Chlorpicrin :: Chlorpicrin (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine..

Forpine :: Forpine (v. t.) To waste away completely by suffering or torment.

Morpion :: Morpion (n.) A louse.

Orpiment :: Orpiment (n.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing..

Orpin :: Orpin (n.) A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red..

Orpin :: Orpin (n.) The orpine.

Orpine :: Orpine (n.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever..

Panorpian :: Panorpian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa..

Panorpian :: Panorpian (n.) Same as Panorpid.

Panorpid :: Panorpid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice..

Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..

Pseudoscorpiones :: Pseudoscorpiones (n. pl.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book..

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs..

Scorpio :: Scorpio (n.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

Scorpiodea :: Scorpiodea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.

Scorpioid :: Scorpioid (a.) Alt. of Scorpioida.

Scorpioidal :: Scorpioidal (a.) Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting..

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) The scorpene.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) A painful scourge.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.

Scorpiones :: Scorpiones (pl. ) of Scorpi.

Scorpiones :: Scorpiones (n. pl.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Scorpionidea :: Scorpionidea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.

Scorpionwort :: Scorpionwort (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods..

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.

Sea Scorpion :: Sea scorpion () The scorpene.

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