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"aleurone :: Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (protein granules) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm..

Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors..

Protocol :: Protocol (n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction..

Coccolith :: Coccolith (n.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud..

Hispidulous :: Hispidulous (a.) Minutely hispid.

Cell :: Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed..

Microscopical :: Microscopical (a.) Able to see extremely minute objects.

Minute :: Minute (n.) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle..

Histology :: Histology (n.) That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology..

Polyporus :: Polyporus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus..

Tamarisk :: Tamarisk (n.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna..

Eleidin :: Eleidin (n.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

Oophore :: Oophore (n.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant..

Bird''s-eye :: Bird's-eye (a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view..

Cyclostyle :: Cyclostyle (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller..

Schiller :: Schiller (n.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin..

Module :: Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection..

Spirifer :: Spiricle (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.

Powder :: Powder (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate..

Minute :: Minute (n.) A fixed part of a module. See Module.

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