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EITHER |
Any one of two |
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TWAYBLADE |
Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only
two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis. |
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VELIGER |
Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when
it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming. |
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ANTIMERE |
One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals;
one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and
plants. |
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RACKET-TAIL |
Any one of several species of humming birds of the
genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and
racket-shaped. |
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WINKLE |
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F.
carica). |
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POLYMER |
Any one of two or more substances related to each other by
polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance
by chemical polymerization. |
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TETRODON |
Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes
belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two
large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. |
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SULPHONE |
Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the
ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two
hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/. |
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PIER |
Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting
one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall
between two openings. |
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QUEENING |
Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening,
scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was
cultivated in England two hundred years ago. |
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OCTAVE |
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and
eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of
five tones and two semitones. |
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SCALEBACK |
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the
family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or
elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda. |
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ORTALIDIAN |
Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the
family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit;
those of others produce galls on various plants. |
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DIAMIDE |
Any compound containing two amido groups united with one
or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine.
Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide. |
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ALLOMORPH |
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the
same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of
lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. |
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STELLIONATE |
Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; --
chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons,
or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc. |
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SYZYGY |
Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of
two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on
the outer, though visible on the inner, side. |
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PUCCOON |
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is
used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of
Lithospermum ... |
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RELATIVE |
...red in
its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two
object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relat... |
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PENTANE |
Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the
methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two
of which occur... |
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BEVEL |
An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed
together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the
surfaces of work to the... |
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ALIAS |
...gal
proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by
two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith,... |
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SKUNK |
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores
of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the
anus, secret... |
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SPACE |
A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing
to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space
between two ... |