Cyclopedic :: Cyclopedic (a.) Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge..

Encyclopedic :: Encyclopedic (a.) Alt. of Encyclopedica.

Encyclopedical :: Encyclopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects..

Orthopedic :: Orthopedic (a.) Alt. of Orthopedica.

Orthopedical :: Orthopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital..

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower..

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algae, or a sporangium in ferns..

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra.

Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals..

Pediceled :: Pediceled (a.) Pedicellate.

Pedicellaria :: Pedicellaria (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix..

Pedicellariae :: Pedicellariae (pl. ) of Pedicellari.

Pedicellate :: Pedicellate (a.) Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

Pedicellina :: Pedicellina (n.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta..

Pedicle :: Pedicle (n.) Same as Pedicel.

Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.

Pediculate :: Pediculate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pediculati.

Pediculati :: Pediculati (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the anglers. See Illust. of Angler and Batfish.

Pediculation :: Pediculation (n.) Phthiriasis.

Pedicule :: Pedicule (n.) A pedicel.

Pediculi :: Pediculi (pl. ) of Pediculu.

Pediculina :: Pediculina (n. pl.) A division of parasitic hemipterous insects, including the true lice. See Illust. in Appendix..

Pediculous :: Pediculous (a.) Pedicular.

Pediculus :: Pediculus (n.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse..

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