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Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination..

Holorhinal :: Holorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.

Conferruminated :: Conferruminated (a.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn..

Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact..

Step :: Step (v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.

Contiguous :: Contiguous (a.) In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining..

Cluster :: Cluster (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands..

Adjacent :: Adjacent (a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway..

Abutter :: Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river..

Spandrel :: Spandrel (n.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them..

Shire :: Shire (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county..

Confine :: Confine (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

Adjoining :: Adjoining (a.) Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room..

Abut :: Abut (v. i.) To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road..

Tone :: Tone (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone..

Levant :: Levant (n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

Insulated :: Insulated (p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column..

Adjacency :: Adjacency () The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings..

Sistering :: Sistering (a.) Contiguous.

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