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Inlay :: Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions..

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Reinsertion :: Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.

Intercalation :: Intercalation (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar..

Ineye :: Ineye (v. t.) To ingraft, as a tree or plant, by the insertion of a bud or eye; to inoculate..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings..

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty..

Interpolate :: Interpolate (v. t.) To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author..

Housing :: Housing (n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another..

Linament :: Linament (n.) Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx..

Epenthesis :: Epenthesis (n.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in nimble from AS. n/mol..

Transplantation :: Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver..

Origin :: Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Hole :: Hole (n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars..

Insertion :: Insertion (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric..

Involution :: Involution (n.) The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction..

Tenon :: Tenon (v. t.) To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber..

Interpunction :: Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

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