See Indite.

A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.

Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

In an endless manner.

The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

Lengthwise; along.

Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,

Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

Pertaining to the endocardium.

Inflammation of the endocardium.

The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

To teach; to indoctrinate.

The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.

a dentist specializing in endodontics.

occurring with absorption of energy.

fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same plant.

Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

Endogeny.

Relating to or arising from an internal process; same as endogenous.

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

By endogenous growth.

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

Pertaining to the endognath.

The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

Within a lymphatic vessel.

Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

To cover as with a dome.

Inflammation of the endometrium.

The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo/n.

The inner layer of the bark of trees.

A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.

See Nucleus.

A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.

See Nucleolus.

The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Same as Indorsee.

Same as Indorser.

The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the am/ba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope.

The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope.

Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.

The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.

Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

Endosmotic.

Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.

The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.

Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.

The inner lining of an anther cell.

Of, or relating to, endothelium.

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Like endothelium.

Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.

An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

One who endows.

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

See Entozoa.

Living within a living animal, usually as a parasite; as, endozoic worms. Contrasted with epizoic.

A point of termination or completion.

To make a drudge or slave of.

An older spelling of Endow.

Act of enduing; induement.

Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.

In an endurable manner.

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.

To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Endurance.

One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.

On end; erectly; in an upright position.

See Ependyma.

The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

To kill off; to destroy.

Same as /neid.

An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.

Hostile; inimical.

Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.

In a state of action; acting; operating.

Same as energize.