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Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.

Scutellum :: Scutellum (n.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

Rep :: Rep (n.) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface..

Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.

Postaxial :: Postaxial (a.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb..

Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..

Plicidentine :: Plicidentine (n.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

Pantile :: Pantile (n.) A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (/)..

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

Anticlastic :: Anticlastic (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle..

Band :: Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body..

Crosswise :: Crosswise (adv.) In the form of a cross; across; transversely.

Zoonite :: Zoonite (n.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.

Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..

Transverse :: Transverse (v. t.) To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose..

Transverse :: Transverse (n.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse..

Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies..

Metaleptic :: Metaleptic (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle..

Postcommissure :: Postcommissure (n.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure.

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