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Coinheritance :: Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.

Internodal :: Internodal (a.) Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.

Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..

Entrochite :: Entrochite (n.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

Aspect :: Aspect (n.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth..

Arthrodynic :: Arthrodynic (a.) Pertaining to arthrodynia, or pain in the joints; rheumatic..

Ginglymoidal :: Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform..

Cooperative :: Cooperative (a.) Operating jointly to the same end.

Unjointed :: Unjointed (a.) Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem..

Wanghee :: Wanghee (n.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks..

Acondylous :: Acondylous (a.) Being without joints; jointless.

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Tetramerous :: Tetramerous (a.) Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.

Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..

Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..

Disjointly :: Disjointly (adv.) In a disjointed state.

Ischiopodite :: Ischiopodite (n.) The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled..

Arthrology :: Arthrology (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of joints.

Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..

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