Abomasus :: Abomasus (n.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia..

Balanoglossus :: Balanoglossus (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria..

Bonassus :: Bonassus (n.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

Bonasus :: Bonasus (n.) Alt. of Bonassu.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) Asbestus.

Byssuses :: Byssuses (pl. ) of Byssu.

Casus :: Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.

Census :: Census (n.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years..

Census :: Census (n.) An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country..

Chrysoprasus :: Chrysoprasus (n.) See Chrysoprase.

Colossus :: Colossus (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes..

Colossus :: Colossus (n.) Any man or beast of gigantic size.

Colossuses :: Colossuses (pl. ) of Colossu.

Consensus :: Consensus (n.) Agreement; accord; consent.

Croesus :: Croesus (n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus..

Discursus :: Discursus (n.) Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.

Disusage :: Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.

Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil..

Disuse :: Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse..

Disused :: Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disus.

Disusing :: Disusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disus.

Excursus :: Excursus (n.) A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic..

Exsuscitate :: Exsuscitate (v. t.) To rouse; to excite.

Exsuscitation :: Exsuscitation (n.) A stirring up; a rousing.

Hyoglossus :: Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone..

Hypotarsus :: Hypotarsus (n.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

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