Word Meanings - CRIBELLUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders , used for spinning a special kind of silk.

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• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• ORGANISTA
  Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.
• ORGANICALNESS
  The quality or state of being organic.
• ORGANOLOGY
  1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey. 2. That branch of biology
• ORGANDIE; ORGANDY
  A kind of transparent light muslin.
• ORGANOGRAPHIST
  One versed in organography.
• ORGANOGRAPHY
  A description of the organs of animals or plants.
• ORGAN
  A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action , which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs
• PERFORATA
  A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa. A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• ORGANIZATION
  1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering. 2. The state of being organized; also,
• ORGANOPHYLY
  The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel.
• ORGANOGENY
  Organogenesis.
• SPINNERULE
  One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
• SPINNEY
  See HUGHES
• PECULIARLY
  In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
• ORGANONYMY
  The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder.
• SPINNER
  A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.
• ORGANITY
  Organism.
• ORGANOSCOPY
  Phrenology. Fleming.
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• UNSPECIALIZED
  Not specialized; specifically , not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.
• INORGANICAL
  Inorganic. Locke.
• IMPERFORATA
  A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
• ESPECIALNESS
  The state of being especial.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• BIORGAN
  A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.