corpuscles. This body-mind is a very tangible truth ; owing to its obscurity and mechanical clinging to past movements, and facile oblivion and rejection of the new. we find in it one of the chief obstacles to pemiealion by the Supermind
boniform ::: a. --> Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
brave ::: possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance. 2. *Archaic. Excellent; fine; admirable*.
brave ::: superl. --> Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
Making a fine show or display. ::: n.
bravo ::: a. --> A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. ::: interj. --> Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
bric-a brac ::: n. --> Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
brilliant ::: 1. Full of light; shining; lustrous. 2. Of surpassing excellence; splendid; highly impressive; distinguished. 3. Strong and clear in tone; vivid; bright. pale-brilliant.
budding ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Bud ::: n. --> The act or process of producing buds.
A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to
budget ::: n. --> A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.
The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries.
buhrstone ::: n. --> A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.
bully ::: n. --> A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
A brisk, dashing fellow. ::: a. --> Jovial and blustering; dashing.
Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.
calcigerous ::: a. --> Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
caltrap ::: n. --> A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.
An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy&
cambium ::: n. --> A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.
A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase.
cancel ::: 1. To annul, make void or invalidate. 2. To equalize or make up for; offset. 3. To cross out with lines or other markings, making something invalid. cancels, cancelled, cancelling, self-cancelling.
cancellarean ::: a. --> Cancellarean.
cancellated ::: a. --> Crossbarred; marked with cross lines.
Open or spongy, as some porous bones.
cancellate ::: v. t. --> Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike.
Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.
cancellation ::: n. --> The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.
cancelled ::: --> of Cancel
cancelling ::: --> of Cancel
cancelli ::: v. t. --> An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window.
The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.
cancellous ::: a. --> Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.
capitally ::: adv. --> In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.
In a capital manner; excellently.
captive ::: n. --> A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. ::: a. --> Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in
carpellum ::: n. --> A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.
caryopsis ::: n. --> A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
casuarina ::: n. --> A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
cavernous ::: a. --> Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
Filled with small cavities or cells.
Having a sound caused by a cavity.
cell ::: 1. A small humble abode, such as a hermit"s cave or hut. 2. A narrow confining room, as in a prison or convent.
cella ::: n. --> The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
cellarage ::: n. --> The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar.
Chare for storage in a cellar.
cellar ::: an underground shelter, as from storms. cellars.
cellarer ::: n. --> A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
cellaret ::: n. --> A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
cellarist ::: n. --> Same as Cellarer.
cellar ::: n. --> A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.
cell ::: biology: The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane. cells.
celled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Cell ::: a. --> Containing a cell or cells.
cellepore ::: n. --> A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.
celliferous ::: a. --> Bearing or producing cells.
celli ::: pl. --> of Cello
cell ::: n. --> A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Any small cavity, or hollow place.
The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Same as Cella.
A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
cello ::: n. --> A contraction for Violoncello.
cellos ::: pl. --> of Cello
cells of inference
cellular ::: a. --> Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.
cellulated ::: a. --> Cellular.
cellule ::: n. --> A small cell.
celluliferous ::: a. --> Bearing or producing little cells.
cellulitis ::: n. --> An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.
celluloid ::: n. --> A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
cellulose ::: a. --> Consisting of, or containing, cells. ::: n. --> The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is
centrosome ::: n. --> A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
chamber ::: n. --> A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
Apartments in a lodging house.
A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
chancellery ::: n. --> Chancellorship.
chancellor ::: n. --> A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
chancellorship ::: n. --> The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.
chicken pox ::: --> A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.
chilostomata ::: n. pl. --> An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells.
chlorophyll ::: n. --> Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.
choicely ::: adv. --> With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference.
In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.
choiceness ::: n. --> The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
chromatophore ::: n. --> A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.
One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them.
chromoblast ::: n. --> An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell.
chromosome ::: n. --> One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
circumduction ::: n. --> A leading about; circumlocution.
An annulling; cancellation.
The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.
classic ::: n. --> Alt. of Classical
A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.
One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.
clathrate ::: a. --> Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.
Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.
cnida ::: n. --> One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.
cnidaria ::: n. pl. --> A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.
cnidoblast ::: n. --> One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidae.
collectanea ::: v. t. --> Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.
collenchyma ::: n. --> A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
combs ::: a structure of hexagonal, thin-walled cells constructed from beeswax by honeybees to hold honey and larvae.
commissionnaire ::: n. --> An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.
concamerate ::: v. t. --> To arch over; to vault.
To divide into chambers or cells.
Conditions of Transformafirm ::: If you desire this transforma- tion, put yourself in the hands of the Mother and her Powers without cavil or resistance and let her do unhindered her work within you. Three things you roust have, consciousness, plasti- city, unreserved surrender. For you must be conscious in your mind and soul and heart and life and the very cells of your body, aware of the Mother and her Powers and their working ; for although she can and does work in yt)u even in your obscurity and your unconscious parts and moments, it is not the same thing as when you are in an awakened and living communion with her. All your nature must be plasUc to her touch, — • not questioning as the self-sufficient ignorant mind questions and doubts and disputes and is the enemy of its enlightenment and change ; not insisting on its own movements as the vital In man insists and persistently opposes its rcfractoiy desires and ill-wilt to every divine influence ; not obstructing and entrenched m
conidium ::: n. --> A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.
consciousness with the physical experience of oneness, the pre- sence of the Beloved in every part, in c^'ery cell of the body.
consistory ::: n. --> Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
A church tribunal or governing body.
A civil court of justice.
conspicuous ::: a. --> Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.
constellation ::: n. --> A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.
An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
Fortune; fate; destiny.
contrast ::: v. i. --> To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. ::: v. t. --> To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as,
copy ::: n. --> An abundance or plenty of anything.
An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for
cork ::: n. --> The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. ::: v. t.
corpuscle ::: n. --> A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.
cotton ::: n. --> A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
Cloth made of cotton. ::: v. i.
crepitation ::: n. --> The act of crepitating or crackling.
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
A crepitant rale.
crown ::: n. **1. An ornament worn on the head by kings and those having sovereign power, often made of precious metal and ornamented with gems. 2. A wreath or garland for the head, awarded as a sign of victory, success, honour, etc. 3. The distinction that comes from a great achievement; reward, honour. 4. The top or summit of something, esp. of a rounded object. etc. 5. The highest or more nearly perfect state of anything. 6. An exalting or chief attribute. 7. The acme or supreme source of honour, excellence, beauty, etc. v. 8. To put a crown on the head of, symbolically vesting with royal title, powers, etc. 9. To place something on or over the head or top of. crowns, crowned.**
crypt ::: 1. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. 2. A cellar, vault or tunnel. 3. A location for secret meetings, etc. crypts.
culture ("s) ::: the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
datura ::: n. --> A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
debauch ::: n. --> To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one&
decemlocular ::: a. --> Having ten cells for seeds.
declination ::: n. --> The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.
The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
decrease ::: n. --> To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. ::: v. t. --> To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as,
deintevous ::: a. --> Rare; excellent; costly.
deme ::: n. --> A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
Descent into the most physical ::: It brings light, consciousness, force, Ananda into the cells and all the physical movements. The body becomes conscious and vi^ant and performs the right movements, obeying the higher will or else automatically by the force of the consciousness that has come into iL It becomes more possible to control the functions of the body and set right any> thing that is mong, to deal with illness and pain etc. A greater control comes over the actions of the body and even ov'er bap> penings to it from outside, e.g. minimising of aeddents and small happenings. The body becomes a more effective instrument for work. It becomes possible to mimmise fatigue. Peace, happiness, strength, lightness come in the whole system. There is also the unity with the earth-consdousness, the constant sense of the
desirable ::: worth having or wanting; pleasing; excellent; or fine.
desmidian ::: n. --> A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.
deutoplasm ::: n. --> The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.
diamond ::: n. --> A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
diaster ::: n. --> A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
diatom ::: n. --> One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use.
A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
different ::: a. --> Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.
dignity ::: n. --> The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Elevation; grandeur.
Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.
Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style, etc.
dioecious ::: a. --> Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.
diploe ::: n. --> The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.
discal ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
disparagement ::: n. --> Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
disparity ::: n. --> Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
dissepiment ::: n. --> A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
dithecous ::: a. --> Having two thecae, cells, or compartments.
divine ::: a. --> Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
divinely ::: adv. --> In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.
By the agency or influence of God.
divineness ::: n. --> The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.
doncella ::: n. --> A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
dropsy ::: n. --> An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
drysalter ::: n. --> A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs.
duct ::: n. --> Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Guidance; direction.
dungeon ::: a dark, often underground chamber or cell used to confine prisoners. (Sri Aurobindo employs the word as an adjective.)
duplication ::: n. --> The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.
eclectic ::: a. --> Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine. ::: n.
ecthoreum ::: n. --> The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.
ectoblast ::: n. --> The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.
