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Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

Pilocarpine :: Pilocarpine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Carpology :: Carpology (n.) That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.

Pachycarpous :: Pachycarpous (a.) Having the pericarp thick.

Exo :: Exo () A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton..

Carpetmonger :: Carpetmonger (n.) One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

Dornock :: Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland..

Hornbeam :: Hornbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech..

Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..

Carphology :: Carphology (n.) See Floccillation.

Ruck :: Ruck (v. t. & i.) To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet..

Ingrain :: Ingrain (n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet..

Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..

Syncategorematic :: Syncarpous (a.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..

Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..

Angiosperm :: Angiosperm (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Wilton Carpet :: Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England..

Escarping :: Escarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escar.

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