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GLOSSARY. 



Cu'neiform (Lat. cu'neus, a wedge ; 

 forma, shape). Like a wedge. 



Cupel (Lat. cupel'la, a little cup). A 

 kind of cup used in chemistry, 

 which, when heated, absorbs the 

 refuse matter of the metals placed 

 in it for purification. 



Cupella'tion (Lat. cupel'la, a little cup). 

 The process of refining, especially 

 gold and silver, by means of a cupel. 



Cu'pola. A spherical or spheroidal 

 covering to a building. 



Cupriferous (Lat. cuprum, copper ; 

 fero, I bear). Yielding copper. 



Curso'res (Lat. curro, I run). An 

 order of birds constituted for run- 

 ning only, as the ostrich : also a 

 division of spiders which have the 

 legs adapted for running. 



Curvicau'date (Lat. curvus, curved ; 

 cauda, a tail). Having a bent tail. 



Curvifo'liate (Lat. curvus, curved ; 

 fo'lium, a leaf). Having bent 

 leaves. 



Curvilin'ear (Lat. curvus, crooked ; 

 lin'ea, a line). Having or moving 

 in a curved line or curved lines. 



Curviner'vate (Lat. curvus, curved ; 

 nervus, a nerve). Having the 

 veins or nervures curved. 



Curviros'tral (Lat. curvus, crooked; 

 rostrum, a beak). Having a bent 

 beak. 



Cuspidate (Lat. cuspis, the point of 

 a weapon). Pointed : applied in 

 anatomy to the canine or eye-teeth. 



Cuta'neous (Lat. cutis, the skin). Of 

 or belonging to the skin. 



Cu'ticle (Lat. cutis, the skin). The 

 external or scarf skin, a membrane 

 covering the true skin. 



Cutis (Lat.) The skin. 



C/anate. A compound of cyanic acid 

 with a base. 



Cyan'ic (Gr. KVKVOS, ku'anos, blue). 

 Relating to blue ; applied to a series 

 of colours having blue as the type. 



Cyanide (Cyan'ogen ; terminal ide). 

 A compound of cyanogen with an 

 elementary substance. 



Cyanogen (Gr. KVWOS, ku'anos, blue; 

 yevvcua, gennao, I produce). A gas 

 consisting of carbon and nitrogen : 

 it enters into the composition of 

 hydrocyanic acid, and has its name 



from the blue colour produced by 

 its compounds with certain salts of 

 iron. 



Cyano'sis (Gr. KVO.VOS, ku'anos, blue). 

 A diseased condition, arising from 

 a defect in the formation of the 

 heart, and characterised by blue- 

 ness of the skin. 



Cyan'otype (Cyanogen ; Gr. TUTTO?, 

 tupos, an impression). A photo- 

 graph prepared by washing paper 

 with cyanide of potassium. 



Cyca'deous. Belonging to the order of 

 plants which has the palm-tree as 

 a type. 



Cyc'adites (Cycas). Fossil plants 

 allied to the cycas and zamia. 



Cycle (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a circle). 

 A series of numbers, as of years, in 

 which, after a certain round has 

 passed, a similar course com- 

 mences. 



Cyc'lical(Gr. Ku/cAos, kuklos, a circle). 

 Belonging to a cycle. 



Cyclobran'chiate (Gr. KVK\OS, kuk- 

 los, a circle ; fipayx ia i bran'chia, 

 gills). Having the gills disposed 

 in a circle : applied to an order of 

 gasteropods. 



Cy'cloid(Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a circle; 

 elSos, eidos, form). Resembling a 

 circle ; applied to an order of fishes 

 having smooth round scales, simple 

 at the margin. 



Cycloneu'rous (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a 

 circle ; vevpov, neuron, a nerve). 

 Having the nervous system in the 

 form of a circle ; as in some of the 

 radiated invertebrate animals. 



Cyclopae'dia (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a 

 circle; iratSeia, paidei'a, instruc- 

 tion). A work which contains an 

 account of all the arts and sciences, 

 or of all that relates to any par- 

 ticular department. 



Cyclop'teris (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a 

 circle ; Trrepis, pteris, a fern). A 

 gemis of fossil fern-like plants, with 

 circular leaflets. 



Cyclo'sis (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a circle). 

 Motion in a circle : applied to a 

 movement of fluid observed in some 

 parts of plants. 



Cyclos'tomous (Gr. KVK\OS, kuklos, a 

 circle ; arofjia, sloma, a mouth. 