The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
ectomere ::: n. --> The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
ectoplasm ::: n. --> The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
The ectosarc of protozoan.
ectosarc ::: n. --> The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.
egg ::: n. --> The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
Anything resembling an egg in form. ::: v. t.
eleidin ::: n. --> Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.
elocular ::: a. --> Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.
embryoplastic ::: n. --> Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
emphysema ::: n. --> A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
emulous ::: a. --> Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another&
enchylemma ::: n. --> The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
enchyma ::: n. --> The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
endochrome ::: n. --> The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.
endocyst ::: n. --> The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
endodermis ::: n. --> A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
endogeny ::: n. --> Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
endoplasm ::: n. --> The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
endosarc ::: n. --> The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
endothecium ::: n. --> The inner lining of an anther cell.
ennoblement ::: n. --> The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.
That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.
ennoble ::: v. t. --> To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.
To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.
ensorcelling ::: enchanting, bewitching.
entomere ::: n. --> The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
entoplastic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.
entoprocta ::: n. pl. --> A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
entosthoblast ::: n. --> The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
envious ::: a. --> Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
Inspiring envy.
Excessively careful; cautious.
envy ::: n. --> Malice; ill will; spite.
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another&
epiblema ::: n. --> The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
epidermis ::: v. t. --> The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.
epithelial ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
epithelioid ::: a. --> Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
epithelioma ::: n. --> A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
epithelium ::: n. --> The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
erythrine ::: n. --> A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.
See Erythrite, 2.
excavate ::: v. t. --> To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
To dig out and remove, as earth.
excelled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Excel
excellence ::: n. --> The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.
excellencies ::: pl. --> of Excellency
excellency ::: n. --> Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
excellent ::: a. --> Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. ::: adv.
excellently ::: adv. --> In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness.
excelling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Excel
eximious ::: a. --> Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent.
expectation ::: n. --> The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
That which is expected or looked for.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are
exquisite ::: a. --> Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
eye ::: n. --> A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as,
eye-spot ::: n. --> A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.
An eyelike spot of color.
fact ::: n. --> A doing, making, or preparing.
An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or
fault ::: n. --> Defect; want; lack; default.
Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.
A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
faveolate ::: a. --> Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.
favosites ::: n. --> A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.
fiat ::: n. --> An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor&
fibrovascular ::: a. --> Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.
film ::: 1. A movie. 2. A thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies.
fine ::: superl. --> Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
Not coarse, gross, or heavy
finished ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Finish ::: a. --> Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
first ::: a. --> Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. ::: adv.
firstborn ::: a. --> First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
first-rate ::: a. --> Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation. ::: n. --> A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
fission ::: n. --> A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
forcer ::: n. --> One who, or that which, forces or drives.
The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
fossores ::: n. pl. --> A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.
fratricelli ::: n. pl. --> The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century.
A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli.
fulmar ::: n. --> One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).
fungin ::: n. --> A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.
fusiform ::: a. --> Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.
ganglionic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.
ganglion ::: n. --> A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
gauntry ::: n. --> A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.
gemma ::: n. --> A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.
gemmule ::: n. --> A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.
One of the buds of mosses.
One of the reproductive spores of algae.
An ovule.
A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin&
germogen ::: n. --> A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.
germs ::: initial stages in development or evolution as germ cells or ancestral forms; rudiments of living organisms.
gland ::: a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion. glands.
glorify ::: v. t. --> To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.
To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
glorious ::: n. --> Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
glory ::: n. --> Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the
goddess ::: n. --> A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.
A woman of superior charms or excellence.
golden ::: a. --> Made of gold; consisting of gold.
Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
gonidium ::: n. --> A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.
gonimous ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.
goodly ::: adv. --> Excellently. ::: superl. --> Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
goodness ::: n. --> The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.
good ::: superl. --> Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc.
Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.
Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward,
gorgoniacea ::: n. pl. --> One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.
gourd ::: n. --> A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
A false die. See Gord.
graceless ::: a. --> Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.
Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4.
grace ::: n. **1. Elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action. 2. Favour or goodwill. 3. A manifestation of favour, especially by a superior. 4. Theol. a. The freely given, unmerited favour and love of God. b. The influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them. c. A virtue or excellence of divine origin. d. The condition of being in God"s favour or one of the elect. 5. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people. v. 6. To lend or add grace to; adorn. graced, graceful, graceless.**
gracious ::: a. --> Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.
Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.
granulose ::: n. --> The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.
gravenstein ::: n. --> A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.
greening ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Green ::: n. --> A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.
grey matter ::: the brownish-gray nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, composed of nerve cell bodies and their dendrites and some supportive tissue. Also fig.
gruyere cheese ::: --> A kind of cheese made at Gruyere, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkase.
gymnocyte ::: n. --> A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.
gymnocytode ::: n. --> A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.
gymnoplast ::: n. --> A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.
hamilton period ::: --> A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
hatchway ::: n. --> A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.
heliolite ::: n. --> A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks.
hereford ::: n. --> One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.
hermitary ::: n. --> A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit.
heterauxesis ::: n. --> Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
heterocyst ::: n. --> A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.
heterotopy ::: n. --> A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
A deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
histogenesis ::: n. --> The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
histophyly ::: n. --> The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly.
hives ::: n. --> The croup.
An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
homodemic ::: a. --> A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.
homosystemic ::: a. --> Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.
honeycomb ::: n. --> A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
honey ::: n. --> A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. ::: v. i. --> To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to
honor ::: n. --> Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
hormogonium ::: n. --> A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated.
hyaline ::: a. --> Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. ::: n. --> A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell
hygroplasm ::: n. --> The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.
hypnocyst ::: n. --> A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.
hypoderma ::: n. --> A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.
ideal ::: a. --> Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
Imaginary.
idealize ::: v. t. --> To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.
To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2. ::: v. i. --> To form ideals.
idioblast ::: n. --> An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
idioplasma ::: n. --> That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm.
Immortality cannot come if there is attachment to the body ; for it is only by living in the immortal part of oneself which is unidentified with the body and bringing down its consciousness and force into the cells that it can come.
impair ::: v. t. --> To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.
To grow worse; to deteriorate. ::: a. --> Not fit or appropriate.
imparity ::: n. --> Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc.
Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity.
Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness.
imperial ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc. ::: n.
impregnation ::: n. --> The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.
That with which anything is impregnated.
Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.
inestimable ::: a. --> Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
inestimably ::: adv. --> In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.
"In every particle, atom, molecule, cell of Matter there lives hidden and works unknown all the omniscience of the Eternal and all the omnipotence of the Infinite.” Essays Divine and Human*
“In every particle, atom, molecule, cell of Matter there lives hidden and works unknown all the omniscience of the Eternal and all the omnipotence of the Infinite.” Essays Divine and Human
inferior ::: a. --> Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.
Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an
infiltration ::: n. --> The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
infinite ::: a. --> Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.
Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.
Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; --
infinity ::: n. --> Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity.
Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.
Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.
A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
inimitable ::: a. --> Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
injure ::: v. t. --> To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.
insulite ::: n. --> An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
INTEGRAL YOGA ::: This yoga accepts the value of cosmic existence and holds it to be a reality; its object is to enter into a higher Truth-Consciousness or Divine Supramental Consciousness in which action and creation are the expression not of ignorance and imperfection, but of the Truth, the Light, the Divine Ānanda. But for that, the surrender of the mortal mind, life and body to the Higher Consciousnessis indispensable, since it is too difficult for the mortal human being to pass by its own effort beyond mind to a Supramental Consciousness in which the dynamism is no longer mental but of quite another power. Only those who can accept the call to such a change should enter into this yoga.
Aim of the Integral Yoga ::: It is not merely to rise out of the ordinary ignorant world-consciousness into the divine consciousness, but to bring the supramental power of that divine consciousness down into the ignorance of mind, life and body, to transform them, to manifest the Divine here and create a divine life in Matter.
Conditions of the Integral Yoga ::: This yoga can only be done to the end by those who are in total earnest about it and ready to abolish their little human ego and its demands in order to find themselves in the Divine. It cannot be done in a spirit of levity or laxity; the work is too high and difficult, the adverse powers in the lower Nature too ready to take advantage of the least sanction or the smallest opening, the aspiration and tapasyā needed too constant and intense.
Method in the Integral Yoga ::: To concentrate, preferably in the heart and call the presence and power of the Mother to take up the being and by the workings of her force transform the consciousness. One can concentrate also in the head or between the eye-brows, but for many this is a too difficult opening. When the mind falls quiet and the concentration becomes strong and the aspiration intense, then there is the beginning of experience. The more the faith, the more rapid the result is likely to be. For the rest one must not depend on one’s own efforts only, but succeed in establishing a contact with the Divine and a receptivity to the Mother’s Power and Presence.
