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Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..

Pernot Furnace :: Pernot furnace () A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel..

Trephine :: Trephine (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin..

Gyre :: Gyre (n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit..

Cyrtostyle :: Cyrtostyle (n.) A circular projecting portion.

Arc :: Arc (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant..

Plasmid :: Plasmid (n.) A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produ

Semicircled :: Semicircled (a.) Semicircular.

Gyral :: Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

Hemicycle :: Hemicycle (n.) A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A circular or oval opening for air or light.

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Oillet :: Oillet (n.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture..

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

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

Sabot :: Sabot (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling..

Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A bastion of a circular form.

Flighter :: Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor..

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon..

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