Altarpiece :: Altarpiece (n.) The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

Amphicarpic :: Amphicarpic (a.) Alt. of Amphicarpou.

Arpine :: Arpine (n.) An arpent.

Autocarpian :: Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape..

Carpi :: Carpi (pl. ) of Carpu.

Carping :: Carping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Car.

Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Carpintero :: Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird..

Cat-harpin :: Cat-harpin (n.) See Cat-harping.

Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

Charpie :: Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Earpick :: Earpick (n.) An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

Escarping :: Escarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escar.

Garpike :: Garpike () See under Gar.

Harpies :: Harpies (pl. ) of Harp.

Harping :: Harping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Har.

Harping :: Harping (a.) Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies..

Harping Iron :: Harping iron () A harpoon.

Harpings :: Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem..

Harpist :: Harpist (n.) A player on the harp; a harper.

Heterocarpism :: Heterocarpism (n.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground..

Hypocarpium :: Hypocarpium (n.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew..

Inocarpin :: Inocarpin (n.) A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis)..

Monocarpic :: Monocarpic (a.) Alt. of Monocarpou.

Pericarpial :: Pericarpial (a.) Alt. of Pericarpi.

Pericarpic :: Pericarpic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp.

Pilocarpine :: Pilocarpine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Pleurocarpic :: Pleurocarpic (a.) Alt. of Pleurocarpou.

Polycarpic :: Polycarpic (a.) Alt. of Polycarpou.

Scarping :: Scarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scar.

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