Parthenogenetic: alternatives and connections

A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…

Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime…

Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter…

A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water c…

A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slig…

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is c…

According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.

To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced…

A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he…

The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms t…

Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produ…

Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure;…

The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.

One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the ou…

One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions…

Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds;…

Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of cer…