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Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

Bear :: Bear (n.) Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..

Pin-tailed :: Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds..

Epitaph :: Epitaph (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis..

Red-tapism :: Red-tapism (n.) Strict adherence to official formalities.

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

Terebra :: Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell..

Metaphorical :: Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense..

Plug :: Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat..

Cartoon :: Cartoon (n.) A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael..

Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges..

Flagelliform :: Flagelliform (a.) Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering..

Basipterygium :: Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

Staple :: Staphylotomy (n.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

Antaphroditic :: Antaphroditic (n.) An antaphroditic medicine.

Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded..

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom..

Delphinine :: Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder..

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