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Amphitropous :: Amphitropous (a.) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous..

Stalagmitic :: Stalagmite (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material..

Funnel :: Funnel (v. t.) A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel..

Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on..

Hemitrope :: Hemitrope (a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..

Inverse :: Inverse (a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

Atropous :: Atropous (a.) Not inverted; orthotropous.

Debased :: Debased (a.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Fata Morgana :: Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily..

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..

Inverted :: Inverted (a.) Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

Wagon-headed :: Wagon-headed (a.) Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling..

Revertent :: Revertent (n.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.

Erector :: Erector (n.) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted..

Trou-de-loup :: Trou-de-loup (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes..

Tautochrone :: Tautochrone (n.) A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone..

Hysterology :: Hysterology (n.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron..

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