Integral method ::: The method we have to pursue is to put our whole conscious being into relation and contact with the Divine and to call Him in to transform Our entire being into His, so that in a sense God Himself, the real Person in us, becomes the sādhaka of the sādhana* as well as the Master of the Yoga by whom the lower personality is used as the centre of a divine transfiguration and the instrument of its own perfection. In effect, the pressure of the Tapas, the force of consciousness in us dwelling in the Idea of the divine Nature upon that which we are in our entirety, produces its own realisation. The divine and all-knowing and all-effecting descends upon the limited and obscure, progressively illumines and energises the whole lower nature and substitutes its own action for all the terms of the inferior human light and mortal activity.
In psychological fact this method translates itself into the progressive surrender of the ego with its whole field and all its apparatus to the Beyond-ego with its vast and incalculable but always inevitable workings. Certainly, this is no short cut or easy sādhana. It requires a colossal faith, an absolute courage and above all an unflinching patience. For it implies three stages of which only the last can be wholly blissful or rapid, - the attempt of the ego to enter into contact with the Divine, the wide, full and therefore laborious preparation of the whole lower Nature by the divine working to receive and become the higher Nature, and the eventual transformation. In fact, however, the divine strength, often unobserved and behind the veil, substitutes itself for the weakness and supports us through all our failings of faith, courage and patience. It” makes the blind to see and the lame to stride over the hills.” The intellect becomes aware of a Law that beneficently insists and a Succour that upholds; the heart speaks of a Master of all things and Friend of man or a universal Mother who upholds through all stumblings. Therefore this path is at once the most difficult imaginable and yet in comparison with the magnitude of its effort and object, the most easy and sure of all.
There are three outstanding features of this action of the higher when it works integrally on the lower nature. In the first place, it does not act according to a fixed system and succession as in the specialised methods of Yoga, but with a sort of free, scattered and yet gradually intensive and purposeful working determined by the temperament of the individual in whom it operates, the helpful materials which his nature offers and the obstacles which it presents to purification and perfection. In a sense, therefore, each man in this path has his own method of Yoga. Yet are there certain broad lines of working common to all which enable us to construct not indeed a routine system, but yet some kind of Shastra or scientific method of the synthetic Yoga.
Secondly, the process, being integral, accepts our nature such as it stands organised by our past evolution and without rejecting anything essential compels all to undergo a divine change. Everything in us is seized by the hands of a mighty Artificer and transformed into a clear image of that which it now seeks confusedly to present. In that ever-progressive experience we begin to perceive how this lower manifestation is constituted and that everything in it, however seemingly deformed or petty or vile, is the more or less distorted or imperfect figure of some elements or action in the harmony of the divine Nature. We begin to understand what the Vedic Rishis meant when they spoke of the human forefathers fashioning the gods as a smith forges the crude material in his smithy.
Thirdly, the divine Power in us uses all life as the means of this integral Yoga. Every experience and outer contact with our world-environment, however trifling or however disastrous, is used for the work, and every inner experience, even to the most repellent suffering or the most humiliating fall, becomes a step on the path to perfection. And we recognise in ourselves with opened eyes the method of God in the world, His purpose of light in the obscure, of might in the weak and fallen, of delight in what is grievous and miserable. We see the divine method to be the same in the lower and in the higher working; only in the one it is pursued tardily and obscurely through the subconscious in Nature, in the other it becomes swift and selfconscious and the instrument confesses the hand of the Master. All life is a Yoga of Nature seeking to manifest God within itself. Yoga marks the stage at which this effort becomes capable of self-awareness and therefore of right completion in the individual. It is a gathering up and concentration of the movements dispersed and loosely combined in the lower evolution.
Key-methods ::: The way to devotion and surrender. It is the psychic movement that brings the constant and pure devotion and the removal of the ego that makes it possible to surrender.
The way to knowledge. Meditation in the head by which there comes the opening above, the quietude or silence of the mind and the descent of peace etc. of the higher consciousness generally till it envelops the being and fills the body and begins to take up all the movements.
Yoga by works ::: Separation of the Purusha from the Prakriti, the inner silent being from the outer active one, so that one has two consciousnesses or a double consciousness, one behind watching and observing and finally controlling and changing the other which is active in front. The other way of beginning the yoga of works is by doing them for the Divine, for the Mother, and not for oneself, consecrating and dedicating them till one concretely feels the Divine Force taking up the activities and doing them for one.
Object of the Integral Yoga is to enter into and be possessed by the Divine Presence and Consciousness, to love the Divine for the Divine’s sake alone, to be tuned in our nature into the nature of the Divine, and in our will and works and life to be the instrument of the Divine.
