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Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Pistol :: Pistol (n.) The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Dioecia :: Dioecia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Contained in letters; carried on by letters.

Pauline :: Pauline (a.) Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine..

Opisthobranchiate :: Opisthobranchiate (n.) One of the Opisthobranchiata.

Bullet :: Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm..

Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape..

Daguerreotypist :: Daguerreotypist (n.) One who takes daguerreotypes.

Opisthobranchiate :: Opisthobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle..

Pistoleer :: Pistoleer (n.) One who uses a pistol.

Endecagynous :: Endecagynous (a.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower..

Pistillation :: Pistillation (n.) The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.

Forcer :: Forcer (n.) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.

Gynandria :: Gynandria (n. pl.) A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil..

Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..

Orchidaceous :: Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred spec

Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.

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