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Geneagenesis :: Geneagenesis (n.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.

Subalternate :: Subalternate (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

Alternated :: Alternated (imp. & p. p.) of Alternat.

Quatrain :: Quatrain (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

Reciprocate :: Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..

Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied

Turn :: Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time..

Stradometrical :: Straddling (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3..

Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..

Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennae of certain insects..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

Vibration :: Vibration (n.) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever..

Antiphone :: Antiphone (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..

Systasis :: Systaltic (a.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart..

Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

Sporophoric :: Sporophore (n.) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore..

Alternateness :: Alternateness (n.) The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns..

Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..

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