‖n. [ Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) The entire upper surface of the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis, of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and &unr_;t (AS. eād) possession, property. It means, therefore, entirely one's property. ] (Law) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud. Blackstone. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; like flowers, flowery; 'a`nqos flower + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants comprising the goosefoots and including the pigweed.
Syn. -- genus Chenopodium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Collodion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; dog-rose; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rose. ] (Bot.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_; &unr_; from poppy heads; dia` through, from + &unr_; head, a poppy head. ] A sirup made of poppies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Epipodia [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Zoöl.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] See Exode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of plants including the edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum).
Syn. -- genus Leontopodium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr. "ro`don a rose.] (Bot.) The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; wolf + &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Bot.) A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; flexible; &unr_; a willow twig + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament, inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Mesopodiale. ] (Zool.) The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Metapodia [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Metapode. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Monopodia E. -ums [ L. See Monopody. ] (Bot.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (C5H8NNaO4), used as a food additive to enhance flavor; abbreviated MSG. It is usually marketed as the monhydrate (C5H8NNaO4.H2O). It is commmonly used in Chinese-American restaurants, and has been identified as a main cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron a nerve + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, the foot. ] (Zool.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Notopodia E. Notopodiums [ NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poy`s, podo`s, the foot. ] (Zool.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. odi I hate. Cf. Annoy, Noisome. ] 1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

She threw the odium of the fact on me. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being intensely hated as the result of some despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit; reproach mingled with contempt; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Odium theologicum ety>[ L. ], the enmity peculiar to contending theologians. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy. -- Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Parapodia [ NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; foot. ] (Zool.) One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often contain spines or setæ. When well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Phyllodia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; leaflike; fy`llon leaf + e'i^dos form. ] (Bot.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Plasmodia [ NL. See Plasma. ] 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n.; pl. Podia [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. See Pew. ] 1. (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by archæologists in two senses: (a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began. (b) The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;. See Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Propodia [ NL. See Propodiale. ] (Zool.) (a) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk. (b) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect. [ Written also propodeum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudopodia [ NL. ] Same as Pseudopod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pterygopodia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fin + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ro`don the rose. So called from the rose-red color of certain of its solutions. See Rhododendron.] (Chem.) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL., fr.E. soda. ] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990. Specific gravity 0.97. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise. --
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance, Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also sal soda, washing soda, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona. --
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl. --
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially, . It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, sodium acid carbonate, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A salt well known as a catharic under the name of Glauber's salt, which term is properly applied to the hydrate, Na2SO4.10H2O. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Staminodia [ NL. See Stamen, and -oid. ] (Bot.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stylopodia [ NL. See Style, and Podium. ] (Bot.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sympodia [ NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine. [ 1913 Webster ]