n. An amoebalike protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. bis twice + ocellatus. See Ocellated. ] (Zool.) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cancellarean. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t. ] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Crossbarred; marked with cross lines. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation. ] 1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Arch.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell. ] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Chare for storage in a cellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. cellararius, equiv. to L. cellarius steward: cf. F. cellérier. See Cellar. ] (Eccl.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim of cellar. ] A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cellarer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [ Middle U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel. ] (Zool.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with involucels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. locellus a compartment, dim. of locus a place. ] (Bot.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Micellae [ NL., dim. of L. mica a morsel, grain. ] (Biol.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Miscellany. ] Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury. -- n. A writer of miscellanies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin. ] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Miscellany. ] A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany. ] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. “A miscellaneous rabble.” Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Miscellanies [ L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellanée, pl. miscellanées. See Miscellaneous. ] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ocelli. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Ocellated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little eye, dim. of oculus an eye. ] 1. Resembling an eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ocellated turkey (Zool.), the wild turkey of Central America (Meleagris ocellata). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pedicellariæ [ NL. See Pedicel. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Porcelaneous. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. procella a storm. ] (Zool.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridæ) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudonavicullæ [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Pseudonavicula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. saltsaler; salt + F. salière saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Salary. ] Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., dim. of LL. variola smallpox. ] (Med.) Chicken pox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Vorticellas L. Vorticellae [ NL., dim. fr. L. vortex. See Vortex. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. [ 1913 Webster ]