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Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to,
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages. (more info) history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of
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- CALLOSUM
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - CALLE
A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer. - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - NORTHERNMOST
Farthest north. - NORTHERN
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- - FAMILY
A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy - CALL
callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular - CALLIOPE
The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) + - CALLOT
A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson. - CENTRAL; CENTRALE
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular. - CALLIGRAPHIC; CALLIGRAPHICAL
Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton. - CENTRALITY
The state of being central; tendency towards a center. Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence. R. W. Emerson. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - EXTENSIVELY
To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - CALLOSE
Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots. - CENTRALIZE
To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control. centralize the power of government. Bancroft. - CALLIDITY
Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart. - GYMNASTICALLY
In a gymnastic manner. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - UNEMPIRICALLY
Not empirically; without experiment or experience. - SCALLION
A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. - UNIVOCALLY
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall. - PARABOLICALLY
1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola. - STEREOGRAPHICALLY
In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane. - HEMEROCALLIS
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily. - PHYSOGRADE
Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia. - ACRONYCALLY
In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vise versâ. - DIAMETRICALLY
In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay. - PHYSIOLOGICALLY
In a physiological manner. - ETHNICALLY
In an ethnical manner. - PLEUROPERITONEUM
The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided. Note: Peritoneum