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Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity..

Moment :: Moment (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment..

Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..

Radiate :: Radiate (v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat..

Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.

Phonautograph :: Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate..

Isothere :: Isothere (n.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature.

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold..

Bregma :: Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Puncto :: Puncto (n.) A term applied to the point in fencing.

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south..

Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed..

Examining :: Examining (a.) Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee..

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melod.

Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..

Hook :: Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..

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