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Sol :: Sol (n.) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..

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

Receptacular :: Receptacular (a.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower..

Taxaspidean :: Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds..

Desquamation :: Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones..

Scaleback :: Scaleback (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda..

Microcrystalline :: Microcrystalline (a.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline..

Transcalent :: Transcalent (a.) Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat..

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

Exoskeleton :: Exoskeleton (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton..

Snake''s-head :: Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals..

Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..

Squamulate :: Squamula (n.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.

Comb :: Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.

Scaler :: Scaler (n.) One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth..

Help :: Help (v. t.) To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, Help me scale yon balcony..

Seventh :: Seventh (n.) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

Scale :: Scale (n.) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

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