Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a genus of gasteropodous mollusks, the shell of which consists of a tubular arcuated cone open at both ends, and resembling the tusk of an elephant in miniature. There are many species known by the common name of tooth-shells.
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coral-root, a genus of plants, natural order Cruciferæ. There are about 20 species, natives of temperate countries. They are ornamental herbs, with creeping singularly toothed root-stocks, from which they receive the names of coral-root and toothwort. The stem-leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, and the flowers are large and purple. D. bulbifera, the only British species, is a rare plant in the S. E. of England. D. diphylla, or pepperwort, a North American species, has roots that are used as mustard.
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a genus of acanthopterygious fishes, belonging to the family sparidæ. In each jaw there is a row of strong, conic teeth. The dorsal fin is slightly emarginate. D. vulgaris, also called the four-toothed sparus, is a large fish. It is a native of the mouths of the rivers in Dalmatia and the Levant.
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or DENTINE, a bony tissue that makes up most of the body of a tooth. Enclosed by the dentine is the tooth pulp (largely vascular and nerve tissue), and microscopic tubular structures in in the dentine open into this pulp cavity. In the exposed part, the dentine is covered on the outer side by enamel; in the unexposed part, by tooth cement.
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a tribe of birds of the order Insessores, or perchers; so named from having a notch near the tip of the beak in the upper mandible. They include the shrikes, butcher-birds, etc. The tribe is divided into the following families: (1) Laniidæ (shrikes), (2) Ampelidæ (chatterers), (3) Muscicapidæ (fly-catchers), (4) Turdidæ (thrushes), and (5) Sylvidæ (warblers).
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a city of Texas, the countyseat of Denton co. It is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the Texas and Pacific railroads. It is an important trading point for cotton, wheat, corn, and cattle. The city is the seat of the North Texas State Normal College, and the College of Industrial Arts. Pop. (1910) 4,732; (1920) 7,626. (don-tr-käs-to'), since 1884 part of the British protectorate of New Guinea, lie N. of the S. E. extremity of New Guinea. With an area of 1,083 square miles, they comprise three chief islands separated by narrow channels. They are named after the French admiral and explorer, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739-1793), who visited these waters in 1792. His name is also preserved in D'Entrecasteaux Point on the S. W. coast and in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, sepaof Western Australia; rating the S. of Tasmania from Bruné Island.
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the act of making naked or bare; a stripping or denuding. In geology, the laying bare by removal of superficial matter so as to disclose the subjacent strata; so also is the removal by water of any formation or part of a formation. Thus we hear of denuded rocks or of a strata removed by denudation. In medicine, the word is condition of a part deprived of its natuapplied to the ral coverings, whether by wound, gangrene, or abscess. It is plied to the bones when deprived of their particularly apperiosteum, and to the teeth when they lose their enamel or dental substance. A valley of denudation is a valley formed by the denudation of the strata in which it is hollowed out.
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A Princess of Munster, who is mentioned in Irish medieval legend. It is said that she was betrothed to Lairgnan, and asked of ndtas amiss Sd Entende thelaure Condernned souls carried to their place of punishment A mediæval death-bed Satan in bonds The Demon of the Treasure The witch and the demon The Trumpeter of Evil MEDIÆVAL CONCEPTIONS OF DEMONS [ face p. 120 e Dermot him as a marriage gift the children of Lir, who had been magically changed by their stepmother into four wonderful singing swans. The hermit who looked after them refused to give them to Lairgnan, who then seized them. When brought into the presence of Deoca they were transformed into their human form-withered, white-haired, miserable beings. The hermit baptised them before they died, and sorrowed for them so much that he himself was laid in their grave.
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a personal chattel, which had been the immediate cause of the death of any person, as if a horse struck his keeper and so killed him, or if a tree fell and killed a passer-by. In these and such cases that which caused the death was to be given to God- that is, forfeited to the crown-to be sold or otherwise disposed of, and the proceeds applied to religious uses or charity. No deodand was due where an infant under the age of discretion was killed by a fall from a cart, or horse, or the like. The right to deodands within certain limits was frequently granted by the crown to individuals. Deodands were abolished in 1846.
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a large tree, attaining to the height of 100 feet, a of the Himalayas, and native similar in habit of growth to the Cedar of Lebanon, of which it is thought by some to be only a variety. Its timber is much valand used in ued India. The name deodar is also locally applied to other trees, especially Coniferæ, in India, as at Simla, to the Cupressus torulosa. The C. deodara yields by exudation, and partly by heat, a kind of turpentine, resin, and pitch. IZER, one who or that which deodorizes; specifically, any substance which has the power or quality of destroying any fetid, infectious, or noxious effluvia, such as chloride of lime, carbolic acid, etc. A drug or pastille applied to, or burned in the presence of, putrescent, purulent, infectious, or fetid matter.
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handsome business buildings. many There is a civic center, 13 acres in extent, which cost $1,500,000 for the land alone. This contains a Greek open air theatre. There is an excellent school system, with a total enrolment of over 40,000 pupils, 0000 with a teaching staff of approximately 1,300. There are 60 grade schools, 5 high schools, 1 evening school, 1 opportunity school, and 5 junior high schools. Within the city limits are the University of Denver, the Wolcott School for Girls, the Loretta Heights Academy, the Colorado Women's College, and the Sacred Heart College for Boys. There is a public library erected at a cost of $300,000, with 6 branch libraries. Denver was founded in 1858 and in the following year was incorporated as a city and was named in honor of General J. W. Denver, then Governor of Kansas. It was re-incorporated in 1861 and in 1867 became the capital of the territory. It was first connected by rail with the East and South in 1870, on completion of the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroads. Pop. (1900) 133,859; (1910) 213,381; (1920) 256,491. DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational institution in Denver, Colo.; founded in 1864 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1900: Professors and instructors, 131; students, 1,450; chancellor, H. A. Bucktel, D. D. DENYS. See DENIS.
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