Definition of oval

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Oval (n.) A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse..

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Hypoarion :: Hypoarion (n.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.
Discolith :: Discolith (n.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter..
Water Shield :: Water shield () An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly..
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..
Ovalbumen :: Ovalbumen (n.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
Taking-off :: Taking-off (n.) Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t..
Egg :: Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..
Transfer :: Transfer (n.) The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another..
Splent :: Splenotomy (n.) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body..
Semioval :: Semioval (a.) Half oval.
Monovalent :: Monovalent (a.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.
Oosporangium :: Oosporangium (n.) An oogonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oospores..
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Displantation :: Displantation (n.) The act of displanting; removal; displacement.
Exsect :: Exsect (v. t.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out..
Oval :: Oval (a.) Broadly elliptical.
Denitrification :: Denitrification (n.) The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen..
Denitration :: Denitration (n.) A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid..
Oval :: Oval (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical..
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