Acrotarsium :: Acrotarsium (n.) The instep or front of the tarsus.

Acroteleutic :: Acroteleutic (n.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response..

Acroter :: Acroter (n.) Same as Acroterium.

Acroteria :: Acroteria (pl. ) of Acroteriu.

Acroterial :: Acroterial (a.) Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments..

Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture..

Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade..

Acrotic :: Acrotic (a.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface.

Acrotism :: Acrotism (n.) Lack or defect of pulsation.

Acrotomous :: Acrotomous (a.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base.

Anacrotic :: Anacrotic (a.) Pertaining to anachronism.

Anacrotism :: Anacrotism (n.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing..

Crotalaria :: Crotalaria (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Crotaline :: Crotaline (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family..

Crotalo :: Crotalo (n.) A Turkish musical instrument.

Crotalum :: Crotalum (n.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..

Crotaphite :: Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Crotaphitic :: Crotaphitic (n.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree..

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..

Crotched :: Crotched (a.) Having a crotch; forked.

Crotched :: Crotched (a.) Cross; peevish.

Crotches :: Crotches (pl. ) of Crotc.

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A forked support; a crotch.

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A bracket. See Bracket.

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus..

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