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Poise :: Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..

Equiponderancy :: Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Counterponderate :: Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..

Libratory :: Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level..

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..

Dunter :: Dunter (n.) A porpoise.

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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