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Word Meanings - RHOMBOGENE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.

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  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • NEMATOGENE
    One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to Ant: rhombogene.
  • OPPOSABLE
    1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
  • DICYEMATA
    An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.
  • OPPOSE
    1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance
  • OPPOSITISEPALOUS
    Placed in front of a sepal.
  • OPPOSITION
    The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180ยบ; -- signified by the symbol
  • OPPOSITENESS
    The quality or state of being opposite.
  • OPPOSITELY
    In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.
  • DICYEMID
    Like or belonging to the Dicyemata. -- n.
  • OPPOSITE
    1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. 2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
  • OPPOSER
    One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.
  • OPPOSITIPETALOUS
    Placed in front of a petal.
  • OPPOSAL
    Opposition. Sir T. Herbert.
  • REOPPOSE
    To oppose again.

 

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