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Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..

Blindfolding :: Blindfolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blindfol.

Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration..

Infoldment :: Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Involution :: Involution (n.) The act of involving or infolding.

Folding :: Folding (n.) The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication..

Unfoldment :: Unfoldment (n.) The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded..

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain..

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Anagnorisis :: Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.

Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..

Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..

Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.

Development :: Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..

Folder :: Folder (n.) One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper..

Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..

Plication :: Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.

Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by..

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