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Velum :: Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).

Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..

Trick :: Trick (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players..

Ichnography :: Ichnography (n.) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans..

Curb :: Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome..

Circumnavigator :: Circumnavigator (n.) One who sails round.

Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..

Twine :: Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.

Grievancer :: Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.

Plate :: Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

Roundabout :: Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech..

Browspot :: Browspot (n.) A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

Groundwork :: Groundwork (n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle.

Round :: Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot..

Tube-shell :: Tube-shell (n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell..

Pericellular :: Pericellular (a.) Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells..

Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..

Grabble :: Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.

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