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Overtone :: Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone..

Gazogene :: Gazogene (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.

Fourth :: Fourth (n.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key..

Ctenoidei :: Ctenoidei (n. pl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial..

Psoriasis :: Psoriasis (n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin..

Shagreened :: Shagreened (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril..

Miniature :: Miniature (v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

Celsius :: Celsius (n.) The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale..

Indusium :: Indusium (n.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet..

Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate; to scatter.

Pityriasis :: Pityriasis (n.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles..

Scale :: Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.

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..

Scalene :: Scalene (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

Makeweight :: Makeweight (n.) That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

Maggiore :: Maggiore (a.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major..

Cycloganoidei :: Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example..

Merchant :: Merchant (n.) One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader..

Brigandine :: Brigandine (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages..

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