n. [ Aëro- + -lite: cf. F. aérolithe. ] (Meteor.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Aërolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + lithology. ] The science of aërolites. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to aërolites; meteoric; as, aërolitic iron. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to aërology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in aërology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + -logy: cf. F. aérologie. ] That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'asth`r star + &unr_; scale. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Atmosphere + -logy. ] The science or a treatise on the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner. ] A little banner, flag, or streamer. [ Written also bannerol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the forms of vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets. It is an unsaturated alcohol (C28H43OH) found in foods such as milk and fish liver oils. It is used as a dietary supplement in milk.
Syn. -- vitamin D, ergocalciferol, cholecarciferol, D. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

pos>n. [ F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin. ] 1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. khro`s wax + -lite. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. glycérolé. ] (Med.) Same as Glycerite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -lith. ] (Med.) An intestinal concretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -logy: cf. F. entérologie. ] The science which treats of the viscera of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. vitamin D2, one of the D vitamins, a group of related substances that prevent rickets.
Syn. -- vitamin D, calciferol, cholecarciferol, D. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ether + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

n. Nonsense; foolish talk. [ Also spelled falderal and falderol. ] [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- humbug; balderdash; poppycock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Same as Glycerin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; proportion. ] Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. --
Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hetero- + -logy. ] 1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "iero`s sacred + &unr_; worship, &unr_; to worship.] The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hiérologique. ] Pertaining to hierology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in, or whostudies, hierology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. hiérologie.] A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the latter + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. hystérologie. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Same as Cerolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. néroli, said to be from the name of an Italian princess. ] (Chem.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from neroli oil; -- called also auradin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Primrose. [ Obs. ] “She was a primerole.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Serum + L. oleum oil. ] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc. (b) A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; iron + -lite. ] A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The black-bellied plover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turmeric + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin. [ 1913 Webster ]