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Carpal :: Carpal (a.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist..

Centrale :: Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular..

Amboyna Wood :: Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc..

Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb..

Magnum :: Magnum (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.

Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..

Beefwood :: Beefwood (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland..

Carpale :: Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

Artocarpous :: Artocarpous (a.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus..

Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.

Dipterocarpus :: Dipterocarpus (n.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings..

Breadfruit :: Breadfruit (n.) The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name..

Triquetrum :: Triquetrum (n.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

Antibrachium :: Antibrachium (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

Metacarpus :: Metacarpus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

Carpus :: Carpus (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows..

Yacca :: Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks..

Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..

Jackwood :: "Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork..

Pisiform :: Pisiform (n.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

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