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Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi

Oligandrous :: Oligandrous (a.) Having few stamens.

Spell :: Spell (n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks..

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

Hemstitch :: Hemstitch (v. t.) To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief..

Oligomerous :: Oligomerous (a.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower..

Group :: Group (n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes..

Hither :: Hither (a.) Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than..

Fewness :: Fewness (n.) The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.

Many :: Many (a. / pron.) Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.

Toparchy :: Toparchy (n.) A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies..

Slit-shell :: Slit-shell (n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas..

Waldheimia :: Waldheimia (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.

Oligosepalous :: Oligosepalous (a.) Having few sepals.

Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting..

Superfuse :: Superfrontal (n.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal..

Plumbagineous :: Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera..

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches..

Lessen :: Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune..

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