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Rhynchocephala :: Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Convexo-concave :: Convexo-concave (a.) Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus..

Bruiser :: Bruiser (n.) A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

Condyle :: Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface..

Gullet :: Gullet (n.) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

Palm :: Palm (n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Dish :: Dish (v. t.) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes..

Dish :: Dish (n.) The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Saddleback :: Saddleback (n.) Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top..

Concavity :: Concavity (n.) A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave..

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.

Dishing :: Dishing (a.) Dish-shaped; concave.

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

Concaveness :: Concaveness (n.) Hollowness; concavity.

Gorge :: Gorge (n.) A concave molding; a cavetto.

Platycoelian :: Platycoelian (a.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Talon :: Talon (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee..

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