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Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath..

Aliethmoidal :: Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.

Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection..

Inexpansible :: Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes..

Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement..

Dilatability :: Dilatability (n.) The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility..

Stylops :: Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants..

Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.

Spread :: Spread (n.) Expansion of parts.

Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Bulb :: Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space..

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..

Aliseptal :: Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

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