Principle of the Integral Yoga ::: The whole principle of Integral Yoga is to give oneself entirely to the Divine alone and to nobody else, and to bring down into ourselves by union with the Divine Mother all the transcendent light, power, wideness, peace, purity, truth-consciousness and Ānanda of the Supramental Divine.
Central purpose of the Integral Yoga ::: Transformation of our superficial, narrow and fragmentary human way of thinking, seeing, feeling and being into a deep and wide spiritual consciousness and an integrated inner and outer existence and of our ordinary human living into the divine way of life.
Fundamental realisations of the Integral Yoga ::: The psychic change so that a complete devotion can be the main motive of the heart and the ruler of thought, life and action in constant union with the Mother and in her Presence. The descent of the Peace, Power, Light etc. of the Higher Consciousness through the head and heart into the whole being, occupying the very cells of the body. The perception of the One and Divine infinitely everywhere, the Mother everywhere and living in that infinite consciousness.
Results ::: First, an integral realisation of Divine Being; not only a realisation of the One in its indistinguishable unity, but also in its multitude of aspects which are also necessary to the complete knowledge of it by the relative consciousness; not only realisation of unity in the Self, but of unity in the infinite diversity of activities, worlds and creatures.
Therefore, also, an integral liberation. Not only the freedom born of unbroken contact of the individual being in all its parts with the Divine, sāyujya mukti, by which it becomes free even in its separation, even in the duality; not only the sālokya mukti by which the whole conscious existence dwells in the same status of being as the Divine, in the state of Sachchidananda ; but also the acquisition of the divine nature by the transformation of this lower being into the human image of the divine, sādharmya mukti, and the complete and final release of all, the liberation of the consciousness from the transitory mould of the ego and its unification with the One Being, universal both in the world and the individual and transcendentally one both in the world and beyond all universe.
By this integral realisation and liberation, the perfect harmony of the results of Knowledge, Love and Works. For there is attained the complete release from ego and identification in being with the One in all and beyond all. But since the attaining consciousness is not limited by its attainment, we win also the unity in Beatitude and the harmonised diversity in Love, so that all relations of the play remain possible to us even while we retain on the heights of our being the eternal oneness with the Beloved. And by a similar wideness, being capable of a freedom in spirit that embraces life and does not depend upon withdrawal from life, we are able to become without egoism, bondage or reaction the channel in our mind and body for a divine action poured out freely upon the world.
The divine existence is of the nature not only of freedom, but of purity, beatitude and perfection. In integral purity which shall enable on the one hand the perfect reflection of the divine Being in ourselves and on the other the perfect outpouring of its Truth and Law in us in the terms of life and through the right functioning of the complex instrument we are in our outer parts, is the condition of an integral liberty. Its result is an integral beatitude, in which there becomes possible at once the Ānanda of all that is in the world seen as symbols of the Divine and the Ānanda of that which is not-world. And it prepares the integral perfection of our humanity as a type of the Divine in the conditions of the human manifestation, a perfection founded on a certain free universality of being, of love and joy, of play of knowledge and of play of will in power and will in unegoistic action. This integrality also can be attained by the integral Yoga.
Sādhanā of the Integral Yoga does not proceed through any set mental teaching or prescribed forms of meditation, mantras or others, but by aspiration, by a self-concentration inwards or upwards, by a self-opening to an Influence, to the Divine Power above us and its workings, to the Divine Presence in the heart and by the rejection of all that is foreign to these things. It is only by faith, aspiration and surrender that this self-opening can come.
The yoga does not proceed by upadeśa but by inner influence.
Integral Yoga and Gita ::: The Gita’s Yoga consists in the offering of one’s work as a sacrifice to the Divine, the conquest of desire, egoless and desireless action, bhakti for the Divine, an entering into the cosmic consciousness, the sense of unity with all creatures, oneness with the Divine. This yoga adds the bringing down of the supramental Light and Force (its ultimate aim) and the transformation of the nature.
Our yoga is not identical with the yoga of the Gita although it contains all that is essential in the Gita’s yoga. In our yoga we begin with the idea, the will, the aspiration of the complete surrender; but at the same time we have to reject the lower nature, deliver our consciousness from it, deliver the self involved in the lower nature by the self rising to freedom in the higher nature. If we do not do this double movement, we are in danger of making a tamasic and therefore unreal surrender, making no effort, no tapas and therefore no progress ; or else we make a rajasic surrender not to the Divine but to some self-made false idea or image of the Divine which masks our rajasic ego or something still worse.
