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Circumterraneous :: Circumterraneous (a.) Being or dwelling around the earth.

Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

Atmosphere :: Atmosphere (n.) A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies..

Planimeter :: Planimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer..

Stentor :: Stentor (n.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha..

Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion..

Phyllorhine :: Phyllorhine (a.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.

Epichordal :: Epichordal (a.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..

Profile :: Profile (n.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it.

Former :: Former (n.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed..

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

Belgravian :: Belgravian (a.) Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic..

Belt :: Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other..

Hay :: Hay (n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit..

Halo :: Halo (n.) A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

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