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Palmic :: Palmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid..

Palmidactyles :: Palmidactyles (n. pl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet..

Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.

Palmigrade :: Palmigrade (a.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals..

Palmin :: Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.

Palmin :: Palmin (n.) Ricinolein.

Palming :: Palming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pal.

Palmiped :: Palmiped (a.) Web-footed, as a water fowl..

Palmiped :: Palmiped (n.) A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.

Palmipedes :: Palmipedes (n. pl.) Same as Natatores.

Palmister :: Palmister (n.) One who practices palmistr.

Palmistry :: Palmistry (n.) The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy..

Palmistry :: Palmistry (n.) A dexterous use or trick of the hand.

Palmitate :: Palmitate (n.) A salt of palmitic acid.

Palmite :: Palmite (n.) A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes..

Palmitic :: Palmitic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62� C..

Palmitin :: Palmitin (n.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate..

Palmitolic :: Palmitolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid..

Palmitone :: Palmitone (n.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

Totipalmi :: Totipalmi (n.pl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.

Tripalmitate :: Tripalmitate (n.) A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

Tripalmitin :: Tripalmitin (n.) See Palmitin.