Part 12 (1/2)

Baton, a staff used as an emblem of authority.

Brachycephalic, a skull whose transverse diameter exceeds the antero-posterior diameter.

Breccia, a rock made up of angular fragments cemented together.

Bronze, an alloy of copper, with from ten to thirty per cent. of tin, to which other metals are sometimes added.

Calcareous, consisting of, or containing, carbonate of lime.

Calcined, reduced to a powder, or friable state, by the action of heat.

Carbonate, a salt formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base.

Carnivora, an order of animals which subsist on flesh.

Carpal, that portion of the skeleton pertaining to the wrist.

Cataclysm, a deluge.

Celt, one of an ancient race of people who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe; an implement made of stone or metal, found in the ancient tumuli of Europe.

Cereal, edible grain.

Champlain Epoch, a name derived from the beds on the borders of Lake Champlain. The beds are subsequent in origin to the glacial epoch.

Chert, an impure variety of flint.

Clavicle, the collar-bone.

Conglomerate, rock made of pebbles cemented together.

Coronoid, the process of the ulna and lower jaw.

Cosmogony, the science of the origin of the world or universe.

Cranium, the skull.

Crannoges, small islets in the lakes of Ireland and Scotland, used by the ancients as places of habitation.

Crucible, a vessel capable of enduring great heat, and used for melting ores, metals, etc.

Cyclical, pertaining to a periodical s.p.a.ce of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar.

Data (pl. of datum), a ground of inference or deduction.

Debris (d[=a]-bree), fragments detached from rocks, and piled up in ma.s.ses.