rectirostral

[Lat. rectus =straight, and rostrum =a prow, a beak. Having a straight beak. rěc-ti-sër-i-al, a. [Lat. rectus =straight, and series a series, a row.] Bot . ( of leaves ): Arranging themselves into exactly vertical ranks, from their being placed on an integral part of the circumference. rěc-ti-tis, s . [Eng-rectum (q. v.); suff. -it is .] Pathol.: Inflammation of the rectum. It is usually due to violence or to the presence of a foreign body. rěc-ti-tüde, subst. [Fr., from Lat rectitudo straightne , uprightne , from rectus =straight; 1. One who rectifies, corrects, or sets right that Sp. rectitud; Ital. rettitudine.] which is wrong, incorrect, or erroneous. "Certain modern rectifiers of prejudices." - War burton: Divine Legation, bk. iv., § 1. 2. One who rectifies or refines a substance by repeated distillation; spec if., one who rectifies liquors. II. Technically : 1. Chem.: One who refines or purifies spirit or common alcohol by a proce of distillation The products are known as gin, cordials, liqueurs, . The exercise of the busine of a rectifier is under the supervision and license of the general government. 2. Naut .: An instrument for determining the variation of the compa on board ship. It consists of two circles, either laid upon or let into each other, and so fastened together in their centers that they represent two compa es, the one fixed, the other movable; each is divided into 32 points of the compa and 360°, and, numbered both ways from the †1. Straightne . "The zigzag lines in the mountain ranges of New South Wales are also sufficiently astounding in their aberrations from rectitude." -London Daily Telegraph . *2. Correctne ; freedom from error or mistakes. 3. Rightne of principle or practice; upright ne , integrity, truth, honesty; conformity to truth or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; justice. "Those who go astray, not from curiosity, but a rectitude of intention."-Goldsmith: E ays , iii. rěc-tô, s. [Lat. abl. sing. of rectus =right.] 1. Law : A writ of right. 2. Print.: The right-hand page of a book, opposed to verso (q. v.) rěc-to-, pref. [RECTUM.] (See compounds.) recto-uterine, a. recto-vaginal, a. recumb Pathol.: Of or belonging to the vagina and the rectum. There is a recto - vaginal hernia. recto-vesical, a. Anat.: Of or belonging to the bladder and the rectum. There is a recto - vesical pouch, and a recto vesical fascia. rěc-to-çēle, s . [Pref. recto- , and Greek kēlē =a tumor.] Pathol.: Hernia of the rectum. It often implicates the vagina, and is then called Vaginal rectocele. rěc-tõr, s . [Lat., from rectus , pa. par. of rego = to rule; Fr. recteur ; Sp. rector ; Port. reitor ; Ital. rettore .] 1. One who rules, governs, or administers; a ruler, a governor. "Cæsar is but the rector of an isle; He of an empire."