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Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..

Discoid :: Discoid (n.) Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell..

Disciferous :: Disciferous (a.) Bearing disks.

Discodactylia :: Discodactylia (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs..

Egress :: Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit..

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..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc..

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes..

Discus :: Discus (n.) A disk. See Disk.

Epigynous :: Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk..

Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..

Disk :: Disk (n.) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light..

Echinoidea :: Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid..

Siphonopoda :: Siphonopoda (n. pl.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.

Foot :: Foot (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum..

Diskless :: Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope..

Phenakistoscope :: Phenakistoscope (n.) A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen..

Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..

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