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Cippus :: Cippus (n.) A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc..

Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars..

Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.

Electro-capillary :: Electro-capillary (a.) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity..

Capillary :: Capillary (a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action..

Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..

Erucifrom :: Erucifrom (a.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.

Papillous :: Papillous (a.) Papillary; papillose.

Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..

Papillary :: Papillary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose..

Pupillary :: Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.

Footstall :: Footstall (n.) The plinth or base of a pillar.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church..

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

Capillaceous :: Capillaceous (a.) Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..

Vascular :: Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc..

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

Sanguiferous :: Sanguiferous (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries..

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