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Forehead :: Forehead (n.) The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

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..

Beard :: Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle..

Jugulum :: "Jugulum (n.) The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast..

Supradecompound :: Supracretaceous (a.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Appoggiatura :: Appoggiatura (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony..

Up :: Up (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..

Preeminent :: Preeminent (a.) Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preeminent in guilt..

Superexcellence :: Superexaltation (n.) Elevation above the common degree.

Supracostal :: Supracondyloid (a.) Situated above a condyle or condyles.

Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

Forecited :: Forecited (a.) Cited or quoted before or above.

Suprafoliaceous :: Supra-ethmoid (a.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage..

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..

Lin :: Lin (n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water..

Superterrestrial :: Superterrene (a.) Being above ground, or above the earth..

Spatangoidea :: Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side..

Ascendent :: Ascendent (a.) Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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