*geal*

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the north + &unr_;, &unr_;, country. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coccygeal glands (Zool.) , glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Congealed p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing. ] [ F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid. ] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
Syn. -- jell, set. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if with horror to congeal his blood. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
Syn. -- jell, set. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. congelable. ] Capable of being congealed. -- Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adj. solidified; as, congealed into jelly.
Syn. -- jelled, jellied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being congealed. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wash the congealment from your wounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Epigæous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus. [ Written also œsophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. geler, fr. L. gelare, fr. gelu. See Gelid. ] To congeal. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. glw^ssa the tongue + E. pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incongelabilis. See Congeal. ] Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. -- In`con*geal"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. (Anat.) Between phalanges; as, interphalangeal articulations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Larynx. ] Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the meninges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + pharyngeal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a., etc. Same as Esophagus, Esophageal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Pharynx. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pharynx + laryngeal. ] Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Situated beneath the esophagus. [ Written also suboesophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Subesophageal ganglion (Zool.), a large special ganglion situated beneath the esophagus of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot. & Zool.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [ Written also supra-oesophagal, and supra-oesophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 1st pref. un- + congeal. ] To thaw; to become liquid again. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]