English English Dictionary

Alt. of Arenga

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.

Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.

Sandy; full of sand.

Full of fine sand; like sand.

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.

of Areola

Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae.

Alt. of Areolated

Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.

Division into areolae.

Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola.

Same as Areola.

A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of fluids; a form hydrometer.

Alt. of Areometrical

Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.

The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids.