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Absciss :: Absciss (n.) See Abscissa.

Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..

Abscissae :: Abscissae (pl. ) of Absciss.

Abscissas :: Abscissas (pl. ) of Absciss.

Abscisses :: Abscisses (pl. ) of Abscis.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The act or process of cutting off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) The state of being cut off.

Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..

Circumscissile :: Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Rescission :: Rescission (n.) The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment..

Rescissory :: Rescissory (a.) Tending to rescind; rescinding.

Scissel :: Scissel (n.) The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.

Scissel :: Scissel (n.) The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.

Scissible :: Scissible (a.) Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.

Scissil :: Scissil (n.) See Scissel.

Scissile :: Scissile (a.) Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible.

Scission :: Scission (n.) The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.

Scissiparity :: Scissiparity (n.) Reproduction by fission.

Scissor :: Scissor (v. t.) To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.

Scissors :: Scissors (n. pl.) A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors..

Scissors-tailed :: Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones..

Scissorsbill :: Scissorsbill (n.) See Skimmer.

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..