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Hylaeosaurus :: Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines..

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.

Portland Cement :: Portland cement () A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water..

Chalazion :: Chalazion (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands..

Bojanus Organ :: Bojanus organ () A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney..

Toad :: Toad (n.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid..

Conarium :: Conarium (n.) The pineal gland.

Trichome :: Trichome (n.) A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes..

Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port..

East :: East (n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West..

Tubule :: Tubule (n.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney..

Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England..

Duke :: Duke (n.) In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland..

Shorthorn :: Shorthorn (a.) One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England..

Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe)..

Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..

Folio :: Folio (n.) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words..

Skunk :: Skunk (n.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense..

Wilton Carpet :: Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England..

Stoom :: Stoolball (n.) A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women..

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