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Splenius :: Splenium (n.) The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.

Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..

Heteracanth :: Heteracanth (a.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides..

Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.

Curd :: Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whe.

Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..

Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic..

Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..

Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..

Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..

Pseudo-bulb :: Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants..

Curd :: Curd (n.) The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese..

Hemelytrum :: Hemelytrum (n.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc..

Seminose :: Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste..

Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

Heteroptera :: Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera..

Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..

Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..

Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..

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