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Phloem :: Phloem (n.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.

Underproportioned :: Underproportioned (a.) Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.

Share :: Share (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others..

Bessemer Steel :: Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process..

Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

Topic :: Topic (n.) The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head..

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..

Excentrical :: Excentrical (a.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.

Stenting :: Stent (n.) An allotted portion; a stint.

Gully :: Gully (n.) A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Portionist :: Portionist (n.) A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster..

Share :: Share (v.) Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend..

Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..

Landmark :: Landmark (n.) A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved..

Disseminated :: Disseminated (p. a.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal..

Exegesis :: Exegesis (n.) Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture..

Empire :: Empire (n.) The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire..

Isologous :: Isologous (a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series..

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