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Man :: Man (n.) One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun..

Plectospondyli :: Plectospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebrae united and much modified; the Eventognathi.

Varioloid :: Varioloid (a.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

Vowel :: Vowel (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 1

Gnathopodite :: Gnathopodite (n.) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds..

Articulata :: Articulata (v.) One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

Hemimorphic :: Hemimorphic (a.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.

Modifiability :: Modifiability (n.) Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.

Modifiable :: Modifiable (a.) Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Perpetuity :: Perpetuity (n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated..

Vasodentine :: Vasodentine (n.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine..

Pentadactyloid :: Pentadactyloid (a.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb..

Toot :: Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound..

Fasciole :: Fasciole (n.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea..

Remodification :: Remodification (n.) The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

Business :: Business (n.) Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words..

Beltane :: Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland..

Modified :: Modified (imp. & p. p.) of Modif.

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