Integral Yoga, Gita and Tantra ::: The Gita follows the Vedantic tradition which leans entirely on the Ishvara aspect of the Divine and speaks little of the Divine Mother because its object is to draw back from world-nature and arrive at the supreme realisation beyond it.
The Tantric tradition leans on the Shakti or Ishvari aspect and makes all depend on the Divine Mother because its object is to possess and dominate the world-nature and arrive at the supreme realisation through it.
This yoga insists on both the aspects; the surrender to the Divine Mother is essential, for without it there is no fulfilment of the object of the yoga.
Integral Yoga and Hatha-Raja Yogas ::: For an integral yoga the special methods of Rajayoga and Hathayoga may be useful at times in certain stages of the progress, but are not indispensable. Their principal aims must be included in the integrality of the yoga; but they can be brought about by other means. For the methods of the integral yoga must be mainly spiritual, and dependence on physical methods or fixed psychic or psychophysical processes on a large scale would be the substitution of a lower for a higher action. Integral Yoga and Kundalini Yoga: There is a feeling of waves surging up, mounting to the head, which brings an outer unconsciousness and an inner waking. It is the ascending of the lower consciousness in the ādhāra to meet the greater consciousness above. It is a movement analogous to that on which so much stress is laid in the Tantric process, the awakening of the Kundalini, the Energy coiled up and latent in the body and its mounting through the spinal cord and the centres (cakras) and the Brahmarandhra to meet the Divine above. In our yoga it is not a specialised process, but a spontaneous upnish of the whole lower consciousness sometimes in currents or waves, sometimes in a less concrete motion, and on the other side a descent of the Divine Consciousness and its Force into the body.
Integral Yoga and other Yogas ::: The old yogas reach Sachchidananda through the spiritualised mind and depart into the eternally static oneness of Sachchidananda or rather pure Sat (Existence), absolute and eternal or else a pure Non-exist- ence, absolute and eternal. Ours having realised Sachchidananda in the spiritualised mind plane proceeds to realise it in the Supramcntal plane.
The suprcfhe supra-cosmic Sachchidananda is above all. Supermind may be described as its power of self-awareness and W’orld- awareness, the world being known as within itself and not out- side. So to live consciously in the supreme Sachchidananda one must pass through the Supermind.
Distinction ::: The realisation of Self and of the Cosmic being (without which the realisation of the Self is incomplete) are essential steps in our yoga ; it is the end of other yogas, but it is, as it were, the beginning of outs, that is to say, the point where its own characteristic realisation can commence.
It is new as compared with the old yogas (1) Because it aims not at a departure out of world and life into Heaven and Nir- vana, but at a change of life and existence, not as something subordinate or incidental, but as a distinct and central object.
If there is a descent in other yogas, yet it is only an incident on the way or resulting from the ascent — the ascent is the real thing. Here the ascent is the first step, but it is a means for the descent. It is the descent of the new coosdousness attain- ed by the ascent that is the stamp and seal of the sadhana. Even the Tantra and Vaishnavism end in the release from life ; here the object is the divine fulfilment of life.
(2) Because the object sought after is not an individual achievement of divine realisation for the sake of the individual, but something to be gained for the earth-consciousness here, a cosmic, not solely a supra-cosmic acbievement. The thing to be gained also is the bringing of a Power of consciousness (the Supramental) not yet organised or active directly in earth-nature, even in the spiritual life, but yet to be organised and made directly active.
(3) Because a method has been preconized for achieving this purpose which is as total and integral as the aim set before it, viz., the total and integral change of the consciousness and nature, taking up old methods, but only as a part action and present aid to others that are distinctive.
Integral Yoga and Patanjali Yoga ::: Cilia is the stuff of mixed mental-vital-physical consciousness out of which arise the movements of thought, emotion, sensation, impulse etc.
It is these that in the Patanjali system have to be stilled altogether so that the consciousness may be immobile and go into Samadhi.
Our yoga has a different function. The movements of the ordinary consciousness have to be quieted and into the quietude there has to be brought down a higher consciousness and its powers which will transform the nature.
interalveolar ::: a. --> Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.
intercellular ::: a. --> Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.
intertubular ::: a. --> Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.
intracellular ::: a. --> Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells.
intranuclear ::: a. --> Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.
intussusception ::: n. --> The reception of one part within another.
The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination.
