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Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

Cone :: Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base..

Sol-fa :: Sol-fa (n.) The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n..

Ctenoid :: Ctenoid (a.) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale.

Battlement :: Battlement (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches..

Perigynium :: Perigynium (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae..

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.

Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones..

Scaleless :: Scaleless (a.) Destitute of scales.

Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove..

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes..

Lamelliferous :: Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated..

Fahrenheit :: Fahrenheit (a.) Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.

Xanthium :: Xanthium (n.) A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone..

Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish..

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To scatter; to spread.

Scaly :: Scaly (a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem..

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