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

Aegrotat :: Aegrotat (n.) A medical certificate that a student is ill.

Chevrotain :: Chevrotain (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Circumrotary :: Circumrotary (a.) Alt. of Circumrotator.

Circumrotate :: Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about.

Circumrotation :: Circumrotation (n.) The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round..

Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..

Contrarotation :: Contrarotation (n.) Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

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.

Dextrorotary :: Dextrorotary (a.) See Dextrotatory.

Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory..

Dicrotal :: Dicrotal (a.) Alt. of Dicrotou.

Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.

Heterotactous :: Heterotactous (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, heterotaxy..

Heterotaxy :: Heterotaxy (n.) Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement..

Irrotational :: Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Laevorotatory :: Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..

Microtasimeter :: Microtasimeter (n.) A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring very small extensions. See Tasimeter..

Protactic :: Protactic (a.) Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory..

Protagon :: Protagon (n.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies..

Protagonist :: Protagonist (n.) One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like..

Protamin :: Protamin (n.) An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases..

Protandric :: Protandric (a.) Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life..

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