n.;
☞ Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used. The classical
Cameo conch (Zool.),
a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. flammeus from flamma flame. ] Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. gemmeus. See Gem. ] Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. homéopathe. ] A practitioner of homeopathy.
a. [ Cf. F. homéopathique. ] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.
adv. According to the practice of homeopathy.
n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; likeness of condition or feeling; &unr_; like (fr. &unr_; same; cf. Same) + &unr_; to suffer: cf. F. homéopathie. See Pathos. ] (Med.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by
n. The ability and tendency of certain systems to maintain a relatively constant internal state in spite of changes in external conditions; this ability is achieved by the presence of feedback mechanisms which can adjust the state of the system to compensate for changes in the state caused by the external environment. It is exemplified in homeothermal biological systems, such as animals which maintain relatively constant blood temperature and composition in spite of variations in external temperature or the composition of the food ingested. [ PJC ]
a. Of or pertaining to homeostasis; exhibiting homeostasis. [ PJC ]
adv. In a homeostatic manner. [ PJC ]
n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
v. i. & n. See 6th and 7th Mew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ by shortening. ] A mimeograph.
v. t. to make copies of using a mimeograph.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; to imitate + -graph. ] A copying device that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed; it was invented by
v. t. to make copies of using a mimeograph;
a. [ L. rameus, from ramus branch, bough. ] (Bot.) Ramal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spumous. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Timely; seasonable. [ R. or Scot. ] --
a. Untimely. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Untimely; unseasonably. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vermes worms + -logy. ] (Zool.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of Zoology which treats of worms; helminthology. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]