The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain.
involucella ::: pl. --> of Involucellum
involucellate ::: a. --> Furnished with involucels.
involucellum ::: n. --> See Involucel.
involucrum ::: n. --> See Involucre.
A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
irritability ::: n. --> The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the
isodiametric ::: a. --> Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
Having the several diameters nearly equal; -- said of the cells of ordinary parenchyma.
"It is not possible for the individual mind, so long as it remains shut up in its personality, to understand the workings of the Cosmic Will, for the standards made by the personal consciousness are not applicable to them. A cell in the body, if conscious, might also think that the human being and its actions are only the resultant of the relations and workings of a number of cells like itself and not the action of a unified self. It is only if one enters into the Cosmic Consciousness that one begins to see the forces at work and the lines on which they work and get a glimpse of the Cosmic Self and the Cosmic Mind and Will.” Letters on Yoga
“It is not possible for the individual mind, so long as it remains shut up in its personality, to understand the workings of the Cosmic Will, for the standards made by the personal consciousness are not applicable to them. A cell in the body, if conscious, might also think that the human being and its actions are only the resultant of the relations and workings of a number of cells like itself and not the action of a unified self. It is only if one enters into the Cosmic Consciousness that one begins to see the forces at work and the lines on which they work and get a glimpse of the Cosmic Self and the Cosmic Mind and Will.” Letters on Yoga
jolly ::: superl. --> Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
karyokinesis ::: n. --> The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.
karyokinetic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division.
karyomiton ::: n. --> The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell.
karyoplasma ::: n. --> The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell.
karyostenosis ::: n. --> Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.
lactiferous ::: a. --> Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
lacuna ::: n. --> A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
lager wine ::: --> Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.
latex ::: n. --> A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
laura ::: n. --> A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
lecanoric ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, / diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
leipoa ::: n. --> A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.
lenticellate ::: a. --> Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
lenticelle ::: n. --> Lenticel.
levee ::: n. --> The act of rising.
A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president&
liber ::: n. --> The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
lichen ::: n. --> One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree
lignification ::: n. --> A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
lignin ::: n. --> A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.
lily ::: n. --> A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or
lipochrin ::: n. --> A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.
litmus ::: n. --> A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
locellate ::: a. --> Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.
loculament ::: n. --> The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
locular ::: a. --> Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular.
loculicidal ::: a. --> Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.
loculous ::: a. --> Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.
loculus ::: n. --> One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
loment ::: n. --> An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
lonely ::: superl. --> Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.
Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
magazine ::: n. --> A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
malpighian ::: a. --> Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
man ::: n. --> A human being; -- opposed tobeast.
Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
The human race; mankind.
The male portion of the human race.
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
mayduke ::: n. --> A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.
meanness ::: n. --> The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.
mediocre ::: a. --> Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. ::: n. --> A mediocre person.
A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk&
medullin ::: n. --> A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose.
melanin ::: n. --> A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.
merenchyma ::: n. --> Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.
meride ::: n. --> A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides.
merismatic ::: a. --> Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.
meristem ::: n. --> A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.
merit ::: n. --> The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
meroistic ::: a. --> Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
mesoblast ::: n. --> The mesoderm.
The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
mesoplast ::: n. --> The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.
mesothelium ::: n. --> Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum.
metabolism ::: n. --> The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).
metachrosis ::: n. --> The power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc.
metastasis ::: n. --> A spiritual change, as during baptism.
A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.
The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.
metazoa ::: n. pl. --> Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.
micellae ::: pl. --> of Micella
micella ::: n. --> A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.
micrococcus ::: n. --> A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.
micromere ::: n. --> One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.
microphyte ::: n. --> A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.
mightiness ::: n. --> The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity.
Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.
millepore ::: n. --> Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.
milliner ::: n. --> Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.
A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
mineralization ::: n. --> The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
miscellanarian ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to miscellanies. ::: n. --> A writer of miscellanies.
miscellanea ::: n. pl. --> A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
miscellane ::: n. --> A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin.
miscellaneous ::: a. --> Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection.
miscellanies ::: pl. --> of Miscellany
miscellanist ::: n. --> A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.
miscellany ::: n. --> A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. ::: a. --> Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.
mitome ::: n. --> The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
model ::: n. 1. A representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something. 2. One serving as an example of excellence to be imitated or compared. models. v. 3. To plan, construct, fashion or shape. ::: models, modelled, new-model.
monad ::: n. --> An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.
One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.
A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.
monerula ::: n. --> A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.
monogenesis ::: n. --> Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism.
That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction.
The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; --