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Supraprotest :: Suprapedal (a.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland..

Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.

Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..

Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.

Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..

Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..

Copula :: Copula (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler..

Harp :: Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers..

Decempedal :: Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.

Manual :: Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys..

Sesquipedal :: Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalia.

Principal :: Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..

Pedalian :: Pedalian (a.) Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal..

Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Pedial :: Pedial (a.) Pertaining to the foot, or to any organ called a foot; pedal..

Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.

Quadrupedal :: Quadrupedal (a.) Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.

Fissipedal :: Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves..

Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..

Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..

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